Research

Past Projects

Children of Color in the (Southern) Welfare State: How Politics, Poverty, and Social Policy Implementation Shape Child Development in the Rural South

July 2019 - July 2023
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BELLA Program: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families

July 2018 - June 2023
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Reducing the Need for Out-of-home Placements: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effects of Family Centered Treatment on Well-Being Outcomes and Public Dollar Costs

February 2018 - June 2023
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Prospective Study of Infant Development

January 2010 - April 2023
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North Carolina Infant Toddler Cost Feasibility Study – Parent and Provider Panels

April 2022 - January 2023
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Guilford Collaborative Toward Universal Reach and Impact During the Prenatal Period

July 2017 - December 2022
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Study of Out-of-School Time Coordinating Entities Response to Covid-19

May 2021 - November 2022
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Families & Communities Rising Evaluation

August 2021 - October 2022
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Examining Medicaid and the Nutrition Program for Women and Children to Understand How to Design Social Policy to Achieve Health Equity

September 2020 - September 2022
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Guilford County Incredible Years Preschool Sustainability Project

September 2019 - August 2022
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Dimensions of Child Adversity and Health Risk Behaviors in Young Adulthood

September 2019 - August 2022
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Intergenerational Persistence of Treatment Effects

September 2017 - August 2022
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Preschool Development Grant, Birth Through Five – Needs Assessment

August 2021 - July 2022
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Diseases of Despair in Young Adulthood: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention

October 2018 - June 2022
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Evaluating the Philadelphia Fair Workweek Standard to Identify the Consequences of Scheduling Regulation on Workers and Families

September 2019 - June 2022
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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Economic and Psychological Well-Being of Hourly Service Workers and their Families

September 2019 - June 2022
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Childhood Risk Factors and Young Adult Competence

July 2017 - June 2022
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Parenting Across Cultures: COVID-19

July 2020 - June 2022
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Targeted Reading Intervention: Investigating the Efficacy of a Web-Based Early Reading

July 2016 - June 2022
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WIC, SNAP and Medicaid Participation in North Carolina

May 2020 - May 2022
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Identifying Opportunities to Prevent Child Maltreatment in the Health and Social Services Systems

December 2019 - November 2021
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Effects of the Incredible Years Classroom and Teacher Combined Interventions on Preschool Children’s Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement

July 2015 - June 2021
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Child Development Project- Optimizing Prevention of Costly Adult Outcomes

January 2004 - May 2021
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Household Net Worth Poverty and Children’s Development

May 2020 - April 2021
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How Do State Social Assistance Policies and Practices Impact Utilization and Outcomes Among Hispanic Low-Income Youth?

July 2019 - April 2021
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Intergenerational Transmission of Resilience to ACEs

February 2019 - February 2021
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Integration of Family Connects and HealthySteps in Guilford County

July 2017 - December 2020
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Family Connects for Get Ready Guilford Initiative

January 2019 - December 2020
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The Impact of State EITC Policy and Practices on Participation Rates of Hispanic Families

November 2019 - November 2020
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N.C. DHHS Early Childhood Action Plan Data Support Partnership

November 2019 - October 2020
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Durham Integrated Domestic Violence Response System (DIDVRS)

October 2016 - September 2020
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4th Trimester Maternal Health Innovation Project

March 2020 - September 2020
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Evaluating and Mitigating the Impact of Evictions and Other Housing Insecurity Issues Over Health and Child Development in North Carolina

May 2019 - June 2020
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The Role of Wealth in the Transition to Young Adulthood for Minority Youth

July 2019 - June 2020
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Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative

November 2018 - June 2020
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Promoting Self-Regulation to Enhance Social, Behavioral, and Academic Adjustment in Middle School

July 2017 - June 2020
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The Intergeneration Effects of Criminal Justice Policies on Substance Use Crimes

July 2016 - May 2020
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Optimizing Prevention of Costly Adult Outcomes

July 2015 - March 2020
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Dissemination and Outreach Core – Duke Autism Center of Excellence

July 2017 - September 2019
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Immigration Enforcement and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina

December 2017 - May 2019
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Evaluation of Book Babies Program

July 2015 - December 2018
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Macomb Intermediate School District Kindergarten Home Visit Project

October 2015 - September 2018
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Feasibility Study for a Guilford County Comprehensive Child Information System

June 2017 - June 2018
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The Racial Marriage Gap and Student Achievement: A New Look at an Old Conundrum

July 2016 - June 2018
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Evaluating the Impact of North Carolina’s Kindergarten Entry Formative Assessment Intervention on Student Outcomes in the Early Grades

September 2017 - May 2018
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Effects of Scheduling Stability Legislation on Family Functioning: A Combined Event Study and Daily Diary Study of Workers in Emeryville, CA

October 2017 - March 2018
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The Intergenerational Effects of the Criminal Justice System on Children’s Health

June 2016 - November 2017
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Collaborative Research: Leveraging Matched Administrative Datasets to Improve Educational Practice and Long Run Outcomes: Toward Building a National Interdisciplinary Network

September 2012 - August 2017
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A Foundation-University Partnership: Collaborating for Non-profit Capacity Building and Infrastructure Enhancement

January 2013 - July 2017
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CIFAR Child Brain and Development Research Award

July 2015 - June 2017
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Durham Children’s Data Center

January 2015 - June 2017
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Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)

September 2006 - June 2017
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Impact of Toxic Stress on Self-Regulation: Implications for ACF Programs

July 2013 - June 2017
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Setting the Stage: Planning for Intentional and Effective Spaces and Places for Children

April 2014 - February 2017
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America’s Promise Evaluation Project

November 2007 - December 2016
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North Carolina Central University Campus Coalition Evaluation

March 2015 - September 2016
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Child Mental Health Initiative (BECOMING)

October 2010 - September 2016
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Meeting the Bar: A Propensity Score Analysis of BSF Impacts by Couples’ Economic Status

September 2014 - September 2016
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Collaborative Proposal: A Data-Intensive Exploration of the Links between SES and STEM Learning Outcomes

September 2014 - August 2016
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Crime Gun Theft

September 2015 - August 2016
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Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success

July 2012 - June 2016
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Truancy Prevention Project

July 2012 - June 2016
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Week in the Life Study

July 2013 - June 2016
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Scientific Meetings for Advancing Economic Analyses of Substance Abuse Prevention

June 2014 - May 2016
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Family Structure and Inequality in Contemporary America

May 2015 - April 2016
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The Effects of Local Job Destruction on Youth Mobility

June 2014 - January 2016
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Epigenetic Mediation of Early Environmental Influences on Adolescent Neurobehavioral Development

November 2013 - October 2015
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The Timing of SNAP Benefit Receipt and Children’s Academic Achievement

November 2014 - September 2015
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Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families

October 2008 - September 2015
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Database for Title V State Abstinence Education Plan

September 2011 - September 2015
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Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analyses of Substance Abuse Project

July 2012 - August 2015
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Economic and Social Determinants of the Educational, Occupational, and Residential Choices of Young Adults

July 2010 - June 2015
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Global Human Development Intervention Research Network

July 2014 - June 2015
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Development and Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems

September 2003 - May 2015
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Studying Whether Two North Carolina Legal Interventions Reduce Child Maltreatment

December 2013 - May 2015
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Effects of Drug Treatment Courts on Outcomes of Adults and Their Children

February 2012 - January 2015
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Durham Family Initiative

July 2002 - December 2014
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Project LAUNCH Evaluation

May 2012 - September 2014
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Decision-Making in Everyday Life

January 2012 - August 2014
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Advancing the Study of Human Development with 21st Century Technologies

January 2013 - June 2014
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Macro-to-Micro Contextual Triggers of Early Adolescent Substance Exposure

November 2012 - June 2014
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North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Summer Ventures Program Evaluation

June 2013 - March 2014
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adolescent Well-Being

January 2012 - December 2013
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Doris Duke Fellowships for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

August 2011 - November 2013
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Evaluation of Bridgescape Academy

October 2012 - September 2013
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Adolescent Adjustment: An Integrative Examination of Parenting, Emotion Regulation, and Social Information Processing

October 2011 - September 2013
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Evaluation of the Larry King Center

February 2013 - August 2013
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Positive Parenting in Wake County

April 2013 - August 2013
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Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (TPRC)

September 2008 - June 2013
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Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Comprehensive Family Assessment to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes in Alamance County, NC

September 2007 - June 2013
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Effects of Classroom Management Training on Early Learning Skills (Incredible Years for Teachers)

July 2009 - June 2013
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Evaluation of School-Based Child and Family Support Teams Initiative (100 Schools Project)

May 2006 - May 2013
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Durham Together for Resilient Youth (TRY)

December 2012 - April 2013
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Monitoring Substance Abuse in Durham County

December 2012 - April 2013
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Adolescent Drug Use: Development, Prevention, and Policy

September 2002 - February 2013
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The Impact of Federal Accountability Sanctions on Student Outcome: Evidence from North Carolina

February 2009 - February 2013
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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Project

October 2010 - September 2012
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Community Non-Profit Capacity Building Pilot Project

April 2012 - August 2012
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Preliminary Evaluation of the National STEM Career Platform

April 2012 - July 2012
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Secondary and Postsecondary Pathways to Labor Market Success: A Proposed Research Program

September 2011 - June 2012
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Educational Decision-Making: Normative Principles and Empirical Social Science Research

January 2011 - June 2012
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Marriage and Parenthood in the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults

July 2007 - June 2012
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Beyond Test Scores: Schooling and Life-Course Outcomes in Early Adulthood

December 2008 - December 2011
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Parental Employment, Family Functioning and Young Child Well-being: A Daily Diary Study of Mexican Immigrant Families

December 2009 - December 2011
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Evaluation of the Larry King Center

November 2010 - October 2011
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Fast Track Data Center

September 2009 - August 2011
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Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Evaluation

August 2010 - August 2011
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Evaluation of Implementation of Multiple Response System

November 2004 - June 2011
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Longitudinal Data for Education Reform: Critical Role for North Carolina Education Research Data Center

July 2009 - June 2011
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Evaluation of The Hill Center Program in Davie County and Durham Public Schools

April 2008 - May 2011
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Brain Imaging the Effects of High Sensation Value Anti-Drug PSAs

June 2009 - May 2011
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Effects of Cognitive Control Training among Adolescent Offenders

February 2010 - February 2011
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Causes, Consequences, and Prevention of Child Maltreatment

September 2009 - February 2011
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Natural History of ADHD in a Population-based Sample

September 2005 - June 2010
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Research on High School Reform: Study of the Efficacy of North Carolina’s Learn and Earn Early College High School Model

July 2006 - June 2010
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QuitAssist™ External Evaluation Plan

December 2007 - December 2009
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Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care

October 2004 - October 2009
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Juvenile Justice Treatment Continuum

December 2006 - June 2009
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Peer and Neighborhood Influences on Youth and Adolescent Development

July 2004 - June 2009
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Project CLASS: A Randomized Trial of Two Promising Interventions for Students with Attention Problems

July 2005 - June 2009
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College Students’ Non-Medical Use and Misuse of ADHD Meds

August 2005 - April 2009
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Monitoring Substance Use Indicators for North Carolina Adolescents

December 2007 - July 2008
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Enhanced Applied Public Policy Research Capacity

February 2007 - December 2007
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GREAT Schools and Families Project – Evaluation Research Study in Area of Aggression/Interpersonal Youth

September 1999 - September 2007
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program

June 2000 - June 2004
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