Voter registration guide focuses on overcoming voting barriers in St. Louis
Few actions shape public policy more directly than voting. In a new voting guide, the Clark-Fox Policy Institute shares insights from get-out-the-vote (GOTV) organizers in poverty-impacted areas in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County to overcome barriers to voter access. Read Getting out the Vote.
News
Ellicia Lanier named inaugural Scholar-in-Residence
Lanier is the founding Executive Director of Urban Sprouts Child Development Center and a leader in reimagining St. Louis’ early childcare system. Learn more Lanier’s appointment.
Racial Equity Summit Sparks Ideas for Change
The 2023 St. Louis Racial Equity Summit brought together more than 750 advocates, activists, and allies committed to addressing systemic inequities from education to housing to healthcare and beyond.
Publications
Helping Educators Thrive
Wage supplements allow childcare educators to go from striving to thriving without making early childhood education unaffordable for families.
Creating Family-Friendly Workplaces
Missouri businesses can use our Use our new Employer Toolkit to become leaders in creating family-friendly workplaces.
Investing in Early Childhood
High-quality, affordable early childhood education has the potential to increase workforce participation, grow economic prosperity, and improve health.
Who We Are
The Clark-Fox Policy Institute aims to advance social and economic justice through practitioner training and working collaboratively to develop evidence-informed policy that bridges the gap between researchers and impacted populations by aligning scientific research with lived experience.
From Our Director
“We can and must deconstruct barriers to improve the lives of children, youth and the adults who care for them. The solution is policy. The Clark-Fox Policy Institute will work tirelessly toward the development and implementation of evidence-informed policies that advance social and economic justice and racial equity.”
Gary Parker
Associate Dean for External Affairs,
Director of the Clark-Fox Policy Institute
Our Vision
The Clark-Fox Policy Institute envisions a more just and equitable world in which policy solutions are community-driven, effective, and innovative.
Learn about Clark-Fox Policy Institute‘s guiding values, anchoring pillars, strategic priorities and much more in our Strategic Plan 2023 – 2028.
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