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Featured Work
Expanded Child Tax Credit as a Key Anti-Poverty & Child Welfare Prevention Strategy
The evidence makes clear that a permanently expanded Child Tax Credit would improve child and family well-being
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Key Research
Chapin Hall Work

Key Research

Evaluating San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income Program for Young People Who Aged out of Extended Foster Care
This brief describes the evaluation of the pilot of a guaranteed income program in San Francisco, in which 150 young people participated.
2025
Supporting Student Parents: Evaluating the New Moms College Success Program Pilot
Chapin Hall partnered with New Moms to evaluate this pilot program and understand its implementation.
2025
Understanding Child Care Assistance in Illinois: Who is Enrolled and Where?
Chapin Hall researchers analyzed Child Care Assistance Program data to calculate the number of child participants.
2025
Trending Work

Trending Work

Chapin Hall
Chapin Hall Marks 40 Years of Applying Evidence to Practice and Policy; Charts Future Course
Youth Homelessness
Using Administrative Data to Understand Youth Homelessness
Policy Bulletin
Access to Medicaid and Healthcare Promotes Child Safety
Policy
Policy Toolkit: Advancing Effective Policy on Economic and Concrete Supports
Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing

Chapin Hall is working with jurisdictions across the country to implement Motivational Interviewing as an evidence-based practice. Learn more about and download our Motivational Interviewing guide.

Our Experts

Our Experts

Child Welfare Leadership
Doris Duke Fellowships Launched Fellows’ Careers and Facilitated Long-Term Connections
The Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being engaged 120 fellows… Read More
Oriana Leach
Home Visiting
Improving Collaboration Between Child Welfare and Home Visiting Workers in Illinois
As part of its Family First Prevention Services plan, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is connecting families receiving child welfare services… Read More
Elissa Gitlow
Practice Innovation
Chapin Hall Explores How AI can Improve Child and Family Well-being 
Read Chapin Hall’s AI Guidelines Innovation and rigor are cornerstone capacities at Chapin Hall. While new technologies… Read More
Cody Oltmans
Connecting Research to Action

Connecting Research to Action

Decision makers like caseworkers, community leaders, agency directors, and legislators need to know what works to improve the lives of families, especially those experiencing disproportionate exposure to adversity. That’s where Chapin Hall steps in. Chapin Hall combines rigorous research to generate evidence and supports implementation of tested methods in the field. Experts work alongside community and agency partners to apply evidence to build more effective services and systems and better serve children, youth, and families.
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