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Family Support Policy ResearchThe stability and well-being of families with children—particularly families with limited means—are central public policy concerns. Parents’ success in the labor market, and public programs to help them succeed, can affect the material comforts, self-esteem, and well-being they and their children enjoy, as well as the quality of couple and family relationships. Social programs can protect families in distress against the most severe consequences of economic cycles and personal misfortune, while promoting the goal of self-sufficiency. Because some of our most vulnerable families are headed by parents who had their first child as teens, policymakers have developed strategies to address these families' needs and have devised efforts in recent years to encourage teens to delay parenthood. Read more about our family support research. What's New
National Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches
Abstinence Study Receives Award from AEAMathematica's abstinence study team, led by senior economist Christopher Trenholm and senior vice president Barbara Devaney, has received the 2009 Outstanding Evaluation Award from the American Evaluation Association (AEA). The AEA cited the congressionally mandated, comprehensive nine-year study for its rigor, balance, and impact, which led to major changes in federal policy and funding. The study was downloaded more than 100,000 times and was widely cited in the national and international media. The award was presented at AEA's conference in Orlando on November 13. Read more about the evaluation. Read the press release.
Mathematica to Evaluate Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches: Eight-Year Study Examines Programs to Reduce Teen Risk Behaviors (November 19, 2009)
National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference—San Francisco, CA—November 11-14, 2009 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management—Washington, DC—November 5-7, 2009 Webinar Looks at How TANF Serves Parents and Children with Disabilities |