New CFPI briefs: Expanding pathways to economic mobility

Education drives social mobility, but the pathways are changing. Our latest briefs explore how tech training and postsecondary programs can be more equitable, flexible, and aligned with today’s labor market. Explore the briefs.

News

CFPI names inaugural faculty director

The Brown School has announced the appointment of assistant professor Jason Jabbari as the inaugural faculty director of the Clark-Fox Policy Institute. In his new leadership role, Jabbari will work to carry on Institute’s mission to provide meaningful, community-engaged policy solutions that can improve the lives of vulnerable populations.

CFPI welcomes largest-ever Graduate Policy Scholars cohort

The Clark-Fox Policy Institute launched its largest-ever Graduate Policy Scholars cohort, welcoming 90 students from across the University. Over the coming year, scholars will develop policy skills, build cross-disciplinary networks, and prepare to become the next generation of changemakers.


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 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.

  • Graduate Policy Scholars 2019 posing outside with stoles

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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