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| May 6, 2009 |
Upcoming Web Conference: Creating Intervention Systems
That Support Young Children's Healthy Development
Please join us on May 6 as we explore how states and local
municipalities can strengthen the infrastructure to support multiple early
childhood services that together promote school readiness and other
developmental goals. Chapin Hall Research Fellow Julie Spielberger will discuss the role of research in system building. Other panelists will provide concrete examples of developing
collaborative and effective partnerships at both the county and state level and describe new funding
opportunities for improving early childhood systems available through the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
This free Governing for Children and Families web conference
is cosponsored by Chapin Hall and the NGA
Center for Best
Practices. Space is limited.
Register online.
Read research by Julie Spielberger:
Getting Ready for School: Palm Beach County's Early Childhood Cluster Initiative
Ready for Prime Time: Implementing a Formal Afterschool Quality Improvement System
Supporting Low-Income Parents of Young Children: The Palm Beach County Family Study
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| March 12, 2009 |
Audio Recording: Children, Families, and Foreclosures
The March 12 Thursday's Child explored how the foreclosure
crisis is affecting families and
emerging strategies for stabilizing neighborhoods hit hard by the housing
market collapse. Chapin Hall Research Fellow Malcolm Bush was among the experts
discussing the scope of the housing crisis, its effect on families and
communities, how the new policies play out locally, and the research
needed to understand families' situations moving forward.
Listen to the audio recording.
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| April 16, 2009 |
Audio Recording: Kids, Families, and Tax
Policy
The
April16 Thursday's Child public policy forum examined the opportunities and
challenges of using the tax code to aid children and families. Panelists
discussed why tax policy has become a powerful partner to government spending
over the past two decades and the tax provisions focused on children and
families in the recent economic stimulus package and in the President's
proposed fiscal 2010 budget. They also discussed tax policies now being
considered by governors and state legislatures.
Listen to the audio recording.
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Chapin Hall Study Explores Experiences of Youthful Offenders Reentering Their Communities
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This Chapin Hall report describes the extent of system involvement among Illinois
youth released from correctional facilities, tracking a population of youth
under age 18 in Illinois
following their release. Using administrative records, researchers develop
profiles of reentry experiences across the many systems that serve youth and
their families. Researchers examined their involvement with school, public
assistance, foster care, and government-assisted services for health, mental
health, and substance abuse needs. Because involvement in multiple services as
part of the reentry experience is likely
to impact the chances of reoffending, this body of information will be valuable
to policymakers, practitioners, teachers and social service providers.
Read the report, From Corrections to Community: The Juvenile Reentry Experience as Characterized by Multiple Systems Involvement, by Gretchen Ruth Cusick, Robert M. Goerge, and Katie Claussen Bell. |
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Report Analyzes Costs and Benefits for Anchor Institutions' Engagement with Their Communities
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In this Chapin Hall report, researchers present
findings on the role that anchor institutions--major nonprofit institutions such
as universities and hospitals--can play in promoting the revitalization of
economically challenged cities and neighborhoods. The report focuses on the
value of community investments for the institution itself and provides
guidance to decision makers within anchor institutions who are contemplating
prospects and avenues for investment in their local city or community.
Read the report, Why Community Investment Is Good for Nonprofit Anchor Institutions: Understanding Costs, Benefits, and the Range of Strategic Options, by Henry S. Webber and Mikael Karlström. |
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Research Fellow Malcolm Bush
Featured Presenter at Briefing on Single Working
Mothers
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Chapin Hall Research Fellow Malcolm Bush is
a featured presenter at the Eleanor Foundation's upcoming briefing on Valuing
Working Mothers, a new study analyzing the economic status
of single working mothers in the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas. The
briefing will take place on May 13 in Chicago. For more information and to register, visit the Eleanor Foundation website.
Read more about Malcolm Bush and his research.
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Research Fellow Robert Chaskin Organizes Symposium on Community Change
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The City Revisited: Community and Community Action in the 21st
Century will be held May 8 in downtown Chicago,
as a part of the centennial celebration of the University of Chicago's School
of Social Service Administration. The symposium will explore the contemporary
issues concerning community, community action and community change. For more
information and to register, visit the symposium website.
Read the issue brief, Embedded Philanthropy and Community Change, by Prudence Brown, Robert J. Chaskin, Ralph Hamilton, Leila Fiester, Mikael Karlström, Harold Richman, Aaron Sojourner and Josh Weber.
Read the report, Learning for Community Change: Core Components of Foundations that Learn, by Ralph Hamilton, Prudence Brown, Robert J. Chaskin, Leila Fiester, Harold Richman, Aaron Sojourner and Josh Weber.
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Amy Dworsky Recognized by CASA of Cook County |
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Chapin Hall Senior Researcher Amy Dworsky received an award from CASA of Cook County in recognition of her commitment to child
welfare and protection research on youth aging out of foster care and
transitioning to adulthood. She received the award at the Filling the Gaps:
Creating Stepping Stones to Success for Older Youth symposium on April 14, 2009, where she was the keynote speaker.
Read the report, National Review of Policies and Programs Supporting Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care, by Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek.
Read the report, Helping Former Foster Youth Graduate from College: Campus Support Programs in California and Washington State, by Amy Dworsky and Alfred Perez.
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International Conference on Child Indicators in Sydney
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The International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI),
cofounded by Chapin Hall Research Fellow Robert Goerge and Chapin Hall Faculty
Associate Asher Ben-Arieh, announces its second international conference, to be held on
November 4 and 5, 2009, and the Symposium on Children as Experts in Their Own
Lives, on November 3, 2009. Chapin Hall Executive Director Matthew Stagner will present a keynote address. For more information and to register, visit the conference website.
Listen to a recording of Diverse Approaches to a Shared Goal, plenary sessions of the 2007 inaugural conference of the International Society for Child Indicators.
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For More Information Contact:
Marc van Bree
Public Affairs Associate
mvanbree@chapinhall.org
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Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773.753.5900
www.chapinhall.org
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