Publications

This virtual policy briefing addressed the critical intersection between early childhood education and the child welfare system. Hear from research, policy, and practice experts on the impact of educational access on child development, the role of early education in mitigating adverse childhood experiences, and the importance of collaboration to address systemic inequities that negatively impact child well-being. Click the link to watch on YouTube.

This webinar focuses on the Equity Assessment and Improvement Tool for Research Teams, which is designed to help teams of researchers, evaluators, program planners and developers, administrators, and individuals with lived expertise take actionable steps toward equity, and bold and transformative systems change. The presenters discuss the Tool’s intended use and its practical action steps for improving equity in the research, evaluation, and planning process, such as encouraging meaningful partnership with lived experience experts. Click the link to watch on YouTube.

Missouri employers can be leaders in creating family-friendly businesses. Employers and employees who want to create a family-friendly workplace can start by understanding the benefits their company already offers for employees. Use our new Employer Toolkit to assess your company’s current policies and identify where benefits can be enhanced or added.

This webinar that delves into the intricacies of conducting randomized controlled trials (RCTs) within community settings, with a particular focus on the Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visitation program. This session is designed for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers interested in understanding the practical and methodological hurdles encountered in the field. Click the link to watch on YouTube.

This workshop reviews strategies and results from a university agency partnership geared to develop the New York City public/private child welfare workforce to support families and keep children safe. Features of a reimagined child welfare system include: (1) increasing the number of families who can be supported without a report of child abuse and neglect; (2) developing public and private top-level executives in adaptative leadership; (3) developing supervisors to use coaching to support staff to build partnerships with families; (4) developing staff to employ strengths based engagement and motivational interviewing with children, youth, and families; and (5) using principles of safety science, a non-punitive approach to understand and determine potential targets for system reform. Click the link to watch on YouTube.

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 engaged in voter mobilization efforts in poverty-impacted areas in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County on barriers to voter access. Getting Out the Vote in St. Louis: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Voter Access includes resources, action steps, and policy recommendations designed to help St. Louisans exercise their right to vote.

Engaging fathers and co-parents together in services has the potential to reduce parenting demands and stresses for fathers and mothers and better align parenting practices to the benefit of children. This two-part presentation focuses on innovative strategies to 1) engage fathers in home visiting and 2) help urban Black fathers navigate the effects of trauma and stress to improve their capacity to successfully undertake parenting roles. Click the link to watch on YouTube.

This webinar focuses on an innovative and community-driven approach to foster sustainable change and build pathways out of poverty for low-income families. Speakers from the Brightmoor Alliance explain their engagement process, highlighting the collaborative efforts with community members that led to the co-design of the “6aDay Early Life Alliance.” Click the link to watch on YouTube.

There is an important policy conundrum in the early care and education field: How do we create an equitable, affordable, high-quality childcare system that serves the needs of working parents/caregivers, their children, and the childcare workforce? This webinar explores key forces that contribute to this policy paradox and share innovative policy strategies from collaborative projects underway in Illinois. Click the link to watch on YouTube.

Early childhood education centers face significant financial constraints that limit their ability to raise wages for their educators. Addressing this issue requires investment from both the government and private sectors, policy reforms, and innovative funding solutions to ensure that educators are fairly compensated without making early childhood education unaffordable for families.