Apply to New Bass Connections and Policy+ Project Team
This project is at the intersection of health, social services, and policy. Students will work with the Child Maltreatment Prevention Research Team.
The Center for Child and Family Policy is dedicated to improving the well-being of children and families through research, education, and engagement. We study factors that influence child outcomes, develop and test promising interventions, and advance evidence-based practices and policies that can inform change and unlock opportunities for all children and their families.
January 17, 2023
Schools’ use of telehealth services expanded during the pandemic, and emerging research suggests it could help reduce chronic absenteeism.
read more about Telemedicine Could Help Keep Kids in ClassJanuary 5, 2023
Jennifer Lansford helps explain the science behind why children find their parents annoying in a recent episode of BBC’s Crowd Science podcast.
read more about Podcast: Jennifer Lansford on “Why are my parents so annoying?”December 18, 2022
Helen Ladd was cited for her research on public education spending in WRAL’s analysis of North Carolina schools.
read more about By the numbers: How North Carolina’s classrooms have changed since LeandroDecember 13, 2022
On November 15, the Center welcomed Dr. Flood, a former educator and administrator in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, to speak about his insights regarding school desegregation and today’s efforts towards school integration.
read more about Student Reflection on “School Desegregation: Past, Present and Future”This study is evaluating a local program in Durham, NC, that waives the fees of those who have a suspended license due to failure to pay, in order to discover how reinstating drivers’ licenses can reduce barriers to employment and self-sufficiency.
learn more about Local Criminal Justice Reform Efforts: Effects on Employment, Self-Sufficiency, and Family Well-BeingProject to augment the longitudinal Great Smoky Mountains Study (GSMS) to create a national data resource, the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Rural Aging (GSMS-RA), for the study of early determinants of the aging experience in a rural context. The GSMS began collecting data on children, now participants are entering their 40s.
learn more about Great Smoky Mountains Study of Rural AgingThe North Carolina Resilience and Learning Project is a partnership with the Public School Forum of North Carolina to promote and support trauma-informed schools across the state. The project team works closely with districts and schools to provide professional learning and ongoing coaching to meet school-specific needs and goals. Our work aims to create systems-level change by shifting the culture and mindset of an entire school so that staff begin to see a child’s behavior in the context of their life experiences, in consideration of possible trauma history or stress response system triggers.
learn more about N.C. Resilience and LearningThe National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is a collaboration between Child Trends and three university based research partners and serves as a hub of research-based information on low-income Hispanic children and families.
learn more about Poverty and Economic Self Sufficiency Among Hispanic Families with ChildrenThe Center offers a variety of ways for Duke students at every level to learn about child and family policy and become involved in original research.