This Evidence to Action brief identifies action steps that can be taken by state and federal policy makers  that could improve placement stability for children in foster care, thereby improving the health, educational, and social-emotional outcomes for these children…

This Evidence to Action brief draws on lessons learned through PolicyLab's evaluation of the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family Partnership, and presents key concepts and recommendations for public health program evaluation. As many maternal and child home visitation programs scale up under the…

This Research at a Glance brief summarizes the findings and recommendations of a PolicyLab research project that reveals that the proportion of children in foster care who are prescribed psychotropic medication continues to be much higher than all Medicaid-enrolled children. …

This Research at a Glance brief summarizes the results of a PolicyLab study that described the relationship between serious traumatic brain injury among children and rates of foreclosure.

This Research at a Glance brief summarizes findings of an evaluation of the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family Partnership program. For more details, see our Evidence to Action brief.

This Research at a Glance brief compiles the results of focus groups with parents, caseworkers, teachers, and counselors discussing the challenges of improving educational outcomes for children in child welfare.

This Research at a Glance brief describes the findings from a PolicyLab study looking at which children are using antipshycotic medications, and for what conditions.