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

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...

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...

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

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

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?

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

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...

In what ways do program content, social processes, and setting resources interact to create the environments experienced by youth?

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...

The study seeks to help improve participant retention in the NFP as well as help guide future efforts to implement the program as it is replicated in new sites.

Can a simple, low-cost intervention increase the number of low-income high school students taking the necessary steps to go to college?

Funds were provided for a paper on the attributes of good learning experiences for young people, ages 13 to 18.

Funds were provided to develop policy recommendations and identify successful strategies and practices for for California after-school programs.

Funds were given for SREE's Professional Development Program for the Institute of Education Science’s pre- and post-doctoral fellows.

Funding was provided to create an ongoing professional community of practice to share findings and develop cross-city research projects across consortia nationally.