Bouncing Between Homes: Hypermobility and its impact on children’s education and communities at large
Excessive residential mobility or housing “churn” experienced by families in precarious socioeconomic circumstances is called hypermobility, and it has far-reaching effects on children, their parents, schools, and communities. This brief highlights the problems that result from hypermobility including those related to health and educational outcomes for individual children, the schools they attend, and communities at large.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care in Uganda: A Three-Part Series
In Uganda, children make up about half (56%) of the total population, and they often present with multiple physical, mental health, and educational challenges. Each of the three policy briefs in this series highlights an innovate policy solution to improve the mental health of children and adolescents in Uganda.
Breaking the Cycle of Human: Trafficking Supporting Victims without Criminalizing Them
This policy brief highlights research and practice that can inform pending federal legislation aimed at assisting survivors of human trafficking and their families. The information in this brief was developed from a congressional briefing held on Capitol Hill on November 14, 2017, organized by the Clark-Fox Policy Institute and the Human Trafficking Collaborative Network with support from the Institute for Public Health.