Child and Family Social Welfare Policy Group

Research and Outreach | Services

Institute faculty and their partners are working in this domain to understand better the implications and dynamics of child protection, foster care placement and transfer payment policies, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families, Medicaid Title IVE funding and child care subsidy.  More broadly, the Institute is active in this area to develop deeper knowledge of the tensions and assumptions that underpin current social policy design at all levels of American governance, to chart alternatives to existing choices and examine their likely implications for those served and those providing assistance and to explore creative strategies to improve policy implementation (service) outcomes. This work is undertaken in partnership with representatives of national, state and local governments as well as nonprofit organizations as necessary and appropriate.