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We create solutions that improve the lives of children, families, and communities

Project Update: How geospatial analysis plus an innovative app is expediting family bonding

Featured Work
Untangling a Traffic Challenge that Thwarts Family Visitation in Los Angeles
Chapin Hall works with LA children's services to increase family visitation, reunification.
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Key Research
Chapin Hall Work

Key Research

Exemplary TANF Data Users Show Strong Communication, Collaboration, and Partnerships
This brief discusses accessible strategies to promote the use of data and disseminate analyses so that policymakers can use evidence to improve TANF for...
2022
Home Visiting Services Help Homeless Families Navigate Children’s Health and Development
This report examines Start Early's Home Visiting for Homeless Families project and its progress toward increasing access to home visiting services among...
2022
LifeSet Providers Identify Model Strengths and Implementation Challenges
This brief summarizes findings from Phase I of an evaluation of LifeSet, an intensive, evidence-based, youth-centered, and service-focused model developed by...
2022
Who We Are
About Chapin Hall

Who We Are

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago focuses on a mission of improving the well-being of children and youth, families, and their communities.

Chapin Hall combines rigorous research methods and real-world policy expertise to accelerate the use of data and evidence in policymaking and program implementation. Longstanding partnerships with government agencies, nonprofits, and philanthropy are at the heart of our approach.

We aim for results.
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Experts

Our Staff

Experts

Chapin Hall’s experts combine rigorous research with practical experience. Research experts are recognized authorities in academic disciplines including child welfare, epidemiology, psychology, social work, statistics, youth development, and more. Policy experts have deep government and community-based experience. They integrate knowledge of how systems function with research to create and sustain positive change. Many of our policy staff are trained as researchers, and many of our researchers have deep policy experience.
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Let’s work together
Collaborations & Partnerships

Let’s work together

Chapin Hall provides decision-makers with rigorous data analysis and achievable solutions to support them in improving the lives of children, youth, and families. We work with all levels of government, and with nonprofits and foundations to accelerate the use of evidence in practice. We bring research, data, and science into important conversations.
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