“Neighborhoods with more green space were much less likely to have substantiated child maltreatment, cases accepted for services and foster care placements. These findings are... Read More
‘Even informal, fleeting social interactions can influence your sense of neighborhood satisfaction, sense of identity and connection to your neighborhood. Parks and public spaces that... Read More
“Community input and voice needs to be treated as scientific input. Getting a sense of what residents prioritize—whether that’s social connection or changes to the... Read More
‘The bottom line is, money should not be contributing to destabilizing families––it should be supporting the safe home environment that families want.’ Each year, states... Read More
Read FPP’s City Council testimony on the Executive Budget here Parents understand intuitively that raising children can be made easier, or harder, by the conditions... Read More
‘Two years after implementation, there were 8 fewer neglect investigations per 1,000 4-year-old children. We found large effects of universal pre-K among non-Hispanic Black and... Read More
Research on youth aging out of foster care often focuses on deficits, emphasizing risk factors and what young people don’t have and didn’t do. So... Read More
‘We start with the hypothesis that every mom’s situation is different. We have really learned that when you provide flexible cash, everyone can access what... Read More