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Child Welfare

Awarded Grants

Grant

System/Policy Determinants of Inequalities in Child Welfare: The Case of Running Away From Foster Care

Do state policies regulating the use and quality of congregate care affect racial and ethnic disparities in youth running away from foster care?
Fred Wulczyn
Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago
2016 – 2019
Grant

Understanding the American Child Welfare System

What circumstances bring parents under Child Protective Services (CPS) supervision? How do parents respond after their children are removed from them? How does CPS intervention change the attitudes, behaviors, and material conditions of birth parents?
Matthew Desmond
Princeton University
2016 – 2026
$350,000
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2016 MacKenzie and Gale

MacKenzie proposes to use the award to develop the different skill sets involved with mentoring junior colleagues, as compared to students.
Michael MacKenzie
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
2016 – 2018
$97,500
Grant

Mixed-methods Study of Organizational Supports used by Private Child Welfare Agencies to Facilitate Evidence Use

What organizational supports facilitate research evidence use in private child welfare agencies?
Emmeline Chuang
University Of California, Los Angeles
2016 – 2019
Grant

Co-creating the Conditions to Sustain the Use of Research Evidence in Public Child Welfare

What strategies help child welfare agency leaders, evidence-based program developers, and child welfare providers initiate and sustain the use of research evidence?
Allison Metz
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
2015 – 2017
Grant

Integrating Theoretic and Empirical Findings of Research Evidence Use: A Healthcare Systems Engineering Approach

How do state policymakers use research evidence in decisions about mental health treatment for foster care youth?
Thomas Mackie
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
2015 – 2019
Grant

Understanding the Relationship between Extended Foster Care and Transitions to Adulthood from Care

Does extending benefits and care beyond age 18 help youth in foster care achieve better economic and educational outcomes as they transition to adulthood?
Mark Courtney
Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago
2015 – 2019

Articles & More

Webinars

Use of Research Evidence: Building Two-Way Streets

In this video, produced by the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Vivian Tseng challenges the traditional paradigm of moving from “research to practice.” She suggests that researchers and evaluators need ...
Foundation Staff
Use of Research Evidence: Building Two-Way Streets
Blog Post

Improving Access to Research Evidence: Reflections on a Distinguished Fellowship

As a general pediatrician and child health services researcher, I care for a vulnerable population of children, many of whom have been exposed to violence. I have also spent the past 12 years examining the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) ...
Megan Bair-Merritt
Improving Access to Research Evidence: Reflections on a Distinguished Fellowship
Blog Post

Use of Research Evidence: Social Services Portfolio

In this report, Susan Maciolek synthesizes findings from Foundation-supported studies on the use of research evidence in domains including child welfare, child mental health, and justice. Maciolek, a former William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished Fellow, discusses the perspectives of policymakers...
Susan Maciolek
Use of Research Evidence: Social Services Portfolio

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