Transformative grant empowers Duke to launch statewide maternal and child health initiative
Research team co-led by Lisa Gennetian awarded a 10-year, $30 million grant from the Pritzker Children’s Initiative
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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Transformative grant empowers Duke to launch statewide maternal and child health initiative
April 30, 2026
Made for This: The Duke Campaign
Duke University has received a $30 million, 10-year grant from the Pritzker Children’s Initiative to improve maternal and early childhood health across North Carolina
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Duke Today
Ari Cook, a Child Policy Research Certificate student at Duke University, is a leader in promoting inclusive care for foster children.
Student Reflection on Morris-Perez Talk “The Scarlet Letter S”
March 10, 2026
CCFP News
“Always and forever, for Frankie.” Those are the words Dr. Pamela Morris-Perez used to end her lecture, “The Scarlet Letter ‘S’: Reclaiming Humanity & Hope for Teen Suicide,” as part of the Center for Child and Family Policy’s Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture Series.
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February 18, 2026
CCFP News
The recent CCFP Career Series panel brought together five certificate alumni at different stages in their professional careers. Working across fields in social policy research, health technology, education, and post-graduate studies, the panel offered current Duke students advice and a conversation about life after Duke.
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Featured Projects
Research Project
ITTI Care Project 2.0: Evaluating a Revised Model of Infant/Toddler Trauma-Informed Care
The Infant-Toddler Trauma-Informed Care Project 2.0 (ITTI Care 2.0) is a “next-level” version of the original ITTI Care Project, modified based on lessons learned during six years of implementation with teachers and administrators at all levels of early childhood infrastructure.
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Research Project
Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures
Building on the ongoing Parenting Across Cultures longitudinal study that began in 2008, this project will continue to follow participants in their early to mid-twenties.
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Research Project
Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts
This project seeks to understand whether, for whom, and how the effects of successful early childhood school readiness interventions are sustained across a child’s development.
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Research Project
North Carolina Preschool Development Grant
Project Description CCFP researchers have partnered with colleagues at The Hunt Institute and Child Trends on multiple projects for North Carolina’s Preschool Development Grant, within the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG) is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration…
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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.