The UP Coalition for Prenatal to Eight Families
The Unlocking Potential (UP) Coalition for PN-8 families prioritizes the voices of expectant parents, caregivers, and service providers as a driving force for prenatal-to-eight services. The UP Coalition envisions a world where their collective efforts result in strong, more equitable communities, where every child thrives, and families find support and opportunity. Together, this team will foster empowerment and racial equity to transform the future of generations to come.
The UP Coalition aims to:
Lifting up the voices of families, partners, and providers to create the transformative power that is needed to inform policy, catalyze systemic changes, support services, and usher in a new era of power-sharing in the focus communities and across the state.
Stepping up maternal and infant health outcomes and ensuring first food access and nutrition security for all to create systems of care that embrace the health and well-being of NJ families.
Creating an environment where children can be lovingly nurtured and raised up in high-quality early care and education settings that enable children to grow up healthy, safe, and well-educated.
Building up robust prenatal to age 3 systems, allocating essential resources wisely, and cultivating a culturally responsive workforce.
Our Goals:
The UP Coalition has five focus communities:
