YOUNG CHILD WELLNESS INITIATIVE:  By the end of 2025, resilience of the Oyate’s children during the early years of life, beginning at conception, will be actively promoted through establishment of public health policies and practices and pursuit of resources to ensure every child’s right to be breastfed; to be protected from the adverse childhood experiences that transmit intergenerational trauma, as well as alcohol and substance use during and after pregnancy; access to child passenger safety, safe sleep environments, and immunizations; and developing nurturing caregivers and an early child workforce that strengthens families. 

The first one-thousand days from pregnancy to the child’s second birthday, depending on how well the mother and child’s nourishment, environment, and care, will determine that child’s future for the rest of their lives.

Promoting Health Families & Children