Duke Center for Child and Family Policy

📆 Happening TOMORROW (11/4) at 3pm! Hear from Bryan Samuels, Executive Director of Chapin Hall, examining the role of research evidence in shaping effective and equitable public policy. Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/

Meet our 2025-2026 Jacqueline A. Morris Fellows! These nine Duke undergraduate students will receive funding in research support for a mentored project in the area of child and family policy. Learn more about our new fellows and their research projects: lnkd.in/e9xU59jK

📆Join us on November 4 @ 3pm to hear from Bryan Samuels, Executive Director of Chapin Hall, as part of our Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture series, examining the role of research evidence in shaping effective and equitable public policy.
Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/

Happening TOMORROW (10/17) at 2pm! Dr. Theresa Betancourt of @bostoncollege.bsky.social joins us to discuss her new book, Shadows Into Light: A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Coming of Age. Register here : childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/

New Research: Children Are America’s Poorest Age Group, and It Is About More Than Income | Sanford School of Public Policy Two new studies by Duke University researchers, published this year, show how widespread net worth poverty is for families with children, how it compares to other househo

New research from Duke Sanford faculty members highlights "Net Worth Poverty" as an important way to understand resource needs for children.

Read about the research: duke.is/net-worth-po...

#AcademicSky #EducationalOutcomes

Monuts with Mo! 🍩 Meet Mo Green, NC State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Sanford’s Rhodes conference room. Have Monuts Donuts with a double Duke grad and learn about education policy, leadership at the state and local level, and how Duke shaped his career path.

Bryan Samuels, Executive Director of Chapin Hall, will join us on November 4 to talk as part of our Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture series, examining the role of research evidence in shaping effective and equitable public policy.
Learn more and register here: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/

Join us on October 17 to hear from Dr. Theresa Betancourt of
@bostoncollege.bsky.social speak about her new book, Shadows Into Light: A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Coming of Age. Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/

🌍 On Sept. 10, Ann Skinner joined a global panel: Countering False Narratives on the Indoctrination of Deported Ukrainian Children. As part of the #BringKidsBackUA campaign, the convo dug into how trauma, age & environment shape children’s voices.

Watch the full recording here: fex.net/s/k4kyaxt

📆 Mark your calendars! Join us October 17 to hear from Dr. Theresa Betancourt of @bostoncollege.bsky.social speak about her new book, Shadows Into Light: A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Coming of Age. Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/.../shadows-...

Attention #dukestudents: Interested in child and family policy research opportunities? The submission deadline for our Jaqueline Morris fellowship is this FRIDAY, Sept. 26. Learn more and apply: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/education/un...

Meet CCFP’s 2025-2026 Levitan Fellows! These Duke students will receive funding to collaborate with child and family policy researchers on active projects, gaining valuable research skills and experience.

Happening TOMORROW (9/18) at 4:30! Dr. Chloe Gibbs of @notredame.bsky.social joins us as part of our Early Childhood Initiative series. She'll provide an overview of what economists know from rigorous inquiry about the effectiveness of early childhood: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/.../making-s...

Mark your calendars, #earlychildhood scholars! @chloergibbs.bsky.social, professor at @notredame.bsky.social, will join us for a presentation on how economists think about early childhood care and education interventions. Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/blog/event/m...

Mark your calendars, #earlychildhood scholars! @chloergibbs.bsky.social, professor at @notredame.bsky.social, will join us for a presentation on how economists think about early childhood care and education interventions. Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/blog/event/m...

Congratulations to Dr. Ann T. Skinner on her new grant from the Mental Research Institute! The funding will support her research in Ukraine studying how interpersonal relationships and social support during war promote resilience and recovery.

#Ukraine #wartrauma #resilience