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Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Facilitating Researcher-Policymaker Partnerships for Child Abuse Prevention
A key objective of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration is to facilitate working relationships and partnerships between these two communities.
Published July 20, 2022
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Policy Brief
Disentangling Neglect from Poverty
The U.S. spends over $29 billion each year to identify and protect victims of child abuse and neglect through various Child Protective Services (CPS) processes and programs. Isolated allegations of child neglect (without concurrent abuse allegations) account for 60% of substantiated CPS allegations (confirmed as true).
Published June 1, 2022
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Child Sexual Abuse: Prevention, Treatment, and Safety Promotion
Child sexual abuse (CSA; i.e., physical or nonphysical sexual acts with a child under the age of 18 in which there is no or limited capacity to provide true consent) can occur through online exploitation, child pornography, and the luring of children offline for sexual encounters.
Published November 17, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Web Article
Noncustodial Parents’ Impact on Children
NCP’s financial involvement can benefit the child in various ways. Child support payments are related to the child’s school achievement, fewer behavior problems, and a lower likelihood of child maltreatment investigations. However, 2/3rds of NCPS do not pay formal child support because they are in poverty.
Published November 12, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Child Care Access for Families with Non-Standard Work Hours
An estimated 43% of children in the United States have at least one parent with a non-standard work schedule, which often include irregular shifts. Professional child care providers typically do not offer services outside of traditional weekday working hours or accommodate changing schedules on short notice, and may impose monetary penalties for unplanned schedule fluctuations.
Published November 12, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Web Article
LGBTQ Youth
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposed modifications to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), including the addition of data elements regarding LGBTQ youth.
Published October 7, 2021
Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Podcast Episode
Episode 14: Navigating Pennsylvania’s Child Welfare System And Issues Of Child Maltreatment
We’re kicking things off by exploring the opportunities and challenges of Pennsylvania’s child welfare system. For the past several years, there has been an ongoing partnership between Penn State researchers and government partners to change the Commonwealth’s county-based child welfare system through legislative and policy actions. We spoke to Jennie Noll, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and the Director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Penn State University, and Brian Bornman, Esq., Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Children and Youth Administrators Association, about their collaborative process, the challenges of navigating a stressed bureaucratic system, and what the future holds for resolving issues of child welfare and maltreatment.
Published August 17, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Addressing School and Education COVID Disparities
COVID-19 has upended the lives of nearly every individual in the United States, with prolonged school closures one of the major driving forces of disruption for youth and families.
Published May 1, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Life After COVID-19: Mental Health Promotion for Adolescents Transitioning to In-Person Activities
Physical and social distancing due to the pandemic has negatively impacted youths’ mental health. Within the last year, youth have reported elevated levels of anxiety and depression as a result of isolation.
Published April 1, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Ensuring Services for Victims of Crime: Penalty Financing and Local Coordination
Over 5.8 million people in the U.S. were victims of violent crime (e.g., domestic violence, sexual assault), in 2019.1 In the same year approximately 678,000 children were victims of abuse or neglect.
Published March 1, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Policy Recommendations to Support Quality Child Care
High-quality, affordable, and reliable child care options are not accessible across the country. Child care deserts—areas with an insufficient supply of licensed child care options—are most frequently observed in marginalized and rural communities.
Published February 1, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Providing Support to Parents with Substance Use Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced unique challenges for parents with substance use disorders (SUDs). Although some barriers have been alleviated (e.g., medication assisted treatment is more accessible for some and telehealth is broadly available), COVID-19 has still resulted in barriers to support for parents with SUDs.
Published January 1, 2021
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially harmful to members of social groups in the most vulnerable of situations, including youth in foster care and those who have recently exited care.
Published November 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
How Policymakers and Practitioners Can Facilitate Disclosure and Help-Seeking
Victims of violence (VoV) often face a variety of obstacles to disclosing their victim status, which prevent them from receiving help. Victim services programs and organizations, which are often financially supported through the Crime Victims Fund, advocate for victims and connect them with necessary services.
Published August 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Policy Brief
Policy Brief: Mitigating the Risk for Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Context
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased risk factors for child maltreatment [1],[2],[3]. It is, therefore, critical that policymakers ensure support in promoting safety, resilience, and overall well-being of vulnerable children and families.
Published July 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
The Role of Victim Service Providers in Mitigating Increased Risk for Family Violence During the COVID-19 Crisis
Among the many distressing ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a heightened risk for family violence including both child maltreatment and intimate partner violence.
Published July 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Web Article
COVID-19 Web Panel: Policies Affecting Child Welfare Systems and Non-Custodial Parents
Published June 25, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Mitigating the Implications of Coronavirus Pandemic on Families: Issue 7
This issue presents research-informed policy recommendations regarding the effects of COVID-19 on welfare-youth, and human trafficking and exploitation. The prevalence of human trafficking heightens with the growing impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities.
Published May 8, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
COVID-19 and Child Welfare
Stressful situations combined with increased drug and alcohol use set the stage for potentially dangerous situations, especially for youth in abusive homes. Youth who consider school a safe haven may now be confined at home with their abusers.
Published May 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Web Article
COVID-19 Web Panel: Addressing Supports for Substance Use, Violence, and Mental Health among Families
The Coronavirus has forced many families to make significant changes in their daily lives, limiting access to important resources that strengthen family functioning and well-being.
Published April 17, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Mitigating the Implications of Coronavirus Pandemic on Families: Issue 4
Nationwide, stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders have been issued in response to COVID-19 in order to facilitate physical distancing practices.
Published April 10, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Mitigating the Implications of Coronavirus Pandemic on Families: Issue 3
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, many families are facing social shifts, economic uncertainty, and disruptions in their daily life, as well as coping with closures to school and childcare facilities and demands of providing for educational and childcare needs.
Published April 3, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Supporting Families Facing Domestic Violence During COVID-19
Schools, often a safe refuge for many children with an abusive parent or caregiver [i], are being closed from in-person instruction across the nation.
Published April 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Mitigating the Implications of Coronavirus Pandemic on Families: Issue 2
The fast-moving Coronavirus pandemic (also known as COVID-19) has numerous implications on the health and well-being children and families.
Published March 27, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Mitigating the Implications of Coronavirus Pandemic on Families: Issue 1
The fast-moving Coronavirus pandemic (also known as COVID-19) has numerous implications on the health and well-being children and families.
Published March 19, 2020
Results First™
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Web Article
Colorado and Its Counties Work Together to Improve Human Services Programs
County C-Stat effort ensures collaboration to enhance community outcomes
Published March 10, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Using Implementation Science to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve
There is Good News. China has turned the curve on the coronavirus (no new cases as of 3/19/20); South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong internationally are containing the virus….but America is not ready.
Published March 1, 2020
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Collaborative Efforts for the Prevention of Family Violence
Due to issues of confidentiality that often prevent data and information sharing, the established bureaucratic process often doesn’t allow organizations to collaborate.
Published November 1, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Policy Brief
Quality Implementation of Trauma Informed Care
Trauma-informed care (TIC) refers to strategies that agencies, programs, and service providers can use to understand, identify, and respond to individuals who may have experienced trauma.
Published August 1, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Interventions Supporting Separated Migrant Children
Multiple organizations responded to this issue by summarizing the empirical evidence on the adverse psychological and physical health consequences of trauma anticipated from forced family separation, detention, feared deportation and acclimation.
Published August 1, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Two-Generation Approach to Interpersonal Violence
Domestic violence and child maltreatment co-occur in 30-60% of families experiencing violence. Yet agencies serving children and adults too often fail to coordinate, resulting in disjointed, erratic and less effective services, leaving children and adults experiencing violence and trauma unidentified, untreated, and less safe.
Published August 1, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Modernizing Child and Family Services (CFS) Information Systems
Governments at all levels possess comprehensive information systems on citizen services that often exist in silos.
Published July 25, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Supporting Adoption Permanency
How well children and their families adapt to adoption depends on a few things, including social environments, biology, and time. This document reviews information associated with adoption permanency.
Published July 25, 2019
Published July 1, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
The following information was gathered to respond to the efficacy of TANF in promoting self-sustainability:
Published June 28, 2019
Results First™
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Web Article
Utah Township Inventories Programs to Ensure Youth Needs Are Met
Local and county stakeholders benefit from systemic process to identify gaps in services
Published June 27, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Child Trauma and Trauma Informed Care
This brief summarizes child trauma and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Published June 1, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Intercountry Adoption
We have identified several research-oriented professionals who have expertise in intercountry (international) adoption and the quality of orphanages abroad. We are currently in the process of engaging more experts both in and outside of our network.
Published April 13, 2019
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar #37
Building Strong Wisconsin Families: Evidence-Based Approaches to Address Toxic Stress in Children
Published March 19, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Fact Sheet
Plans of Safe Care: Effective Implementation in the U.S.
Over the last decade, the number of infants affected by prenatal substance exposure, withdrawal symptoms or alcohol use has significantly increased with the opioid crisis.
Published March 10, 2019
Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Policy Brief
Preventing Child Maltreatment through Coordinated, Community-Based Strategies: The Child Abuse and Prevention Act (CAPTA)
Child maltreatment (sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect) results in a yearly economic burden of $124 billion1 Approximately 4 million reports are made to Child Protective Services (CPS) each year involving 7.4 million children.
Published December 1, 2018
Results First™
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Web Article
Texas Helps Those Serving At-Risk Families Find Evidence-Based Programs
Clearinghouses and a ranking tool put focus on effectiveness of efforts to help vulnerable children
Published November 30, 2018
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar #9
The Kids Are Not All Right: Policy Options to Address Youth Trauma in Massachusetts
Published March 23, 2018
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Virginia Family Impact Seminar #6
The Adverse Effects of Childhood Trauma
Published May 24, 2017
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Kentucky Family Impact Seminar #4
Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood
Published February 21, 2017
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
North Carolina Family Impact Seminar #10
Intersections of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse: Strategies for Supporting Families
Published September 22, 2016
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Rhode Island Family Impact Seminar #2
“Children’s Services and Foster Care: Policy and Practices That Work”
Published May 12, 2016
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Virginia Family Impact Seminar #5
Aging Out of Foster Care: Fostering Future Into Adulthood
Published May 3, 2016
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Kentucky Family Impact Seminar #3
Reducing Child Abuse and Neglect: Evidence-Based Parent Education and Other Support Programs
Published February 4, 2016
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
North Carolina Family Impact Seminar #9
Helping Kids in Foster Care Succeed: Strategies for North Carolina to Strengthen Families and Save Money
Published May 6, 2015
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Louisiana Family Impact Seminar #7
Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Eliminating Barriers for College Success
Published May 6, 2015
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar #33
Helping Foster Kids Succeed: State Strategies for Saving Lives, Saving Money
Published February 4, 2015
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Texas Family Impact Seminar #2
Toxic Stress and Early Childhood: What Policy Makers and Funders Need to Know
Published November 14, 2014
Published February 3, 2014
Published May 15, 2013
Published March 27, 2013
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Utah Family Impact Seminar #2
Families and Mental Health: Childhood Exposure to Traumatic Events
Published March 5, 2013
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Missouri Family Impact Seminar #1
Missouri Policy Opportunities: New Evidence and Innovations in Child Welfare Systems
Published January 16, 2013
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Illinois Family Impact Seminar #7
Differential Response: A New Approach to Fighting Child Abuse and Neglect
Published April 27, 2012
Published April 4, 2012
Published January 31, 2011
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Nebraska Family Impact Seminar #4
Foster Care: Challenges and Policy Issues
Published February 14, 2007
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Montana Family Impact Seminar #1
Kinship Care and Child Welfare: Current Challenges and Future Policy Direction
Published September 29, 2006
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Pennsylvania Child and Family Impact Seminar #2
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Published June 6, 2006
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
New Mexico Family Impact Seminar #2
Saving Lives, Saving Dollars: Mitigating the Impact of Child Maltreatment
Published January 1, 2006
Published April 26, 2005
Published January 1, 2005
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Michigan Family Impact Seminar #6
Prostituted Teens: More than a Runaway Problem
Published April 9, 2002
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar #13
Raising the Next Generation: Public and Private Parenting Initiatives
Published October 20, 1999
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
District of Columbia Family Impact Seminar #18
Finding Families: DC’s Foster Family Deficit
Published February 12, 1998
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar #10
Building Resiliency and Reducing Risk: What Youth Need from Families and Communities to Succeed
Published January 29, 1998
Family Impact Institute
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Seminar
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar #6
Child Support: The Effects of the Current System on Families
Published November 8, 1995
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