post_year

2009

Awarded Grants

Grant

Evidence-Based Policymaking: Next Steps to Take a Book from Analysis to Action

Support was given to expand the reach of the Policy Institute’s Family Impact Seminars. Institute staff will provide further training to improve the capacity, skills, and effectiveness of the Family Impact Seminars that already exist in other states.
Karen Bogenschneider
University Of Wisconsin, Madison
2009 – 2011
$25,000
Grant

Using Research on Improving the Quality of Youth-Serving Programs to Inform Policy

American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) will provide information to national policymakers—including six Capitol Hill forums—about research on effective strategies to improve the quality of youth-serving programs.
Betsy Brand
American Youth Policy Forum
2009 – 2011
$162,745
Grant

Bridging Research, Policy and Practice in Youth Development

The Forum for Youth Investment will use this award to maintain and enhance their capacity-building assistance to the Foundation.
Nicole Yohalem
The Forum For Youth Investment
2009 – 2010
$424,681
Grant

Global Implementation Conference (GIC) 2011

Support was given for the First Biennial Global Implementation Conference.
Jennifer Schroeder
Child Health And Development Institute Of Connecticut, Inc.
2009 – 2010
$24,955
Grant

The Impact of Self-Assessment and Quality Advisor Support on Afterschool Program Quality

What is the impact of self-Assessment and quality advisor support on afterschool program quality?
Robert Stonehill
Learning Point Associates
2009 – 2010
Grant

Using Data to Build the Capacity of After-School and Youth Development Providers

Devaney proposes a Fellowship experience that will deepen her familiarity with organizational quality improvement research design, methods, and measures.
Elizabeth Devaney
Providence After School Alliance
2009 – 2012
$162,878
Grant

Improving Research, Policy, and Practice in Family Courts Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration.

Salem will use his Distinguished Fellows award to become a more effective consumer of research in order to systematically integrate social science research into the family law community and facilitate partnerships between researchers, practitioners and policymakers.
Peter Salem
Association Of Family And Conciliation Courts
2009 – 2012
$186,417
Grant

Integrating Child Welfare, Income Support, and Child Support to Improve Outcomes

Cancian will use her Fellows award to better understand how the child welfare system interacts with the broader child support and welfare systems.
Maria Cancian
University Of Wisconsin, Madison
2009 – 2012
$190,966
Grant

Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards: An Embedded Child and Family Study of Conditional Cash Transfers

How do conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to low-income families affect youth time use, family interactions, youth academic expectations and motivations, and youth mental health and behavior problems?
James Riccio
Mdrc
2009 – 2012

Articles & More

Blog Post

Toward a Research Agenda for Understanding and Improving the Use of Research Evidence

“Many researchers and research funders want their work to be influential in educational policy and practice, but there is little systematic understanding of how policymakers and practitioners use research evidence, much less how they acquire or interpret it. By understanding ...
Steven Nelson
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James Leffler
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and Barbara Hansen
Toward a Research Agenda for Understanding and Improving the Use of Research Evidence

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