Family & Child Policy

Is the assumption behind pro-marriage policies—that marriage improves academic outcomes among Black youth—empirically supported?

The Fellowship will deepen Julia Henly’s understanding of the forces that shape state child care policy and local program implementation for low-income children.

The Peter Cicchino Youth Project (PCYP) provides legal representation and advocacy for 200 homeless and street-involved young people ages 25 and under.

Funds will be used for Judith Gueron’s speaking and writing engagements for foundation leaders, federal agency and congressional staff, research and policy organizations, and academics in public policy schools and economics departments to promote evidence-based policy.

Funding will allow Bogenschneider to continue building a healthy base of funding for the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars.

How do districts acquire research on school-based programming, and how does this vary across districts and among district personnel?

How do times of economic boom and bust affect the family setting and youth as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood?

Jennifer Barber is a successful, mid-career academic in the field of adolescent reproductive health and pregnancy prevention. She wants her research to have greater influence on programs and services for young women. To that end, Barber designed a Fellowship experience ...

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

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.