Anti-Racist Policymaking to Protect, Promote, and Preserve Black Families and Babies

Racism is a complex phenomenon that exists on multiple levels—systemic, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized. This publication introduces the “Protect, Promote, Preserve” framework (the 3Ps) to highlight policy approaches with the potential to promote Black families’ and babies’ well-being. This brief seeks to answer two questions:

• Based on the research review by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, which policy approaches have the potential to protect, promote, and preserve Black families and babies?
• Beyond the work of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, what additional policies and programs need research review to build a more complete picture of the levers available to state and federal officials to protect, promote, and preserve Black families and babies?

The goal of this publication is to encourage state and federal leaders to identify family- and child-focused policies that have the potential to disrupt experiences of multilevel racism and its harmful effects.