The foundation recommends six strategies to help
move low - income families
onto the path to prosperity and ensure the nation's
next generation is able to compete in our global economy, including preserving and strengthening programs that supplement poverty - level wages, offset the high cost of child care, and provide health insurance coverage for parents and children; promoting responsible parenthood and ensuring that mothers - to - be receive prenatal care; ensuring that children are developmentally ready to succeed in school; and promoting reading proficiency by the end of 3rd
grade.