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Four New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence on Ways to Reduce Inequality in Youth Outcomes

We are proud to announce four new research grants for studies on reducing inequality. Approved at the Foundation’s October Board meeting, these awards will help build theory and empirical...

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Grantee Voices

“The system makes it hard for them:” Exploring the challenges and strategies for schools in supporting newcomer unaccompanied immigrant youth

Newcomer unaccompanied youth in the U.S. The United States defines an unaccompanied minor as an immigrant who is under the age of 18 and not in the care of a parent or legal guardian at the time of...

Sophia Rodriguez

11/30/2021

From the Field

Forum: From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality

On October 28th, two panels of scholars participated in a virtual forum, From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality. Exploring ways for social scientists to move beyond describing and...

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Building Trusting Relationships to Support Evidence Use in Human Services

Can training and coaching contribute to the development of trusting relationships between agency leadership and staff and their community partners? And to what extent do those relationships improve...

Allison Metz

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2021 – 2023
$50,000.00

Around the Foundation

Hirokazu Yoshikawa Joins Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation

We’re pleased to announce that Hirokazu Yoshikawa has joined the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, effective October 2021. Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and...

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Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Boston College, Harvard University and New York University

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In Support of NPR’s Coverage of Children, Youth and Families

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

Blair Gage

National Public Radio

2021 – 2023
$300,000.00

Grant

Engaging Families Iterative Research Study (EngagingFIRSt)

What school conditions support family engagement for English learner families, families of color, and teachers?

Ivy Smith Morgan

The Education Trust

2021 – 2023
$49,680.00

Grant

Merit-based Aid and (In)equality: Examining Variation in Policy and Effects on Social Mobility

Do state-funded merit-aid programs used by colleges and universities promote or hinder social mobility for undergraduate students? Does the social mobility impact of merit-aid vary by race, income,...

Xiaodan Hu and Frank Fernandez

Northern Illinois University

2021 – 2024
$50,000.00

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Xiaodan Hu

Northern Illinois University

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Frank Fernandez

Northern Illinois University and University of Florida

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Ivy Smith Morgan

The Education Trust

Grantee Voices

Under pressure: Investigating how system-level factors shape racial inequality in child welfare outcomes

Although there are dots that have yet to be linked explicitly, the connection between fee-for-service reimbursement models and supply-induced demand is the sort of explanation one should expect to...

Fred Wulczyn

9/16/2021

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Fred Wulczyn

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and Chapin Hall Center for Children

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Tribes and Families: Fulfilling the Dual-Promise of Indian Child Welfare Reform

Do laws and policies that enhance the sovereignty of tribal governments reduce family separation through the child welfare system?

Frank Edwards and Theresa Rocha Beardall

Rutgers University, Newark

2021 – 2025
$664,796.00

Grant

Youth and Undergraduate Transformation to Harness Community Change (YOUTH-C2)

The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and the United Way of Santa Cruz will partner to reduce inequalities for low-income, Latinx middle and high school youth and first-generation Latinx...

Regina Langhout, Rebecca London and Yvette Lopez Brooks

United Way of Santa Cruz County

2021 – 2026
$1,000,000.00

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