2010

The Forum for Youth Investment will use this award to maintain and enhance their capacity-building assistance to the Foundation.

How do housing contexts—including physical qualities, affordability, residential stability, and ownership—influence the cognitive, behavioral, and social development of economically disadvantaged youth?

Funds were given for a conference in honor of Sheila Kamerman, which will focus on comparative child and family policy.

Does the length of time/frequency of classroom observations impact the reliability and validity of the CLASS measurement system? How stable are variance estimates in a G-Study, and do they produce replicable results in a D-Study?

Recent federal legislation calls for child welfare agencies and Medicaid to develop mechanisms for assuring youth in foster care receive appropriate health and mental health services, including medications.

The Afterschool Alliance will continue their work on engaging key stakeholders as part of its campaign to increase the quality of after-school programs for all children.

When and how is knowledge about youth development used in the juvenile justice system?

Prior research generally reveals the myriad reasons why policymakers fail to use research that fundamentally challenges their current policies and practices.

The goal of the project is to develop a sustainability plan for the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars, whose mission is to strengthen family policy by connecting state policymakers with research knowledge.

Raudenbush and Bloom will continue to develop the field’s ability to conduct more rigorous and cost-effective intervention and measurement studies. They will also advance methods for determining whether intervention impacts on youth operate through their effects on youth settings ...