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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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Journal Article
Homeless Children and Young People: A Review of Interventions Supporting Access to Healthcare Services
One of the many risks associated with a lack of secure housing is difficulty in accessing healthcare. This research note looks at the healthcare needs of homeless children and young people and identifies interventions that support them.
Sep 14, 2021
Dissertation
Three Essays on the Broader Effects of the Opioid Crisis
Investigates the unintended consequences of opioid policies, OxyContin reformulation and prescription drug monitoring programs on crime, labor supply, and child welfare.
Aug 24, 2021
Journal Article
Early Evaluation of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Trailblazer Programme: Interim Report
In collaboration with the Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit, BRACE is carrying out an early evaluation of this programme, focusing on the Trailblazer areas.
Jul 14, 2021
Report
Advocacy efforts in Brazil to extend the recognition of children's rights in early childhood: A case study
Case study on the advocacy efforts of the National Network of Early Childhood (RNPI) in collaboration with governmental institutions to introduce a Legal Framework for Early Childhood Development in Brazil.
Jun 22, 2021
Journal Article
Benefits of Extracurricular Activities for Children: A Focus on Social Inclusion and Children from Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Backgrounds
This research note summarises the existing evidence on the benefits of extracurricular activities, how they can be used to support social inclusion, and how access for disadvantaged children can be improved.
Jun 9, 2021
Report
A Systems Approach to Physical Security in K–12 Schools
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center researchers present a systems approach to school safety in which physical security elements integrate to provide benefits with minimal negative effects on schools' missions, operations, and climates.
Jun 3, 2021
Journal Article
The Childcare Gap in EU Member States
This policy memo focuses on the childcare gap as a concept, as well as on how the concept has been operationalised in existing literature.
Mar 9, 2021
Journal Article
Study on Child Participation in EU Political and Democratic Life: Final Report
RAND Europe and Eurochild were contracted by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers to support this study. This Final Report summarises the findings from all research methodologies applied in this study.
Feb 23, 2021
Journal Article
Anti-bullying Practices from the Repository of the European Platform for Investing in Children
This report showcases a selection of practices that focus on anti-bullying interventions and have been collected and listed on the online practice repository of EPIC.
Dec 1, 2020
Commentary
Engaging Learning Spaces Are Important, Even During a Pandemic
While considering new uses for and formations of school space, planners might also consider whether these spaces will be conducive to learning. Research links the physical condition of learning spaces to improved student physical health and academic performance.
Aug 18, 2020
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

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Dionne Barnes-Proby

Senior Social Policy Researcher

Dionne Barnes-Proby is a senior social policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, director of its Summer Associate Program, a faculty member at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and cochair of RAND's Black Employees Leading in Inclusion, Equity, Vision, and Education (BELIEVE) Employee Resource…
Susannah Faxon-Mills

Senior Policy Analyst

Susannah Faxon-Mills (she/her) is a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. She has expertise in education policy, implementation and developmental evaluation, and qualitative methods and analysis. Her work explores how local educational systems, communities, and intermediary…

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