Policy Brief

Uplifting the Power of Culture: Protective Factors for the Health of California’s Children

Policy Brief
Jan 15, 2025
Children’s Partnership
The Children’s Partnership’s newly released policy brief, “Uplifting the Power of Culture: Protective Factors for the Health of California’s Children,” emphasizes how culturally grounded protective factors in early childhood can create equitable pathways to health and success for BIPOC children.

Try, Reflect, Try Again: How Fatherhood Programs Used Learning Cycles in Efforts to Improve Participation Outcomes

Policy Brief
Mar 1, 2023
Keri West, Diego Quezada, Jonny Poilpré, and Rebecca Behrmann for Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Social service programs are often looking for ways to assess and improve program design and implementation, and are increasingly using rapid learning methods to do so.

A Summary of Findings from the Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs Study

Policy Brief
Mar 1, 2023
Charles Michalopoulos and Rebecca Behrmann for Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs
This document summarizes what was learned in SIRF (Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs), which engaged 10 programs in using learning cycles—repeated periods of implementing ideas and reflecting on the results—to build evidence on practices to improve the enrollment, e

A Call for Reinforcements in Diabetes Care: Maximizing the Role of Non-Clinical Staff and Partners

Policy Brief
Nov 29, 2022
CSH
Successful diabetes care for vulnerable populations demands a multi-prong approach, deploying direct health interventions, medications, and support from a range of community resources to address the social determinants, which impact diabetes.

Improving Experiences for Residents with Disabilities in Federally Assisted Family Housing

Policy Brief
Oct 12, 2022
Corianne Payton Scally, Ebonie Megibow, Susan J. Popkin for the Urban Institute
Disabled individuals and families in federally assisted housing face multiple challenges in gaining access to housing units and services that meet their needs—despite legal frameworks meant to help them.

White House FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce Strategy to Address Our National Mental Health Crisis, As Part of Unity Agenda in his First State of the Union

Policy Brief
Mar 1, 2022
The White House, Biden-Harris Administration
As part of Biden's first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a whole of government strategy to address our national mental health crisis. This FACT SHEET outlines the strategy.

White House FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Highlights Strategy to Address the National Mental Health Crisis

Policy Brief
May 31, 2022
The White House, Biden-Harris Administration
This FACT SHEET announces additional, new actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to advance the President’s mental health strategy across its three objectives: strengthening system capacity, connecting more Americans to care, and creating a continuum of support.