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Child Poverty Doubled Last Year–We Owe Children So Much More

By Elisa Minoff, Alex Coccia and Esi Hutchful / September 12, 2023
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Blanca Goetz: Navigating Sexual Reproductive Health as a Young Person in Foster Care

August 31, 2023
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PRIDE 2023: Rise Up

By Bill Bettencourt and Megan Martin / June 21, 2023
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A Call for Shared Humanity Means Repealing Mandatory Reporting Laws

By Sarah Esposito, Elissa Gelber and Ali Jawetz / June 7, 2023
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Navigating Childcare as a Young Father

By Azar Webb / April 26, 2023
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Factors Associated with First and Repeat Births Among Females Emancipating From Foster Care

April 26, 2023
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Supporting Young Parents in Care with Building Healthy Relationships

By Dominique Arrington and Nancy Fortunato, Parent Leaders / April 26, 2023
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Blanca Goetz: Storytelling as an Advocacy Tool

April 26, 2023
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Shifting the Narrative of Young Fathers in Foster Care

By Sando Zou-Capuzzi / April 25, 2023
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Fairness Hearing: Charlie and Nadine H v. Murphy Exit Plan

April 17, 2023
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The New Neighborhood: A Home for Community Early Childhood Systems

By Joan Lombardi / April 4, 2023
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In Search of a Humane Immigration Policy

By Elisa Minoff / March 31, 2023
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DULCE’s Transformational Impact in Pediatrics Clinics Highlighted in Health Services Research Journal

By MaryCatherine Arbour and Samantha Morton / March 29, 2023
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The Biden Administration’s Budget Recognizes that Investments in Families Are Long Overdue: Now Let’s Get To Work

By Elisa Minoff / March 14, 2023
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Leonard Burton Selected as Next President of the Center for the Study of Social Policy

February 15, 2023
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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy

January 16, 2023
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Listen to Families and Keep It Simple: Expand the CTC Now

By Alex Coccia, Megan Martin and Ellie Kaverman / December 1, 2022
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In Memory of Partner and Friend Kent Berkley

November 18, 2022
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ASFA 25 Years Later: Time for Repeal

By CSSP / November 15, 2022
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Pausing Our Use of Twitter

By CSSP / November 10, 2022
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Brackeen v. Haaland and the Threat to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978

By CSSP / November 9, 2022
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A Letter From The President

By Judith Meltzer / September 29, 2022
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Patagonia’s Radical, Anti-Racist Approach to Fighting Climate Change

By Joshua Perrin / September 23, 2022
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A Much Anticipated Reversal of the Trump Administration’s Racist Public Charge Rule

By Shadi Houshyar / September 21, 2022
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New Census Data Confirms the Powerful Impact of the Child Tax Credit

By Ellie Kaverman / September 14, 2022
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Benefits of a Universal Intervention in Pediatric Medical Homes

By Lia Hsu-Rodriguez and Robert Sege | MaryCatherine Arbour, MPH, MD; Placidina Fico, MPH / August 19, 2022
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In Memory of Deena Smitherman

By Brittany Lewis / July 22, 2022
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CSSP Condemns Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

By CSSP / June 27, 2022
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Advancing DULCE’s Strength-Based Approach

By Judith Meltzer and Susan Notkin / June 24, 2022
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Perspectives on Early Relational Health: Jumpstarting Conversations

By Cailin O’Connor | Sarah Grace Crowley / June 9, 2022
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Youth and Foundation Partnerships: A Conversation with Chris Covington

By Anand Sharma and Laura Kreeger / May 26, 2022
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Individually and Collectively, We Must Speak Out and Denounce White Supremacy

May 17, 2022
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Authentic Community Partnership: A Conversation with Ms. Towanda Sherry

By Anand Sharma and Laura Kreeger / May 12, 2022
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Parent Leader Spotlight – Lydia Gray-Holifield

By Parent Leader Network / May 11, 2022
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Parent Leader Spotlight – Bentoria Murray, Brandon Lavin, and Sherrah Hill

By Parent Leader Network / April 27, 2022
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Finding a Way, Blazing a Trail: A Foundation Learning How to Build and Share Power

By Tia Martinez, Forward Change / April 21, 2022
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Power and Building Healthy Communities: What We’re Learning

By Jennifer Ito, USC Equity Research Institute / April 13, 2022
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Parent Leader Spotlight: Idalia Rios

By Parent Leader Network / April 12, 2022
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What Did We Learn from the Learning, Equity, and Power (LEaP) LAB on Power Building and Health Equity?

By Shao-Chee Sim and Jennifer Mineo, the Episcopal Health Foundation / March 10, 2022
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Community Resilience is Foundational for Early Relational Health

By David Willis, MD | Wendy Ellis, DrPH, MPH, Kay Johnson / March 4, 2022
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We Owe Transgender Children and Youth Affirmation and Respect

By CSSP / February 28, 2022
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As a Funder, What Does It Mean to Build Authentic Relationships in Community?

By Traci Broady, The Annie E. Casey Foundation / February 25, 2022
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Caring in the New Year: Renewing a Community Wide Focus on Young Children and Families

By Joan Lombardi / January 21, 2022
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Insights From Families: Caregivers Describe How Monthly CTC Payments Help Them Stay Afloat

By Ellie Kaverman / December 9, 2021
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Transformation Happens in Community

By Kate Kendell, former board member, The California Endowment / December 8, 2021
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Loretta Young: Manchin shouldn’t buy ‘work requirements’ talk (Opinion)

By Loretta Young / December 3, 2021
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Advancing Early Relational Health: How Community Health Workers Build Trusting Relationships with Families

By Dayna Long, MD / November 18, 2021
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Creating New Narratives to Advance Health and Racial Equity: Actionable insights for Building Capacity

By Jewlya Lynn, PolicySolve / November 17, 2021
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New Evidence of DULCE’s Family-Centered Impact

By MaryCatherine Arbour, Placidina Fico, Samantha Morton, Robert Sege / October 28, 2021
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Why We Need a Child Allowance: Lessons from the Child Tax Credit

By Alex Coccia / October 22, 2021
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From Strategic to Emergent Philanthropy: The Evolution of The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative

By Hanh Cao Yu / October 21, 2021
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CSSP Celebrates International Pronouns Day: October 20, 2021.
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CSSP Joins in Celebration of International Pronoun Day

By Joshua Perrin / October 20, 2021
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Building Healthy Communities: a 21st Century Community Change Initiative

By Sarah A. Morrison / October 5, 2021
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Human Connection and Human Thriving

By David Willis, MD | Ira Hillman / September 29, 2021
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New Data Confirms Cash Assistance Helps Lift Families from Poverty

By Elisa Minoff / September 14, 2021
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Forging Ahead: AAP calls for Pediatricians to Partner with Families and Communities to Promote Relational Health

By David Willis, MD | Kay Johnson, Dayna Long / July 29, 2021
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What HOPE Adds

By Robert Sege / July 26, 2021
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Early Relational Health: What the Pandemic Has Revealed

By David Willis, MD / June 30, 2021
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Reflections on PRIDE 2021

By Bill Bettencourt / June 28, 2021
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Legal Information And Rights Education As An Element of Care: A Promising Health Justice Strategy

June 7, 2021
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Youth Leadership in Action

By Steven D. Cohen and Leonard Burton | Elliott Orrin Hinkle, Youth Thrive Ambassador / May 27, 2021
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DULCE Animations: Creating Content with Equity in Mind

By Jang Lee and Ann Thúy Nguyễn / May 27, 2021
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getREAL: Good But is it Enough?

By Bill Bettencourt / May 13, 2021
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Making the Most of New Federal Investments in Child Abuse Prevention

By CSSP / May 12, 2021
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A Permanent Child Tax Credit Must Include Immigrant Families

By Valery Martínez / May 4, 2021
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Finding Opportunity in Adversity: How One State is Identifying Ways to Strengthen Services to Young Children and Families During COVID-19

By Gretchen Hammer, Public Leadership Group / April 16, 2021
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Strengthening Community: 24 Hours at the Virtual DULCE National Forum

By Samantha Morton / April 8, 2021
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California’s Medicaid Breakthrough: An Opportunity to Advance Children’s Social and Emotional Health

By Sarah Crow, Managing Director First 5 Center for Children’s Policy, Christina Altmayer, Senior Vice President Center for Child and Family Impact First 5 LA / March 30, 2021
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Appreciation for Phyllis Brunson

By CSSP / March 29, 2021
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‘We Will Handle It.’ An Army of Women Is Taking on the Hunger Crisis in Local Communities

March 10, 2021
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Biden’s Executive Actions Take First Steps Toward Advancing Racial Equity

By Siri Anderson / March 5, 2021
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Spreading HOPE: the First Annual HOPE Summit

March 4, 2021
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Transforming Pediatric Primary Care: Moving From Theory To Practice In Massachusetts And Beyond

By James M. Perrin Charles Homer Gregory N. Hagan Yaminette Díaz-Linhart Jocelyn Guyer / March 2, 2021
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Protect & Promote Families’ Well-Being

By Valery Martínez / February 23, 2021
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Once Upon a Time in North Carolina: CHIP Health Services Initiative Funds Early Literacy Promotion as Part of Well-Child Care

By Emma Sandoe, Anna Miller-Fitzwater, Donna Cohen Ross / February 17, 2021
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One Path to a Child Allowance: Reforming the Child Tax Credit

By Elisa Minoff / February 9, 2021
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Legal Partnering is a Dose of Prevention

By Samantha Morton, Katrina Rayco, and David Koeninger / January 21, 2021
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A Check-In on Leveraging the Power of Children’s Check-Ups

By Donna Cohen Ross, Jocelyn Guyer, Alice Lam, Madeleine Toups / January 19, 2021
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Community Development and Early Childhood: Partnering for Better Outcomes

By Cailin O’Connor / December 19, 2020
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Finding Community During the Holiday Season

By Elliott Orrin Hinkle, Youth Thrive Ambassador / December 16, 2020
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To Truly Be Relentless, We Must…

By Nico’Lee Biddle / December 15, 2020
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Early Head Start at 25: Looking to the Future

By Joan Lombardi / December 8, 2020
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Interview: DULCE Family Specialist Joins Health System’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

By Jang Lee / November 16, 2020
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Reflections on the Foster Care System

By Larkin W. Tackett / November 5, 2020
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Moving Beyond the Family Engagement Check Box: An Innovative Partnership to Promote Authentic Family Engagement in Systems Change

October 29, 2020
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How EC-LINC Communities Responded to COVID-19: Kicking-off the Brief Series

By Jang Lee / October 23, 2020
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: We Mourn Her Death and Will Celebrate Her Life Through Action

By Judith Meltzer / September 21, 2020
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HOPE in the Time of Coronavirus: 10 Ways to Promote Positive Childhood Experiences

By Robert Sege / September 17, 2020
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Fair Housing: Fundamental to Family Health, and Elusive

By Salin Geevarghese | Samantha Morton, CEO, MLPB / September 16, 2020
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Racial Equity Impact Assessments Guide Family First Act Planning in Minnesota

September 16, 2020
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It Is Time for an Official Measure of Economic Well-Being

By Elisa Minoff / September 15, 2020
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We Cannot Be Silent

By Judith Meltzer / September 8, 2020
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Mental Health Matters: Why Law Enforcement Doesn’t Belong in Schools

By Martha L. Raimon / August 17, 2020
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Moving Towards Racial Equity in Philanthropy: Developing a Shared Language

By Maya Pendleton and Juanita Gallion / August 13, 2020
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One Thing Leads to Another: Financial hardship, family well-being and the impact on young children

By Joan Lombardi / July 23, 2020
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Reflections of HOPE with our National Advisory Board

By Robert Sege / July 21, 2020
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How Racism is Leading to Disproportionate Harm During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Maya Pendleton / July 9, 2020
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DULCE Family Specialists: Helping Families Thrive During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Azieb Ermias / July 7, 2020
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Building Relationships and a Better Foster Care System

By Elliott Hinkle / July 2, 2020
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The Time to Reinvent our Social Institutions is Now

By Lisbeth Schorr / June 30, 2020
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What Does it Mean to Abolish the Child Welfare System as We Know It?

By CSSP / June 29, 2020
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Pride 2020: Using Power and Privilege for Justice

By Alan J. Dettlaff, Dean and Maconda Brown O’Connor Endowed Dean’s Chair at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work / June 25, 2020
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Pride 2020: Policies Over Labels

By Bianca Wilson, the Rabbi Zacky Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute / June 23, 2020
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Juneteenth and Challenging Anti-Black Racism

By Maya Pendleton / June 19, 2020
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Pride 2020: Centering Racial Justice

By Nancy Polikoff, Professor Emerita American University Washington College of Law / June 17, 2020
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HOPE: Filling in the Science Behind Protective Factors

By Cailin O’Connor / June 12, 2020
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Pride 2020: Reflections on Past, Present, and Future

By Bill Bettencourt / June 10, 2020
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DULCE: A Multi-Sector Approach to Addressing the Social Determinants of Health During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Azieb Ermias and Jang Lee / June 5, 2020
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HOPE Stands with Black Lives Matter

By Robert Sege | Chloe Yang and Dr. Dina Burstein / June 3, 2020
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How COFI Training Has Impacted Me and My Community

By Nicole Burman, CSSP PLN Steering Committee / May 27, 2020
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Changing the Mindset: Foundational Relationships Counter Adversity with HOPE

By David Willis, MD and Robert Sege | Kay Johnson / May 21, 2020
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New Strengthening Families Resources for Parents and Providers in Response to COVID-19

By Cailin O’Connor and Steven D. Cohen / May 20, 2020
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Opportunities for Supporting Children and Families through Pediatric Primary Care in the Time of COVID-19

By Alice Lam / May 20, 2020
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Maintaining Family Connections During COVID-19

By Martha L. Raimon / May 19, 2020
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Connecting the Medical Home and the Community: Needed by Families Now More Than Ever

By David Willis, MD and Stephanie Doyle | Kay Johnson / April 21, 2020
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Racist Fearmongering Won’t Solve The Public Health Crisis

By Ann Thúy Nguyễn / April 13, 2020
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Supporting Foundational Relationships During the Coronavirus Pandemic: An Opportunity for HOPE

By David Willis, MD / April 1, 2020
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Transgender Day of Visibility in a Time of Social Distancing and Staying Indoors

By E Feinman / March 31, 2020
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Evidence-Based Policy: What is Missing?

By Steven D. Cohen / March 23, 2020
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Recognizing Race in Language: Why We Capitalize “Black” and “White”

By Ann Thúy Nguyễn and Maya Pendleton / March 23, 2020
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All Together: Responding to the Crisis

By Joan Lombardi / March 20, 2020
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From The Washington Post: Work requirements are catastrophic in a pandemic

March 13, 2020
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CSSP: Moving Forward in 2020

By Judith Meltzer / March 5, 2020
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Elisa Minoff Discusses “The Racist Roots of Work Requirements” on WURD Radio

February 26, 2020
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Bridging the Gap: How Child Welfare Can Work with Faith Communities to Support and Affirm LGBTQ+ Children, Youth, and Families

By Maya Pendleton / February 19, 2020
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The Racist Roots of Work Requirements

February 10, 2020
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By the Numbers: Who Gets Counted in the 2020 Census?

By Ann Thúy Nguyễn / January 22, 2020
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Early Childhood 2020: What do you see?

By Joan Lombardi / January 9, 2020
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Reflections: Early Relational Health and Reach Out and Read™ Next Chapter

By David Willis, MD / December 18, 2019
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Working Together to See Change: CSSP Susan Notkin’s Keynote Address at the Youth Thrive 2019 National Convening

December 18, 2019
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Judith Meltzer Named President of the Center for the Study of Social Policy

By Jessica Pika / December 16, 2019
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Equity at the Center of Implementation

By Beadsie Woo, The Annie E. Casey Foundation; Kim DuMont, The William T. Grant Foundation; and Allison Metz, National Implementation Research Network / December 10, 2019
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Home is Here: Reflecting on the Supreme Court Hearing on DACA

By Jang Lee / December 5, 2019
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Values, Voices, and Validity

By Jara Dean-Coffey, Founder and Director of the Equitable Evaluation Initiative / December 2, 2019
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Vibrant and Healthy Kids: A Viewpoint from the National Academies

By James M. Perrin, MD, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School;  Amy Geller, MPH, to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine / November 26, 2019
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Trump Administration Continues to Legislate Discrimination Against Children Involved in the Child Welfare System

November 22, 2019
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Honoring the Global Indigenous Roots of Restorative Justice: Potential Restorative Approaches for Child Welfare 

By Courtney Marsh / November 1, 2019
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A Shift Toward Equitable Evaluation Means Starting Small

By Kelci Price, Senior Director for Learning and Evaluation, The Colorado Health Foundation / October 30, 2019
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Reflection: HRSA’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Impact CoIIN

By David Willis, MD / October 28, 2019
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Total System Failure: The Immigration System at the Southern Border

By Alexandra Citrin, Elisa Minoff and Megan Martin / October 3, 2019
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A Victory for Flores: Ensuring Basic Protections for Children and Families in Immigration Custody

By Shadi Houshyar / October 2, 2019
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Promoting Equity with Improvement Science

By Tony Bryk, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching / September 26, 2019
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The Asylum Ban: Continuing to Put Children and Families in Harm’s Way

By Shadi Houshyar / September 13, 2019
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New Data Reveal Need For Bold Action to Promote Family Economic Security

By Elisa Minoff / September 10, 2019
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Now Available: inSIGHT: A Workshop on Implicit Racial Bias

By Jessica Pika / September 10, 2019
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CSSP Joins Expert Child Welfare Organizations to Fight for Protections of Immigrant Children and Families in Detention

By CSSP / September 6, 2019
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Advancing Early Relational Health in Child Health and Communities: Opportunities for Medicaid Support

By David Willis, MD / August 27, 2019
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Applying Principles of Equity to a Foundation’s Learning and Evaluation Agenda

By Hanh Cao Yu, Chief Learning Officer, The California Endowment / August 21, 2019
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PBS’s Visionaries Talks Tennessee Child Welfare Reform

By CSSP | Rebecca Torrence / August 16, 2019
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Recent Worksite Immigration Raids are Inhumane

By Elisa Minoff / August 12, 2019
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Child Welfare Needs to Embrace Youth Potential While Changing Its Own Systems

By Susan Notkin / August 12, 2019
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Honoring MaryLee Allen: Reflections from the Celebration of Life

By CSSP / July 30, 2019
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Kicking off the #Evidence4Equity Conversation

By Sarah A. Morrison / July 30, 2019
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Get to Know DULCE’s Family Specialists

By CSSP / July 12, 2019
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Queer Youth Exploring Their Identity, One Webpage at a Time

By Rebecca Torrence / July 10, 2019
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Freedom for Who? A Reflection on Juneteenth and the Fourth of July

By Maya Pendleton / July 2, 2019
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MaryLee Allen accepting award from Carol Wilson Spigner at CSSP's 40th in 2018.
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Remembering MaryLee Allen

By Frank Farrow and Judith Meltzer / June 27, 2019
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Medicaid and CHIP Provide Powerful Tools for Supporting Social and Emotional Development

By Donna Cohen Ross, Jocelyn Guyer / June 18, 2019
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Pride: Commemorating Beyond Parades and Parties

By Bill Bettencourt / June 17, 2019
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If You Want to Help Kids, Don’t Impose Work Tests on Programs that Meet their Basic Needs

By Elisa Minoff / June 11, 2019
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The Growing Numbers of Immigrant Children in Federal Custody Need Recreational, Educational, and Legal Services to Protect Their Well-Being

June 10, 2019
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New Tool Kit Helps Child Welfare Leaders Utilize Data to Support Expectant and Parenting Youth

By Annie E. Casey Foundation / June 7, 2019
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Let’s Create An Early Learning Community

By Cailin O’Connor / June 7, 2019
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Reversing Current Trends in Black Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes

By Rhiannon A. Reeves / May 22, 2019
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Administration-Sanctioned Discrimination Is Keeping Foster Kids Out of Loving Homes

By Megan Martin / May 20, 2019
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What We Can Learn From Child Welfare Class Action Lawsuits

By Oregon Public Broadcasting / April 30, 2019
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Protecting Our Environment Means Protecting Those Most Vulnerable

By Azieb Ermias / April 22, 2019
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It’s Tax Season

By Maya Pendleton / April 15, 2019
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Hoopa Valley Tribe, Humboldt County Sign Historic Child Welfare MOU/Protocol

By Olin C. Jones / April 10, 2019
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Measuring the Performance of Early Childhood Systems: New Toolkit Available

By Steven D. Cohen and Cailin O’Connor / April 5, 2019
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Join Us in Welcoming Two New Senior Fellows

By Frank Farrow / April 4, 2019
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Jumpstarting Change Across Systems

By Erin Robinson / March 29, 2019
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Help Shape the Future of Strengthening Families!

By Cailin O’Connor / March 22, 2019
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Frank Farrow speaking at CSSP 40th anniversary.
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A Bittersweet Announcement

By Frank Farrow / March 19, 2019
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Working to #SeeChange

By E Feinman / March 11, 2019
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Developing Our inSIGHT on Implicit Racial Bias

By E Feinman / March 11, 2019
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Group photo of attendees at Get Real Initiative's Threats and Opportunities meeting.
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Threats and Opportunities

By E Feinman / March 11, 2019
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Connecting the Dots

By Derick Gomez / February 26, 2019
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Tennessee child welfare class action case study cover.
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Lessons Learned from Child Welfare Class Action Litigation

By Jessica Pika / February 21, 2019
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Trump Administration “Waives” Away Children’s Rights

By Megan Martin and Kristen Weber / February 5, 2019
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The Strengthening Families Movement: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

January 25, 2019
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DULCE Legal Partners Drive Improvements in Medi-Cal Enrollment Procedures for Babies in Two California Counties

By Ciara Malaugh, Samantha Morton / January 19, 2019
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Trump’s Immigration Policy Is Part of a Long U.S. History of Ripping Families Apart

By Elisa Minoff / December 17, 2018
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Two Communities Taking on Big Challenges: Local Efforts to Advance Equity in Child Welfare

By Alexandra Citrin and Rhiannon A. Reeves / November 29, 2018
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Institutional Racism and the Urgent Need to Transform Public Systems that Separate Families

By Elisa Minoff / November 14, 2018