Priority 3: Strengthen caregiver’s behavioral health and relationship with child (p. 17)
- Strategy 3a: Make available comprehensive services and supports through the Family Visiting Program (p. 17)
- Strategy 3b: Grow behavioral health teleconsultation resources for caregivers and children (p. 17)
- Strategy 3c: Support efforts to expand breastfeeding services and supports (p. 18)
- Strategy 3d: Increase WIC caseloads (p. 19)
Strategies Delayed by COVID-19:
- Resume efforts to increase the number of International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants and Certified Lactation Counselors of color to address disparities in infant breastfeeding rates (p. 19)
- Continue the work of the Rhode Island Task Force to Support Pregnant and Parenting Families with Substance-Exposed Newborns (p. 19)