Between birth and the age of three, a child’s brain develops faster than at any other time in life. Tragically, an increasing number of infants and toddlers move through these critical years without a safe and stable home – an experience that jeopardizes their health, development, and future.

For the second consecutive year, SchoolHouse Connection, in partnership with Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, collected and analyzed data on infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness. This report presents the estimated prevalence of homelessness among infants and toddlers at the national and state levels, along with their enrollment in early childhood development programs. It also recommends actions at the federal, state, and local level to increase access to both housing and early childhood development programs so that all children thrive from the start.