Support was given for a series of policy forums in Washington, D.C., which will focus on the effective use of research-based knowledge in shaping policy and practice in education.
Abram Rosenblatt, Ph.D., professor, department of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, will work with Santa Cruz County’s Probation and Substance Abuse Departments and the New California Network.
David DuBois, Ph.D.,professor, community health sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, will work with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (BBBSMC) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA).
Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will work with National Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) and Center for the Prevention of School Violence (CPSV), part ...
To continue to support the Society for Research in Child Development Congressional Fellowship Program, which places Fellows in congressional offices to work as resident scholars.
Ms. Nixon will work on three research projects at the University of Chicago: a longitudinal study of youth aging out of foster care in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin; an examination of tests of interventions directed at improving outcomes for foster ...
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.