Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting Philadelphia, Pa. – September 4, 2019 – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a new pilot program today ...

Philadelphia, Pa. – August 5, 2019 – Military families covered by TRICARE, the health care program for uniformed service members and their families, report lower access to care and satisfaction with the quality of care than civilian...

Philadelphia, Pa. – July 1, 2019– Of the 8.6 million children in working families who are covered by public insurance, more than 70% have a parent who works at a large, private company, according to a new study from PolicyLab at Chi...

Large Pennsylvania Study Finds No Evidence of Child Abuse Injury Prevention Among Three Evidence-Based Home Visiting Models Philadelphia, Pa. – June 14, 2018 – Children of mothers engaged in evidence-based home visiting programs ar...

Single Site-based Study Suggests Access to No-cost HIV Treatment May Be Key to Curbing Epidemic Philadelphia, Pa. – April 4, 2018 – Youth living with HIV who have health insurance may be half as likely to be at high risk for transm...

New Study Details Family Characteristics Associated with Child Maltreatment in U.S. Army Families Philadelphia, Pa. – October 4, 2017 – With growing evidence around the increased risk of child abuse and neglect surrounding a U.S. A...

Funding Award Will Support Project to Improve Quality of Life for Youth with Sickle Cell Disease Transitioning to Adult Care Philadelphia, Pa. – September 19, 2017 – Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Nor...

Two-year grant brings together community organizations to help children with asthma in West Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. – September 12, 2017 – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Home Preservation Initiative for Healthy...

New Study Suggests Support for Families and Children in Poverty Cannot Begin Too Early Philadelphia, Pa. – July 12, 2017 – By age one, infants in low-socioeconomic families have already been exposed to greater environmental disadva...

Statement from PolicyLab Director Dr. David Rubin Philadelphia, Pa. – Dec. 13, 2016 – Only 20 percent of medically diagnosed child abuse and neglect cases in U.S. Army dependent children between 2004 and 2007 were found to have a s...