A national survey—conducted by Child Trends and funded by @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social and Casey Family Programs—found that spending by child welfare agencies increased slightly over the past decade to a total of $34.3 billion in state fiscal year (SFY) 2022. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Research shows that home visiting programs improve outcomes for both children and parents by providing education and support, screening for developmental delays and depression, and connecting families to other community services.

Explore the @natecewkfcctr.bsky.social’s new “Work Environments Affect Early Educators’ Career Decisions” brief explores how educators assess different aspects of their work environment and whether those assessments could predict educators’ career intentions. Read the brief. #WeWorkForECE

The number of children entering foster care in the United States decreased by 36% from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2016 to FFY 2023. This data comes from an update to Child Trends’ popular child welfare data interactive of national and state-level data. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Fewer high school students say they’ve had sex, and this number has been trending downward over the past three decades. Jenn Rogers, senior program area director for sexual and reproductive health at Child Trends, explains the data behind the trend. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Recent Child Trends analysis finds federal foster care data show that only 62% of children ages 14-21 in the United States exited foster care in 2023 compared to 98% of children ages 13 and younger. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Strategic juvenile justice financing can create more sustainable and effective juvenile justice systems that support the developmental needs of young people. Child Trends' roadmap can help state and local leaders develop and implement financing strategies. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Learn how to center young workers’ voices and support workforce development. A new research brief for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Generation Work initiative provides valuable lessons for workforce development organizations. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Child Trends research finds that Family Resource Centers serving young parents are significantly more likely to help families access certain safety net programs than those that did not report serving young parents. Learn more: www.childtrends.org/publications...

To learn more about child maltreatment in your state, visit our Child Welfare Data Interactive, a one-of-a-kind data tool that allows users to examine state and national child welfare data. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Recent Child Trends analysis finds federal foster care data show that only 62% of children ages 14-21 in the United States exited foster care in 2023 compared to 98% of children ages 13 and younger. www.childtrends.org/publications...

A new data point from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families @nrchispanic.bsky.social finds that about 3/4 of the Hispanic children living in families with low incomes received medical care in the past year. www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res... #wellness

Many clinics want to offer care that supports caregivers and children in the same visit, but payment barriers, staffing challenges, and communication issues across systems make it difficult. Our experts outline policy options ⬇️ policylab.chop.edu/blog/nurturi...

🗣️For lasting systems change, early educators must be co-creators & decision-makers! Their practical insight is the key to lasting change in early care and education. The @natecewkfcctr.bsky.social’s new brief shows how #EarlyEducators are already leading efforts:

A recent Child Trends analysis of federal data shows that the number and rate of referrals to child welfare agencies for maltreatment have risen since 2021. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Most Hispanic children and youth across age groups accessed medical care; however, one in four had not seen a doctor, nurse, or urgent/emergency care in at least one year, according to a new @nrchispanic.bsky.social study. Learn more: www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res... #health

A new Child Trends analysis of data from 2018-2022 finds that approximately half (53%) of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children under age 18 with no parents present in the home lived with at least one grandparent. www.childtrends.org/publications...

A new Child Trends analysis finds that a nearly one quarter (23.3%) of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children under age 18 lived with a grandparent, which is nearly twice the percentage among all U.S. children (12.4%). www.childtrends.org/publications...

Two valuable new resources are available to anyone who works with youth who have experienced the justice system. The Activate Center’s data summary and infographic focus specifically on the sexual and reproductive health of these young people.

A new Child Trends brief recommends that, to meet Indigenous families’ child care and early education preferences, practitioners, researchers, evaluators, and funders should consider how Indigenous worldviews and community contexts shape and influence families’ care choices.

A new data point from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families shows that 1 in 10 Hispanic parents with low incomes who commute to work travel 60 minutes or more, and 31 percent have to commute 30-59 minutes.

Child Trends’ latest blog highlights lessons from our webinar intended to help schools prepare their students and teachers to use AI responsibly. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Child Trends’ latest brief explores services that Family Resource Centers provide across the country, especially to young parents (under age 25). www.childtrends.org/publications...

National data show only 39% of 4th graders and 28% of 8th graders are proficient in math. Previous Child Trends work has explored ways to engage students in math instructions: Treat them as thinkers, value their ideas, and connect math to their real-world goals. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Listen to Dr. Andra Wilkinson, a public health expert, on the latest episode of the Vida de PhD podcast hosted by Child Trends’ Dr. Lorena Aceves. Dr. Wilkinson leads research on many behavioral and maternal health topics. #PublicHealth #Research open.spotify.com/episode/114K...

Join us for the launch of Connected for Kids! Thursday, November 13 at 1:00 pm ET Hear from experts on creating a roadmap to help children flourish in their elementary years: Pamela Cantor, Jane Quinn, Jennifer Blatz, Kristin Anderson Moore, Zakia Redd, and Philip Steigman.

A brief from the SPARK Collaborative—a partnership of Child Trend, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, and @pregnantscholar.bsky.social—finds many undergrad student parents and their families utilize at least one public human service or workforce program. studentparentaction.org/resources/st...

Listen to Dr. Renee Ryberg, an expert on the intersection of poverty and education, on the latest episode of the Vida de PhD podcast hosted by Child Trends’ @Lorena Aceves. open.spotify.com/episode/6oNf...

Listen to Dr. Renee Ryberg, an expert on the intersection of poverty and education, on the latest episode of the Vida de PhD podcast hosted by Child Trends’ Lorena Aceves.

@nrchispanic.bsky.social’s new analysis reviews whether CCDF applications in states with high Hispanic populations capture variation within Hispanic communities. www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res...

1 in 4 Hispanic children live in homes that include their parent(s) and at least one other adult, according to a new data point by @nrchispanic.bsky.social. 15% of Hispanic children live with their parent(s) and at least one grandparent. Learn more: www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res...

What mental health supports do Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial LGBTQ+ youth want from their schools? Find out: www.childtrends.org/publications...

Five research-backed ways to help teenage boys use tech more respectfully: 1. Model and name the concepts of “harm” & “respect” daily. 2. Tune their social media feeds. 3. Build a pause-before-sharing habit. 4. Set and maintain online guardrails. 5. Develop upstander (not bystander) skills in boys.

¼ of Hispanic children live in homes that include their parent(s) plus another adult, a new data point by @nrchispanic.bsky.social shows. 15% of Hispanic children live with their parent(s) and at least one grandparent. Learn more: www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res...

“This School Year, Make AI Work for Learning,” our latest blog, is filled with resources to help school leaders get AI right. www.childtrends.org/publications...

A Child Trends survey found that following the 2022 Dobbs decision, 45% of surveyed clients with low incomes reported taking (or considering) actions like switching contraception, getting emergency contraception, or even moving states. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Data indicate that when youth who are likely to age out of foster care receive support past age 18, they have better long-term outcomes. One challenge, however, can be connecting eligible foster youth to resources like extended foster care.

A recent Child Trend blog provides strategies for researchers and program staff to obtain high response rates to their sexual education follow-up surveys. www.childtrends.org/publications...

A recent Child Trends data point shows that, in FY2024, 81 percent of mothers enrolled in the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program received depression screenings within 3 months of enrolling in home visiting or delivering a child. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Our latest data point shows that, in FY2024, HRSA’s Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program administered an age-appropriate developmental screening to 78 percent of enrolled children—far higher than the national average of 36 percent. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Educators are navigating how to bring AI into classrooms responsibly. On Oct 21 at 2:30pm EST, join Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey from SDSU and our Claire Kelley & Lorena Aceves for a conversation on practical strategies for aligned AI use in K–12. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

According to a new survey from Child Trends, patients say a good family planning visit is not just clean clinics or short wait time—it’s also being listened to, respected, and supported. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Teaching is a hard job, and survey data show that most teachers are frequently stressed out by their work. See how teachers compare to other workers in a new trend analysis from @bstratford.bsky.social. www.childtrends.org/publications...

A new data point from the @nrchispanic.bsky.social finds that half of all Hispanic children eat at least one meal with their family every day. Discover more! www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res... #familyresearch

One in four children in the United States is Latino. Stay informed about this growing segment of the population during this National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) by signing up for updates from either or both of these research-based sources.

School leaders across the country overwhelmingly say they’re confident in education research (81%, according to the latest federal data). However, far fewer (only 34%) say they often or always use peer-reviewed or empirical studies to inform decision making.

Child Trends has updated its popular child welfare data interactive with 2022 and 2023 national and state data on foster care, relative caregiving, permanency, and older youth in care. www.childtrends.org/publications...

A key component of engaging students is incorporating their feedback in shaping how schools operate. New survey data show that many school leaders—from elementary through high school—are doing this, but that the practice is not universal.

Want to strengthen your community-engaged research (CEnR)? Our new CEnR Library has tools and examples to help—covering funding, study design, youth engagement, sharing results, and more. 👉 www.childtrends.org/publications...

Child Trends’ latest brief describes how Child Trends and partners developed a conceptual model to refine a sexual health curriculum for young adults with intellectual disabilities. www.childtrends.org/publications...