National Programs, Practices, Policy
What Research Says Works
RAND Corporation helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. RAND Child Policy serves as a gateway to the nonprofit institution’s research on children's issues from prenatal to age 18.
Promising Practices Network (PPN) provides quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families. The PPN site features summaries of programs and practices that are proven to improve outcomes for children.
Improving Indicators
KIDS COUNT Indicator Briefs series summarize research related to each of the 10 indicators used in the KIDS COUNT annual data book.
- Preventing Low Birthweight
- Preventing Teen Births
- Reducing the Teen Birth Rate
- Reducing Infant Mortality
- Reducing the Child Death Rate
- Reducing the Teen Death Rate
- Reducing the High School Dropout Rate
- Reducing the Number of Disconnected Youth
- Reducing the Child Poverty Rate
- Increasing the Percentage of Children Living in Two-Parent Families
- Increasing the Percentage of Children Whose Parents Have Stable Employment
Improving Policy and Decision-Making
PolicyForResults.org is dedicated to helping policymakers make sound decisions that contribute to better outcomes and opportunities for all children and families. The site provides research-informed policy, tools, strategies, and success stories that can be implemented for improved results.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy developed PolicyForResults.org in partnership with issue experts from across the country through a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
