Illinois Family Impact Seminars

Funds will be used for Judith Gueron’s speaking and writing engagements for foundation leaders, federal agency and congressional staff, research and policy organizations, and academics in public policy schools and economics departments to promote evidence-based policy.

Funding will allow Bogenschneider to continue building a healthy base of funding for the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars.

Funds were given to support the completion of a book by Judith Gueron and Howard Rolston that will tell the inside story of how the field of welfare research was transformed to produce higher quality evidence.

The Fellowship will deepen Julia Henly’s understanding of the forces that shape state child care policy and local program implementation for low-income children.

Jennifer Barber is a successful, mid-career academic in the field of adolescent reproductive health and pregnancy prevention. She wants her research to have greater influence on programs and services for young women. To that end, Barber designed a Fellowship experience …