Minimizing stress among caregivers should be a priority for organizations in the field of early childhood education, and responsive mental health support can be layered into existing programs to meet an urgent need, a report from Robin Hood finds. The report, FUEL for 50: Community-First Approaches to Support Early Childhood (18 pages, PDF), found that more than 80 percent of the 355 applicant organizations to Robin Hood’s FUEL for 50—an initiative to support early childhood development through programs focused on their caregivers—listed caregiver stress as a focus of their programming and supports and 40 percent listed mental health, which disproportionately affects parents experiencing poverty. Community-led intervention strategies range from helping manage parenting and the stresses of poverty to providing intensive therapy for processing trauma. The report also found that organizations are supporting vulnerable families by helping caregivers navigate and access social services such as early childhood education programs, early intervention for children demonstrating developmental delays, and health care for the family, and that those with the lived experience of poverty, recent immigration, or incarceration help inspire responsive and equitable program design.