Chapin Hall

Report

Addressing Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Harmful Impacts of COVID-19

As communities address and recover from the impacts of COVID-19, effective public policy and corresponding interventions to support children and families need...

2020

Report

Advancing Trauma-informed Care Within and Across Child-Serving Systems

This guide offers a framework and process informed by preliminary lessons learned from the MSTIC work, along with guidance from the fields of trauma-informed...

2020

Report

Unlocking the Potential of Electronic Health Records in Pediatric Healthcare

Researchers surveyed and held discussions with staff from nine pediatric clinics in 5 communities to learn about the technical capabilities of clinics to use...

2019

Report

One Summer Chicago Qualitative Study Explores What Makes Youth Summer Jobs Programs Effective

This study explores the key components that make up Chicago’s summer jobs program for youth and the processes through which the program helps to shape...

2018

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Youth in Extended Care in Los Angeles County Seek Improved Services

This report provides the most comprehensive view to date of young adults making the transition to adulthood from foster care in Los Angeles County.

2017

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More Youth Staying in Care Past Age 18, but Time in Care Varies

In this memo, researchers examine why understanding factors associated with youth’s extended foster care participation is important for predicting future...

2017

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Unified Court and Child Welfare Data System Streamlines Research, Practice

The New York State Child Welfare Court Improvement Program (CWCIP) is a federally funded initiative that promotes continuous quality improvement at the...

2017

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Training for Attorneys Representing Children Affects Some Child Welfare Outcomes

Most states require that children in child welfare cases be represented by attorneys. Most of these attorneys are solo practitioners or in small, general...

2016

Report

Understanding the Relationship Between Housing and Child Welfare System Involvement

Research has shown that homeless or precariously housed families are more likely to be involved with the child welfare system than families with stable housing....

2014

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Children of Young Parents in Care at Higher Risk of Child Welfare Involvement

Youth in foster care have high rates of early parenthood and face many personal and parenting challenges. This study looks at the risk of child welfare...

2014

Report

Elev8 Initiative Strategies Facilitate Successful Implementation of School-Based Health Centers

This report highlights the strategies and structures that the Elev8 initiative successfully employed to improve the working relationship between school-based...

2013

Report

Child Maltreatment Prevention: Past, Present, and Future

Child maltreatment prevention is a critical component of the nation’s child protection system. Dr. Deborah Daro outlines strategies and interventions that have...

2011

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Despite Decline in Criminal Behavior, Young Adults Formerly in Care Arrested More than Peers

Young people transitioning from foster care to adulthood are at risk for numerous negative outcomes including criminal behavior and justice-system involvement....

2011

Report

No Impact for Youth Participating in an Independent Living-Employment Services Program

Evidence indicates that youth aging out of foster care often struggle with the transition to adulthood. One program to address these youth’s needs is the...

2011

Report

College Enrollment and Graduation a Challenge for Former Foster Youth, Even with Extended Care

Foster youth entering adulthood have college aspirations like other young people their age. Unfortunately, for far too many foster youth, graduating from...

2010

Report

Coordinated Systems Key to Employment for Youth Formerly in State Care

Preparing youth for employment is a major goal of federal policies to help youth in foster care successfully transition into adulthood. This analysis suggests...

2010

Report

Few Impacts for Youth Participating in Life Skills Training Program

Studies show that youth aging out of foster care encounter many challenges as they transition to adulthood. The Life Skills Training (LST) Program was designed...

2008

Report

When Should the State Cease Parenting?

Prior to the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, youth became ineligible for federally funded foster care when they turned 18...

2007

Report

Youth Who Run Away from Out-of-Home Care

Given child protective services’ responsibility to provide stability for children in their care, running away from out-of-home care is an event of great...

2005

Report

Conditions of Youth Preparing to Leave State Care

The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 gave states more funding and greater flexibility to provide support to youth making the transition from being in foster...

2004

Report

Cash Assistance in Illinois Has Limited Impact on Employment Outcomes

This report describes the changes in cash assistance status and employment changes of the population over time in the 1990s.

2001

Project

Supporting Strategic Efforts in Illinois Child Welfare

Chapin Hall's team of experts bring policy, practice, and data expertise to improve services for families in Illinois.

June 19, 2019

Project

Building the Evidence that Evidence Use Matters

New study underway explores impact of a professional development intervention on use of evidence, placement permanency.

November 27, 2018

Project

University of Chicago-Chapin Hall Joint Research Fund

The Joint Research Fund supports outstanding research that investigates and leads to new directions in policy and practice aimed at promoting the well-being of...

September 18, 2018

Project

Can ‘Housing First’ Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect?

Chapin Hall evaluates two sites in a five-year demonstration project to test the effects of supportive housing for families who were involved or at risk of...

August 10, 2018

Project

Time Use Studies

Talking to children, calling foster parents, and supervising visits are only a few of the tasks that appear on the daily schedule of a social worker. Chapin...

March 19, 2018

Project

The Center for State Child Welfare Data

The Center for State Child Welfare Data–or the Data Center–supports child welfare systems in more than 30 states to make evidence-based decisions designed to...

January 1, 2018