Nurture
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Our Purpose
Our Nurture initiative promotes the optimal physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children from prenatal to age five to influence health and well-being across the lifespan. We support positive relationships and early experiences that set children on the pathway to thrive.
![A father, mother, and a toddler sitting at a table outside.](https://philahealthpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/SW-family-e1575410722385.jpg)
![A smiling mother holding her infant.](https://philahealthpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/PastedGraphic-2-1-e1645109151285.jpg)
Our Priorities
Our priorities include:
- Fostering nurturing, responsive parenting and caregiving;
- Advancing perinatal health and well-being;
- Building collaboration within pediatric care settings and between early childhood systems;
- Amplifying family voice and leadership in early childhood programs, policies, and systems.