Child Trends

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, University of North Carolina, and University of Maryland. 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 sexual development and provides research, data, and analysis to advocacy groups, government agencies, and other institutions including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media. Research focus includes:

• Child health
• Child poverty
• Child welfare
• Children of immigrants
• Early Childhood Development
• Education
• Foster care
• Child well-being
• Marriage & Family
• Fatherhood and parenting
• Early childhood education
• Teenage pregnancy
• Teen sex
• 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

• Maura Corrigan
• Robert Doar
• Jennifer Manlove
• Mavis Sanders
• Deborah Temkin

References

References

1. "Our Staff". Child Trends.
2. "Percentage of parents aggravated by kids nearly doubles over decade". Today.
3. (21 February 2018). "Where American Kids Are In Crisis". CityLab.
4. [http://www.childtrends.org Child Trends]
5. "Hispanic students are making steady math progress". Washington Post.
6. "About Us".
7. "Child Trends".
8. (30 July 2014). "Almost half of U.S. kids suffer traumas; exposure linked to bullying, problems in school as early as age 12". Plain Dealer.
9. "Mexican-American Toddlers: Understanding The Achievement Gap". NPR.
10. (11 June 2014). "Parenting Program Aimed at Latinos Helps Boost Literacy Behaviors". Education Week.
11. O'Connor, Katie. (2019-07-18). "Virginia needs more information about children diverted from foster care, report says".
12. (27 October 2015). "1 in 14 U.S. Children Has Had a Parent in Prison, Says New Study". Time.
13. "For More Millennials, It's Kids First, Marriage Maybe". NPR.
14. "Achievement gap in D.C. starts in infancy, report shows". Washington Post.
15. "Board of Directors". Child Trends.