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Upcoming Event

Triangle Economics of Education Workshop

Join us on May 17 for our annual workshop that brings together scholars to present and discuss empirical research on the economics of education.

Faculty News

Sarah Komisarow Receives Best Paper Award by AEFP

Komisarow’s paper evaluates the impact of a nonprofit on educational outcomes among disadvantaged students.

New Research

Children Evaluated for Maltreatment are More Likely to Return to ED and Receive Inpatient Care

Yeurong Liu, Kelly Evans, Beth Gifford and co-authors summarize findings from newly published research Child Abuse and Neglect.

Multimedia

Co-regulation: What It Is and Why it Matters

In this explainer video from the Administration for Children and Families, learn why co-regulation skills are important for adults working with or caring for adolescents. Content of the video builds on the OPRE’s Self-Regulation and Toxic Stress Series led by Katie Rosanbalm.

 

In the Media

How To Help Kids Focus And Pay Attention

Katie Rosanbalm offers advice for parents in Fatherly.

 

 

 

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

Here Comes the … Baby Bump

March 27, 2023

The New York Times

More couples are proudly announcing on their wedding day that they are expecting.

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Careers in Child and Family Policy: Finding Your Purpose with Derek Rhodes

March 22, 2023

CCFP News

Founder and executive director of Durham Success Summit, Derek Rhodes, PPS ’15, joined the Center on March 3 to talk about his professional journey and why he quit the corporate world to start his own non-profit.

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Careers in Child and Family Policy: Advocacy

March 7, 2023

CCFP News

The Center recently hosted child advocacy professionals, Morgan Forrester Ray, director of the EarlyWell Initiative at NC Child, and Morgan Wittman Gramann, executive director at North Carolina Alliance for Health, as guest speakers for its careers series.

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Featured Projects

Research Project

Net Worth Poverty and Children’s Development

This study examines how net worth poverty – or household’s whose wealth levels fall below one-quarter of the federal poverty line – is associated with children’s cognitive and behavioral development. Most children who are net worth poor are not income poor, meaning that these economically vulnerable group of children have been conventionally overlooked in conversations about poverty.

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Research Project

Evaluation of the Responsive Early Access for Durham’s Young Children (READY)

Evaluation of a unified strategy to early childhood development called Responsive Early Access for Durham’s Young Children (READY). READY was created by a Durham-based nonprofit in partnership with early care and education, pediatrics, family support, mental health, and homeless services organizations and professionals.

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Research Project

ITTI Care

The Infant-Toddler Trauma-Informed Care (ITTI Care) Project leverages the existing early childhood education workforce support system to expand and strengthen trauma-informed knowledge and practice within the communities they serve.

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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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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.

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