Our Mission
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.
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Recent News
Lansford to Lead Center for Child and Family Policy
June 8, 2022
Sanford School of Public Policy
Jennifer Lansford, research professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, will be the new director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy as of July 1, Sanford School Dean Judith Kelley announced today.
read more about Lansford to Lead Center for Child and Family PolicyEducational Support for Immigrant Students and their Families Begins with Renewed Perspective
May 13, 2022
CCFP News
In her recent lecture, Teaching in Times of COVID: Preparing Teachers to Work with Immigrant Students, Families, and Communities, Dr. Ana Christina da Silva addressed many questions teachers and schools are still asking. Dr. da Silva’s approach to the challenge invites educators to embrace curiosity, rather than grapple for control.
read more about Educational Support for Immigrant Students and their Families Begins with Renewed PerspectiveThe Power of Storytelling: How Parents and Caregivers Can Give Children a Strong Foundation for Language and Literacy Development
May 9, 2022
CCFP News
The long-term benefits of telling stories with young children was recently documented by a team of researchers, including Duke University Research Scientist Dr. Robert Carr.
read more about The Power of Storytelling: How Parents and Caregivers Can Give Children a Strong Foundation for Language and Literacy DevelopmentRacial Inequality Research Grants Awarded to Duke Faculty
May 6, 2022
Duke Faculty Advancement
The Office of the Provost has selected 18 projects for funding through The Duke Endowment that engage topics related to the issue of racial inequality. Among those selected include projects led by CCFP’s Anna Gassman-Pines, Beth Gifford and Sarah Komisarow during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Featured Projects
Research Project
Child and Adolescent Predictors of Young Adults’ and Their Parents’ Primals in Nine Countries
This study provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand whether and how primals in early adulthood are predicted by childhood and adolescent experiences and how parents’ primals are related to their young adult children’s primals in the most diverse long-term longitudinal study ever conducted.
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Research Project
Examining Medicaid and the Nutrition Program for Women and Children to Understand How to Design Social Policy to Achieve Health Equity
This research will provide an in-depth view of variation in state-level policy rules and program administration across WIC and Medicaid in three states and illuminate the consequences for policy beneficiaries’ ability to access benefits, engage with programs, and function as democratic citizens.
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Research Project
Study of Out-of-School Time Coordinating Entities Response to Covid-19
This study examines the essential nature of coordinating entities during a crisis by comparing the experiences of out-of-school time (OST) stakeholders in cities with coordinating entities to OST stakeholders in cities that may have elements of an OST system (e.g., common data system) but not a coordinating entity.
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Research Project
Local Criminal Justice Reform Efforts: Effects on Employment, Self-Sufficiency, and Family Well-Being
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.
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The 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.