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“Neutralizing the Power”
Ashley Maldonado on including lived experts.
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Key Research
Chapin Hall Work

Key Research

How Are Heightened Deportation Efforts Affecting Child Welfare Agencies?
Do children of immigrants enter foster care after parental removals?
2026
Baseline Characteristics of Youth in NYC Cash with Care Pilot
This brief presents a baseline snapshot of Cash with Care participants at Covenant House in New York City at pilot entry.
2026
Listening to Communities to Strengthen Family Services in New Mexico
A report on the statewide initiative launched through the New Mexico Legislature to strengthen vital services across the state drawing on deep local input.
2026
Trending Work

Trending Work

Family Engagement
Blue Sky Possibilities Framework
Practice
Policy Toolkit: Advancing Effective Policy on Economic and Concrete Supports
Practice
Strengthening Black Families, Preventing Child Welfare Involvement: A Chapin Hall Literature Review
Practice
Research collection: Evaluating the implementation of 100% New Mexico
Youth Voice

Youth Voice

The Language for Scholars program is designed to improve and strengthen the everyday communication skills of teens and young adults so they can succeed in the classroom and in their personal and professional lives. A new Chapin Hall evaluation finds strong, positive results among participants.

Our Experts

Our Experts

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Systems Improvement
Mapping Childhood Adversities to Better Target Funding and Programming
In 2023, the Illinois legislature mandated the creation of a community or school district-level Children’s Adversity Index to… Read More
Holly White-Wolfe
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Policy Analysis
How Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Affect Child Welfare?
Decades of research demonstrate the effectiveness of economic and concrete supports—money and programs—in reducing child maltreatment and keeping families together. The One Big Beautiful… Read More
Miranda Lynch-Smith
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Community Engagement
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
Colin Cepuran
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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