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The Child Tax Credit is a valuable tax benefit for families with dependent children, currently offering up to $2,000 per qualifying child.

The pluses and pitfalls of the world’s most disciplined primary schools

Funds give new faculty and multidisciplinary teams a nudge toward earning external funding

Through the InventHERs Institute, Drs. Whitney McCoy and Shaundra Daily are revolutionizing how girls and women see themselves in STEM fields.

Dr. Joan Lombardi, director of the Early Opportunities Initiative and adjunct professor and senior adviser at the Stanford University Center for Early Childhood, Graduate School of Education, spoke recently at the Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture

In 2022, among households with at least one resident child under age 18, the typical white household had $166,000 more wealth than the typical black household. A confluence of factors contributes to the black-white racial wealth difference, including a legacy of economic hardship due to slavery, Jim Crow segregation and violence, and exclusionary education, housing,…

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.

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.

Harsher immigration law enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leads to decreased use of prenatal care for immigrant mothers and declines in birth weight, according to new Duke University research.

DURHAM, N.C. – Before the pandemic, one-third of U.S. households with children were already “net worth poor,” lacking enough financial resources to sustain their families for three months at a poverty level, finds new research from Duke University. In 2019, 57 percent of Black families and 50 percent of Latino families with children were poor…

Duke study shows automatic enrollment, paired with option to opt-out, is highly effective at boosting parents’ participation.

DURHAM, N.C. – In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic swiftly and substantially worsened mental health among U.S. hourly service workers and their children – especially those experiencing multiple hardships, according to new research from the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University and Barnard College. The study leverages real-time, daily survey data collected…