Chapin Hall

Report

Early Learning Coalition and Parenting Program Provide Crucial Supports to Promote Healthy Child Development on Chicago’s Far Southside

This report details Chapin Hall's evaluation of the Altgeld-Riverdale Early Learning Initiative and its two main components.

2018

Report

After Training, Home Visitors Maintain and Improve their Skills

This study examines whether, at 6 and 12 months after training, home visitors have maintained their new skills in engaging families.

2019

Report

Even with Shortened Training, Home Visitors can Improve Skills

Home visiting programs face a number of challenges in engaging and serving families in high-risk communities while also developing and retaining skilled home...

2019

Project

Evaluating Child Care Reforms in Illinois

The Illinois Department of Human Services came to Chapin Hall evaluate the impact of new childcare laws on Illinois families.

March 25, 2019

Report

Fathers Play Key Role in Improving Birth Outcomes

This brief discusses findings relevant to the topic of parenting, particularly the role of fathers in children's development.

2015

Research Collection

Early Home Visiting

Since the early 1970s, home visiting programs have proliferated in the United States. They have been promoted as a strategy to engage parents in their young...

July 19, 2018

Report

Community Building Contributes to Children’s Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten

The Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten Transition Project (PKTP) is a teacher co-designed, community-wide approach to strengthening early educational transitions...

2018

Project

Improving Early Home Visiting Programs

Early home visiting programs aim to promote maternal well-being and healthy child development. To understand whether these programs work, providers, funders,...

March 19, 2018

Project

Driving Change for Oak Park Children

Chapin Hall partners with the Oak Park Collaborative for Early Childhood Education. Chapin Hall maintains a database that continuously weaves state and local...

March 19, 2018

Report

Measuring the Impact of Early Home Visiting Programs

Early home visiting programs aim to promote maternal well-being and healthy child development. However, different home visiting models measure different...

2017

Report

Parent Perspectives Key to Measuring Effectiveness of Early Home Visiting

Strengthening parental capacity and promoting optimal child development are central to the early home visiting mission. How home visiting programs assess...

2017

Report

Relationship-Based Approach to Early Home Visiting Impacts Staff, Family Perspectives

The Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) approach, developed by Erikson Institute’s Fussy Baby Network®, aims to build parenting capacity and self-efficacy...

2016

Report

Building a System of Support for Evidence-Based Home Visiting in Illinois

Illinois received federal funding to study its infrastructure to support evidence-based home visiting programs for the prevention of child...

2014

Report

Making Replication Work for Evidence-Based Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs

Proving a program that works is one challenge. Replicating it is another. The inability to scale-up programs, particularly ones that have been found effective...

2014

Report

For Children of Black Immigrant Mothers, Parental Literacy and Center-Based Childcare Improve School Readiness

As part of the Young Children in Black Immigrant Families initiative, Chapin Hall set out to examine the experiences, parenting practices, and characteristics...

2012

Report

Improving School Readiness through Parenting, Maternal Health, and Early Childhood Intervention

The most important factors for children’s development and school readiness are good birth outcomes, positive parenting practices, and access to high quality...

2012