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The Center strives to be a national leader in the public discussion, debate, and consensus-building on topics of major significance to children, youth, and families. These topics will vary over time with public interest, but may include community approaches to violence prevention, preschool and after-school care provision for families with working parents, the transfer of juvenile offenders to adult court, divorce and custody of children, public funding for elementary education, and children’s access to offensive media.
The following policy engagement activities are currently under way at the Center:
- conferences, at which basic researchers, policy analysts, and community leaders converge on a topic of major importance in order to understand the problem
- Family Impact Seminars
- describe the state of knowledge and examine public strategies for solutions
- lectures, at which prominent scholars and public leaders address major issues
- testimony before local, state, and national legislative bodies
- briefs, through which policy questions are analyzed and solutions are formulated
- newsletters, through which current knowledge is disseminated to policy makers
- public communication, in the form of articles, interviews, and Op-Ed pieces, through which the public becomes involved in matters of policy
- consultation with nonprofit and government agencies
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DISCLAIMER: The Center for Child and Family Policy is a nonpartisan organization and does not advocate for or against specific legislation or policies. Opinions, content of written documents, or remarks by researchers and staff shall not be construed as an endorsement by the Center for Child and Family Policy or Duke University.
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