Chapin Hall

Report

Evaluation of Neighborhood Library Redesign Showed Significant Usability Improvements

This report documents usability improvements at the Free Library of Philadelphia to physically and programmatically transform the libraries.

2019

Project

Youth Data Collaborative Helps Systems Work Together

The Chapin Hall Collaborative for Youth Support Service Providers builds the capacity of youth service organizations to use data reflectively and effectively to...

September 27, 2018

Project

Developing and Implementing a Practice Model at Nexus

Nexus Youth and Family Solutions (Nexus) is a private agency that is working with Chapin Hall to implement a practice model to make a meaningful impact on the...

July 25, 2018

Report

Low-income Mothers Face Barriers to Accessing Family Planning Services

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the early childhood service system in Palm Beach County, studying whether it functioned as expected and achieved its...

2014

Report

Improving Data Use in Family Self Sufficiency Efforts

Chapin Hall interviewed program administrators and researchers working on “family self-sufficiency” about the current capacity, challenges, and opportunities...

2014

Report

Family Perspectives on Services in Palm Beach County

To be effective, program policies and practices need to be grounded in the circumstances of the low-income families they are intended to serve. Based largely on...

2012

Report

The Big Picture: Illinois Families and Their Use of Multiple Service Systems

The public system that has developed over the past half-century to address social issues - from juvenile delinquency to child maltreatment to mental illness and...

2010

Report

Dramatic Changes in the Chicago Child Population at the Turn of the Century

Chicago is a changing city with changing needs. At the turn of the 21st century, Chapin Hall researchers took the opportunity to look at the demographics of...

2007