Child Trends is a
nonprofit
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,
nonpartisan,
research center
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based in
Bethesda, Maryland
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, which conducts research on children, children's families, child well-being,
and factors affecting children's lives.
History
Child Trends was founded in 1979 and in 2014 added the Child Trends Hispanic Institute,
now the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families, with partnership from
Duke University
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,
University of North Carolina
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, and
University of Maryland
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. The organization developed a tool for estimating agencies'
kinship diversion practices.
In 2019,
''Fortune'' named the organization as #5 on its list of 25 Best Small and Medium Workplaces for Women.
Funding
The organization is funded through grants and contracts from foundations, federal and state agencies, and other organizations. In 2019, they had revenues of $23 million.
Research
Child Trends studies children and teens at all stages of development and provides
research
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, data, and
analysis
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to advocacy groups, government agencies, and other institutions including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media. Research focus includes:
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Child health
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Child poverty
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Child welfare
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Children of immigrants
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Early Childhood Development
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Education
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...
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Foster care
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home ( residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home of a state- certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family mem ...
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Child well-being
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Marriage & Family
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Fatherhood and parenting
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Early childhood education
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Teenage pregnancy
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Worldwide, pregnancy complications are the leading cause of death for women and girls 15 to 19 years old. The definition of teenage pregnancy i ...
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Teen sex
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Youth development
Other projects
Child Trends designs and conducts evaluations of child development and well-being. The Child Trends DataBank is an online resource for national trends and research on key indicators of child and youth well-being. Child Trends' What Works is a collection of experimental evaluations of social interventions that assess child outcomes.
Notable staff and board
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Maura Corrigan
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Robert Doar
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Jennifer Manlove
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Mavis Sanders
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Deborah Temkin
References
External links
Child TrendsChild Trends DataBank
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Research institutes in Washington, D.C.
Think tanks based in Washington, D.C.
1979 in Washington, D.C.
1979 establishments in the United States