What I Learned About Early Relational Health in Durham, North Carolina
Ira Hillman & Chi Nguyen, Feb 25, 2025, Einhorn Collaborative
On the Summit stage and at our site visits with Ready for School, Ready for Life and Book Harvest, we heard about the stressors that families and health care practitioners continue to face to provide quality services — ranging from the lack of resources to maintain programs to the trauma experienced by parents and children at the hands of hospital systems.
And even amid these challenges, organizations across the country like Pediatrics Supporting Parents, Reach Out and Read, Ready for School, Ready for Life, and Book Harvest, among many others, are actively working to foster trust, agency, and belonging within the communities they serve. They are crossing many of the divides that exist in North Carolina and in our country as whole. And in doing so, they are making positive strides in supporting families in getting the care they need in the first years of life.