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The health and well-being of children is associated with numerous outcomes on their physical, mental, social, and economic development. RAND research covers issues related to physical and mental health and development; child abuse and neglect; bullying, violence, and trauma; child poverty and homelessness; coping with military deployment in families; socioeconomic disparities; access to social services, and more.

Commentary
Biden's Child Tax Credit Will Bring Lifetime of Improvement
The American Rescue Plan is expected to cut child poverty in the United States by more than 40 percent. The benefits are important to families today and could be compounded over the hundred years these children are expected to live.
Apr 28, 2021
Report
Challenges in Implementing Physical Security Measures in K–12 Schools
Creating safe and secure environments is essential to supporting effective teaching and learning in America's classrooms. What are the most common challenges to physical security planning in schools?
Jun 3, 2021

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Commentary
California Could Develop Guidance to Reopen Youth Sports
There is growing evidence that long-term isolation from school closures has negative impacts on kids' physical and mental health and social development, with impacts potentially lasting for years. Youth sports can help to offset many of these negative impacts. California public health officials could prioritize the development of guidelines that would allow youth sports to reopen safely.
Jul 22, 2020
Journal Article
Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Through Inclusion
Ensuring effective access to quality early childhood education and care for all remains a challenge in Europe, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This policy memo helps decision makers better understand this challenge and suggests some possible solutions.
Jun 16, 2020
Commentary
Online Doesn't Have to Mean Impersonal
Children's needs extend beyond the purely academic. It is important that their social and emotional well-being is supported as instruction moves online during the COVID-19 pandemic. A whole-child view of what students need could benefit them now more than ever.
Apr 2, 2020
Research Brief
Estimating the Costs and Benefits of LifeSet
RAND researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of the costs and benefits of LifeSet, Youth Village's program for transition-age youth, as implemented and evaluated in Tennessee.
Feb 10, 2020
Report
Assessing the Costs and Benefits of LifeSet, the Youth Villages Program Model for Transition-Age Youth
The report presents a rigorous retrospective analysis of the costs and benefits of LifeSet, a program that provides case management and other services for young adults aging out of the foster care system, based on a prior impact evaluation.
Feb 10, 2020
Journal Article
TALIS Starting Strong 2018 Technical Report
This technical report details the steps, procedures, methodologies, standards and rules that the OECD Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 used to collect high-quality data.
Dec 12, 2019
Journal Article
Draft TALIS Starting Strong Survey 2018 Analysis Principles
This document provides high-level steers for content- and context-related issues that need to be taken into consideration in the analysis and reporting of the TALIS Starting Strong Survey 2018.
Dec 12, 2019
Journal Article
Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 Conceptual Framework
The Conceptual Framework provides an integrated theoretical and analytical underpinning to the OECD Starting Strong Survey, articulating its research focus and links to existing knowledge and evidence and policy questions.
Dec 12, 2019
Journal Article
Promoting Youth Well-Being Through Health and Education: Insights and Opportunities
Although well-being frameworks that integrate education and health exist, few of them have been examined rigorously to reveal how both educational and health outcomes can be achieved together.
Nov 26, 2019
Report
Availability of Family Violence Services for Military Service Members and Their Families
The authors examine resources available to military-affiliated victims and perpetrators of child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse, barriers to utilization, and challenges faced in addressing these issues, and recommend ways to improve services.
Nov 25, 2019
Journal Article
Distinctions Without a Difference? Preschool Curricula and Children's Development
This study is an examination of preschool curricula and their associations with preschool classroom environments and children's academic and social-emotional development using five samples of low-income children attending public preschool programs.
Sep 19, 2019
Journal Article
Leave Policies and Practice for Non-Traditional Families
This policy memo provides an overview of the extent to which non-traditional families are taken into account by Member States in developing family leave policies.
Aug 16, 2019
Journal Article
Mechanisms Supporting Single Parents Across the European Union
A policy memo presenting trends and risks for single parents across the European Union, which provides an overview of existing support mechanisms and examples of practices supporting single parents in some Member States.
Jul 31, 2019
Commentary
After School Shootings, Children and Communities Struggle to Heal
School shootings leave wounds that affect students, school staff, families, and communities for years. Building community resilience, implementing evidence-based mental health support early, and providing access for survivors and the community immediately and in the long term could help promote healing and prevent more tragedy.
Jul 19, 2019
Journal Article
Improving the Child Welfare System to Respond to the Needs of Substance-Exposed Infants
To realize the gains envisioned by recent legislation, the Administration and Congress should prioritize additional funding to modernize our child welfare system to meet the unique needs of families affected by substance misuse.
Jul 17, 2019
Commentary
Augmented Reality on the Playground
As children's screen time increases, their time spent outdoors decreases. How might new technologies merge with nature to help kids get outside and be more active?
Jul 10, 2019
Commentary
Empowering Parents Through Positive Parenting Interventions
For parents, knowing whether they are raising their children the “right” way can feel like an impossible task. Parenting programs can make a unique and indispensable contribution to child well-being, and ultimately give children the resilience to thrive, even in challenging circumstances.
May 30, 2019
Blog
Mueller Report, ISIS Leader, Brexit: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how the Mueller report might affect Russia, the emergence of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, uncertainty over Brexit, and more.
May 3, 2019
Q&A
A Champion for Children and Practitioners: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby
Dionne Barnes-Proby started her career as a child welfare social worker and is now a social policy researcher at RAND. She brings the voices of clients and practitioners to the conversation, so that policies will reflect an understanding of the needs of the populations they're intended to improve.
Apr 29, 2019
Journal Article
Workfare and Infant Health: Evidence From India's Public Works Program
India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which prioritizes female participation, increased newborn mortality among women eligible to participate. Work-related stresses adversely affect fetal health; however maternal work participation may have positive income effects for older children.
Jan 29, 2019

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Courtney Ann Kase

Policy Analyst

Courtney Ann Kase is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. She has experience in program evaluation, qualitative research, and project management. Kase is currently working on evaluation of community-based behavioral health centers' mental health and physical health service integration under…
Jill S. Cannon

Senior Policy Researcher

Jill Cannon is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty. Her work focuses on examining the relationship between early childhood programs and policies and child outcomes. She was previously a policy fellow at the Public Policy…

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