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CCFP25

Anniversary Spotlight: Q&A with Jennifer Lansford

Student News

Congratulations, Class of 2025 Certificate Graduates!

CCFP25

Celebrating 25 years of Making a Difference

Impact report highlights Center work that has made a difference in the lives of children and families.

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Celebrating 25 Years!

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. Join us in celebrating this milestone as we host several events and activities and publish special content throughout the 2024-2025 academic year.

Recent News

CCFP 25th Anniversary Spotlight: Q&A with Jennifer Lansford

June 23, 2025

CCFP News

As part of the Center for Child and Family Policy’s 25th Anniversary celebration, we honor faculty, researchers, and staff who have contributed to the Center’s work, culture, and impact.

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2025 Certificate Graduate Story: Ryan Copeland

June 17, 2025

CCFP News

Ryan Copeland is a recent graduate of Duke University and the Child Policy Research certificate program. 

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CCFP Community Spotlight: Shelby Tisdale

June 11, 2025

CCFP News

Shelby Tisdale is a recent graduate of Duke University and the Child Policy Research certificate program.

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A Wrong Turn for SNAP Reform

June 11, 2025

The Regulatory Review

The budget bill’s expanded SNAP work requirements ignore the reality of low-wage work, writes Anna Gassman-Pines with co-author Elizabeth Ananat in The Regulatory Review.

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Featured Projects

Research Project

Advancing Equity in Adolescent Health through Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs and Services

This project expands reach, builds capacity, and scales up evidence-based programs offering positive youth development and sexuality education to address health disparities in the most vulnerable areas across rural Eastern North Carolina.

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Research Project

Great Smoky Mountains Study of Rural Aging

Project 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.

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Research Project

Baby’s First Years Study

Baby’s First Years is a pathbreaking study of the causal impact of monthly, unconditional cash gifts to low-income mothers and their children in the first three years of the child’s life. The cash gifts are funded through charitable foundations. The study will identify whether reducing poverty can affect early childhood development and the family processes that support children’s development.

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Research Project

Survey of Health Trends (SEHAT)

Study of children’s and adolescents’ trajectories of mental health, immunization, and primary healthcare utilization in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. The research is being conducted in India, where one-sixth of the world’s population lives.

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For Students

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.