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Illinois Families and Their Use of Multiple Service Systems

This brief presents findings from an analysis aimed at identifying the amount of government social program participation overlap among Illinois families. »

Issue Brief Finds Despite Encouraging News, Child Abuse Prevention Is a Job Half Done

Read Child Abuse Prevention: A Job Half Done , which discusses the findings of the Fourth Federal Incidence Study on Child Maltreatment. »

Webcast and Forum on Public Housing and Its Most Vulnerable Families

Register now for the March 11 Thursday's Child policy forum The Next Challenge for Public Housing: Serving Its Most Vulnerable Families, cosponsored by Chapin Hall and the Urban Institute. »

To honor our founding director, Harold A. Richman, a fund has been established to support Chapin Hall’s innovative research activities that improve the well-being of children, families, and communities. »

A Longitudinal Multiprogram Evaluation in Palm Beach County

For more than a decade, Florida's Palm Beach County has been building an infrastructure of prevention and early intervention services and Chapin Hall conducts the multiyear evaluation of how families use and are affected by this system of services. »

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Illinois Families and Their Use of Multiple Service Systems

Issue Brief Finds Despite Encouraging News, Child Abuse Prevention Is a Job Half Done

Webcast and Forum on Public Housing and Its Most Vulnerable Families

A Longitudinal Multiprogram Evaluation in Palm Beach County

What Are the Important Differences Among Kinship Foster Families? »