Since August 2020, an interdisciplinary team of public health professionals, pediatricians, infectious disease experts and epidemiologists at PolicyLab has been providing evidence-based guidance for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in schools to education leaders across the country...
Nearly 1 in 10 resettled refugees are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and even though we know treatment is helpful and effective for adults with different trauma histories, preferred languages and cultural backgrounds, those in refugee and newcomer communities fac...
Download the Tool In March 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, giving states the option to extend pregnancy-related Medicaid eligibility to one year after delivery. Specifically, states will have the option to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage through...
The American Rescue Plan (ARP), enacted into law in March 2021, includes important, but temporary, improvements to the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. These provisions will help reduce child poverty by 50% and benefit unde...
This represents the full agenda of PolicyLab participation in the 2021Virtual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. You can find the abstracts and platform information for each of the PolicyLab researchers participating in the meeting presented in chronological order.
On behalf of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers at PolicyLab responded to a request for comment on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft research plan for evaluating “Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children." In reviewing the draft r...
The Gender & Sexuality Development Clinic (GSDC) was founded in January 2014 and with our exciting growth over the last few years we are pleased to share with you our fifth Annual Update. The clinic team provides medical care and psychosocial support for transgender and gender ...
PolicyLab responded to a Request for Information from the Health Resources and Services Administration seeking input as they begin a new strategic plan for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. In this letter, PolicyLab draws on relevant research and expertise from our community of...
PolicyLab experts responded to a Request for Comment on Pennsylvania's proposed changes to child care subsidy regulations "Subsidized Child Care Eligibility Requirements." More specifically, the experts provide their feedback to various proposed changes to the regulations in regard...
On behalf of the Maternal Health Subgroup of the Pennsylvania Prenatal-to-Age-Three Collaborative, PolicyLab experts signed on to a joint letter to Sens. Casey and Toomey proposing expanding Medicaid coverage to one year postpartum as one important strategy for addressing the mater...
