Steven D. Cohen
Senior Fellow
At CSSP
I lead and participate in projects to help systems get better at the work they do with children and families. Some of those projects are about understanding and using new scientific knowledge about child development, and others are about using data and evidence to improve.
I do this work because
I believe everyone should have a fair chance, and as a society we are a long way away from achieving that goal.
I am most proud of
Helping to change New York City’s child welfare system for the better, first from inside that system early in my career and then later as an outsider contributing to reform.
Work History
- Senior Fellow, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Associate Executive Vice President, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Education and Awards
- M.P.A, The Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
- B.A. in Economics and History, Cornell University
- Certificate, Institute for Non-Profit Management, Columbia University
When the day is done
I enjoy art, sports, and travel.
- Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care in Urban Pediatrics: Early Learning Report
- Early Childhood System Performance Assessment Toolkit
- Asking the Right Questions: A Tool for Initiative Planning and Adaptation
- Coming Together During COVID-19: Early Childhood Systems Supporting Families
- Literature Review: The Evidence Decision-Makers Want
- Executive Summary: The Evidence Decision-Makers Want
- The Evidence Decision-Makers Want
- Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: Common Threads to Transform Everyday Practice and Systems
- Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: Common Threads to Transform Everyday Practice and Systems—Executive Summary
- Transformational Relationships for Youth Success
- Better Evidence for Decision-Makers
- Better Evidence for Decision-Makers: Emerging Pathways