How this works
How PEL stays free.
Every PEL session is free to every family, with no plans for that ever to change. The work is carried by clinicians who donate their time and by partner organizations who share it with the families they serve. Nothing about attending, registering, or partnering costs anyone anything.
A different architecture
Most early intervention offerings share the same structure: a clinician-delivered model, an eligibility gate, a geographic catchment, and a cost structure that caps how many families it can ever reach. They are valuable, and PEL is not competing with them. PEL is the layer underneath them: no eligibility screen, no catchment, and near-zero marginal cost per additional family. A webinar that serves 30 families serves 300 without a new hire, and an on-demand library serves the 2 AM family no clinic model ever will.
And through a separate university research arm (see Research), this work is also building something the field's current tools do not capture: a deeper picture of how development looks from inside the family, in caregivers' own words, rather than checkbox screeners alone.
Share it
The most valuable thing anyone can do: put PEL in front of a family who needs it. Every flyer handed over and every session shared extends the reach.
Partner with us
Organizations serving young families can offer PEL at no cost, through packets, newsletters, and events. See the Partners page to start.
Grow with us
Specialized tracks, an on-demand library, and multilingual materials are ahead. Organizations interested in helping that future arrive sooner are always welcome to say hello.