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.
read more about CCFP 25th Anniversary Spotlight: Q&A with Jennifer Lansford2025 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.
read more about 2025 Certificate Graduate Story: Ryan CopelandCCFP 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.
read more about CCFP Community Spotlight: Shelby TisdaleA 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.
read more about A Wrong Turn for SNAP Reform
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.
learn more about Baby’s First Years Study
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.
learn more about Survey of Health Trends (SEHAT)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.