Last week, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which includes a temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit. This expansion provides a cash benefit to many families with dependent children and has the…

Members of immigrant communities and those with limited English proficiency (LEP) are more vulnerable to the health and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This past summer, PolicyLab and collaborators conducted a…

Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and related financial crisis, the U.S. was seeing a troubling increase in uninsurance and underinsurance among our nation’s youth. In a new video released today, we outline the current children’s…

Through PolicyLab’s joint pilot grant program with Clinical Futures, we get to review exciting proposals for research studies aimed at answering cutting edge clinical questions, developing or informing clinical programs, or influencing…

With months of experience designing and implementing multilayered safety plans, a significant increase in knowledge on the virus, and the introduction of long-awaited public health tools at their disposal, school leaders are better…

We’re excited to kick off the year 2021 with a new policy tool—the issue brief. This new resource—which lives on our refreshed “policy tools” landing page—features expert perspectives on a wide range of children’s health issues. Keep…

PolicyLab experts—alongside colleagues in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Sports Medicine and Performance Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Center for Injury Research and Prevention—released new guidance intended to…

PolicyLab in collaboration with the Center for Violence Prevention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, released a first-of-its-kind Evidence to Action brief that reviews the effectiveness of numerous firearm policies through a…

We released a new issue brief today detailing early findings from a project focused on parenting teens, written by PolicyLab researcher and Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Kali Hackett, MSW, MPH. This brief, titled “Addressing the…

Following such a turbulent year, where can policymakers at the state and federal levels focus to improving outcomes for children and families? PolicyLab Health Policy Director Rebecka Rosenquist, MSc, and PolicyLab Director David…