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Working Together so Every Child Can Flourish
New partnership between Children's Defense Fund and Chapin Hall advances child-well being in the South.
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Key Research
Chapin Hall Work

Key Research

Evaluation of Cook County Redeploy Illinois: Participants Report Greater Safety, Stability; Legal System Involvement Low 
Chapin Hall conducted a developmental evaluation of the Cook County Redeploy Illinois pilot, examining how the program was implemented and what early...
2026
Four Distinct Profiles of Illinois School Districts: Contexts and Conditions
This report shows how underlying conditions that schools have to navigate cluster across Illinois,
2026
Zines Reveal How Lived Experts Experience Co-Design in OPT-In for Families
This report uses zines to explore the process of co-design to engage with lived experts.
2026
Trending Work

Trending Work

Cash Support
Direct Cash Support Research & Policy Collection: Evaluating the Impact of Cash Support on Outcomes for Youth
Practice
Blue Sky Possibilities Framework
Practice
Strengthening Black Families, Preventing Child Welfare Involvement: A Chapin Hall Literature Review
Practice
Research collection: Evaluating the implementation of 100% New Mexico
Equity in Scholarship

Equity in Scholarship

Learn more about the Chapin Hall Equity First Summer Associates program, an intensive seven-week professional development experience designed for doctoral students who are prepared to advance beyond foundational equity theory into applied research application.

Our Experts

Our Experts

Prevention
OPT-In for Families: Building Community Response Pathways to Prevention
Every year, more than 7 million children are referred to child protection hotlines—yet nearly 6 million of those families receive no services. Many still… Read More
Leanne Heaton
Juvenile Justice
Improving the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center
A team of Chapin Hall experts are supporting the implementation of improvement efforts at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) by analyzing how… Read More
Antwan Turpeau
Practice
Strengthening Black Families, Preventing Child Welfare Involvement: A Chapin Hall Literature Review
Black children and families are persistently overrepresented in the U.S. child welfare system, and the harms of unnecessary family separation are well documented. This Chapin… Read More
Olivia Wilks
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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