Capacity-Building and Communications

This award supports the Committee’s efforts to improve public policy and decision making by promoting the understanding and dissemination of research in matters involving law and justice.

Read, the Durham Public School District, and World Relief Durham will develop research-informed programs and procedures to successfully transition Muslim refugee children and their families to the United States.

Russell, Equality Texas, and the Texas Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network will collaborate to bring research to bear on advocacy efforts to promote safer and more supportive schools for LGBTQ youth in Texas.

The Migration Policy Institute and American Public Human Services Association will support state and local child welfare agencies in the development of research-informed policies and practices to mitigate the harm to youth caused by heightened immigration enforcement.

MDRC and the Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud will address the youth workforce participation crisis in Puerto Rico.

Yoshikawa, Chaudry, CLASP, and NILC will collaborate on research-based responses to policy and legal challenges threatening the ability of unauthorized youth and citizen youth with unauthorized parents to access health and human services.

This grant will support the development of research-practice partnerships to infuse evidence-based instructional practices in classrooms in order to improve literacy outcomes for elementary English language learners.

The grant will support National Public Radio’s continuing coverage of trends and developments that affect youth in the U.S.

This grant supports the efforts of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to foster the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

This grant will expand the pool of leaders who understand how research can contribute to the policy process.