Triangle Economics of Education Workshop
Join us on May 15 for our annual workshop that brings together scholars to present and discuss empirical research on the economics of education.
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
California Map Reveals Areas With Most High School Dropouts
April 25, 2024
Newsweek
A map shows which counties in California have the highest percentage of high school dropouts. To determine which counties had the highest percentage of dropouts, Newsweek analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which tracked the number of residents 25 and over with at least a high school diploma.
read more about California Map Reveals Areas With Most High School DropoutsChildcare crisis impacting even more parents across the country
April 23, 2024
KATV
America’s childcare crisis is taking another turn for the worse, now impacting a new group of parents. The employment gap between those who have a four-year college degree and those who don’t is growing, impacting how parents seek childcare.
read more about Childcare crisis impacting even more parents across the countryStudent Reflection on Benforado Talk “How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All”
April 12, 2024
CCFP News
[Benforado] inspired me to continue advocating for the cause of putting children first. Minjee Kim PPS ’25 Dr. Adam Benforado, professor of law at Drexel University, discussed the importance of prioritizing child wellbeing in public policy as part of the Robert R. Wilson Distinguished Lecture series on March 7, 2024. Benforado was welcomed by the…
read more about Student Reflection on Benforado Talk “How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All”PODCAST: How two years of COVID disruptions in schools touched off a national student absenteeism crisis
April 8, 2024
KNX News
That is a huge surge in student absenteeism from before the COVID pandemic disruptions to schooling. We talked with Dr. Katie Rosanbalm at Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy and asked her about why the root of the student absenteeism problem traces back to COVID.
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Featured Projects
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.
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Research Project
Risk and Resilience in Ukraine: Individual, Family, and Community Predictors of Adolescent and Young Adult Adjustment
This research project will collect data from youth enrolled in universities across Ukraine during the winter of 2023. Data will include changes in adjustment, wellbeing, and optimism, along with substance use. Data will provide insights into how best to support the mental health of young people during a global crisis.
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Research Project
Partnering for Excellence
This project is an evaluation of Benchmarks’ Partnering for Excellence (PFE), a model that seeks to improve the well-being of children and families in contact with the child welfare system and reduce the need for higher end behavioral services through a more trauma-informed community, which can result in reduces in behavioral healthcare expenditures.
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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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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.