Data / Research

Millions of children across the country are raised by grandparents, other extended family, or close family friends when their parents are unable to raise them. These families, interchangeably known as... (Read more)

This publication reviews State laws and policies that are directed toward reducing the negative experiences of LGBTQIA2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, Two-Spirit, or other gender or sexual... (Read more)

If you’re a grandparent raising a grandchild, you already have a relationship with a parent of the child–one that can be tough to navigate. Here’s what to... (Read more)

(From the Abstract): Importance Anxiety disorder, a common mental health condition in the US, comprises a group of related conditions characterized by excessive fear or worry that present as... (Read more)

Models of care are emerging throughout the United States that emphasize access to crisis services, jail diversion, and clinical accessibility to make it easier for end users with mental illness,... (Read more)

The first academic study to estimate the cumulative lifetime risk of a child maltreatment investigation, completed by researchers at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, reveals that... (Read more)

These briefs present information on federal housing voucher programs, such as the Family Unification Program (FUP), that child welfare and housing leaders can use to stabilize families through cross-sector partnerships... (Read more)

The Intergenerational Evaluation Toolkit represents over 15 years of collaborative research by Dr. Jarrott and is a companion piece to two reports from Generations United and The Eisner Foundation on... (Read more)

A recently released brief by Chapin Hall and Early Start promotes viewing the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) as a tool to provide new opportunities to reimagine how families... (Read more)

If children and youth are removed from parents, they have better outcomes with kinship caregivers than non-kinship resource families. The benefits of kinship placements are many, including allowing children and... (Read more)