Work in #ChildWellbeing? Sign up for ChapInsights, Chapin Hall's monthly newsletter, for rigorous evidence and resources from our experts. We keep it short and sweet so you can get back to solving problems for children and families.  Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/4khh5pzu

What supports help Black children & their families thrive and prevent contact w/ child welfare? A new Chapin Hall literature review points to kin-first practice, family engagement, and community-based services: https://www.chapinhall.org/research/black-afam-families-lit-review   #FamilyPreservation

What does the evidence say about strengthening Black families & preventing child welfare involvement? A new Chapin Hall literature review finds supports span economic, concrete, relational, and cultural needs: https://www.chapinhall.org/research/black-afam-families-lit-review   #FamilyPreservation

Ashley Maldonado is using her lived experience of the child welfare system and years of working in the field to help organizations meaningfully engage lived experts in changing services for the better. Read her spotlight for her philosophy: https://www.chapinhall.org/project/neutralizing-the-power/

What does it take to keep Black families together and thriving? A new Chapin Hall lit review synthesizes the evidence on culturally responsive strategies that strengthen African American families & prevent #ChildWelfare involvement: https://www.chapinhall.org/research/black-afam-families-lit-review

We are very excited to welcome our 2026 Equity First Summer Associates to Chapin Hall! 🎉 They are participating in six weeks of intensive professional development to learn the complex realities of conducting culturally responsive and racially equitable research in applied settings.

Working toward a shared goal and need a structured, community-centered way to get there? The Blue Sky Possibilities Framework can help. See how it could support your work: https://www.chapinhall.org/project/blue-sky-possibilities-framework/   #LivedExpertise

Building a kinship navigator program or implementing an existing one? Chapin Hall's new two-pager lays out ways our experts can partner with you, from design to evaluation: https://tinyurl.com/2p352wab   #KinshipCare

Continuous Quality Improvement helps child welfare/human services organizations learn what's working and make it better. On 9/17, Chapin Hall’s Yolanda Green-Rogers & Claire Kimberly are offering a hands-on, 30-person Plan-Do-Study-Act workshop. Express interest: https://tinyurl.com/ChapinHallPDSA

Do you know that LGBTQ+ youth are more than 2x as likely to experience homelessness compared to non-LGBTQ+ peers?  Visit our page to download homelessness statistic explainers like this one to help you communicate the housing challenges facing young people: https://tinyurl.com/msrc6ys7

The Blue Sky Possibilities Framework brings together communities, systems, and nonprofits to build equity-centered partnerships for change, with lived experts leading the way. Explore the framework: https://www.chapinhall.org/project/blue-sky-possibilities-framework/  #JuvenileJustice

On Sept. 17, Chapin Hall's Claire Kimberly and Yolanda Green-Rogers are offering a hands-on, 30-person #CQI workshop for practitioners who want deeper, applied learning on the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. Express interest here: https://tinyurl.com/ChapinHallPDSA

Fewer than half of eligible kinship families receive Medicaid or SNAP support. #Kinship navigator programs can help close that gap so children and their kin caregivers can thrive. See how Chapin Hall can help build and sustain these programs in our new two-pager: https://tinyurl.com/2p352wab

Most #CQI efforts fall short because of common, preventable pitfalls. On Sept. 17, Chapin Hall’s Yolanda Green-Rogers and Claire Kimberly are offering a 30-person workshop on the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to help practitioners get it right. Express interest here: https://tinyurl.com/ChapinHallPDSA

Too often, families affected by public systems have little say in how they work. Chapin Hall's Blue Sky Possibilities Framework is helping to change that. Explore the framework: https://www.chapinhall.org/project/blue-sky-possibilities-framework/  #ChildWelfare

Chapin Hall’s Claire Kimberly & Yolanda Green-Rogers are bringing their #CQI expertise to a 30-person Plan-Do-Study-Act workshop on Sept. 17 designed for child welfare and human services practitioners who want to engage multiple perspectives. Express interest here: https://tinyurl.com/ChapinHallPDSA

Children in #KinshipCare have better outcomes than peers in traditional foster care. Our new two-pager shows how Chapin Hall can help you build and sustain kinship navigation services that help more kinship families thrive: https://tinyurl.com/2p352wab

How can leaders work together to keep families stably housed and out of the child welfare system? On June 15 (one week away!), Chapin Hall, Casey Family Programs, and CSH are hosting a webinar for decision-makers interested in cross-sector housing strategies. Register: https://tinyurl.com/4sz3yzft

On 9/17, Chapin Hall's Yolanda Green-Rogers & Claire Kimberly are leading a hands-on, 30-person #CQI workshop for #ChildWelfare/human services practitioners. Walk in w/ a challenge, learn how to avoid common pitfalls, and leave with a testable implementation plan: https://tinyurl.com/ChapinHallPDSA

In 2025, #Housing and child welfare leaders from CO, NJ, KY, and OR spent six months learning together and developing strategies to better serve families at the intersection of housing instability and #ChildWelfare involvement.  Join our webinar for takeaways: https://tinyurl.com/4sz3yzft

For Mental Health Awareness Month, IL high school students moderated a discussion w/ Gov JB Pritzker, IDPH Director Sameer Vohra, State Superintendent Tony Sanders, & Chapin Hall’s Dr. Dana Weiner. They asked about measures being taken to safeguard their well-being. Impressed w/ these young people!

What does it look like to bring #LivedExperience to child well-being research? For Bianca Burnside, Project Associate and lived expert at Chapin Hall, it means surfacing things that wouldn't otherwise be visible. Read her story: https://tinyurl.com/3aby2y3r  #ChildWelfare #ChildWellbeing

Chapin Hall is #Hiring an Associate Researcher for a 2-yr fellowship to serve as a Data Liaison for the OPT-In For Families initiative funded by the Doris Duke Foundation. Explore the role and apply w/ the Current Job Openings button on this page: https://www.chapinhall.org/why-work-at-chapin-hall/

Communication skills shape a person’s opportunities. LEAP’s Language for Scholars program helps students become confident communicators so they can achieve their goals – in school, in work, and in life. Hear a student’s story in this short video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9_KJczAxLgA #Education

Join us for a webinar with leaders from Colorado, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Oregon — states with distinct policy landscapes who came together to tackle this challenge: too many families enter the child welfare system because they do not have stable #Housing: https://tinyurl.com/4sz3yzft

We evaluated LEAP's language for Scholars program with 11th graders across two Chicago high schools and found they gained stronger verbal and nonverbal communication skills, greater confidence in different settings, and a deeper feeling of authentic voice. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdehmu6d

Happy 5-year anniversary to Isabelle Cadrot, Senior Communications Coordinator! Isabelle has grown her skill set in every direction and is a rarely well-rounded communications professional. Isabelle, thank you for all you do! We appreciate you. https://www.chapinhall.org/person/isabelle-cadrot/

What does it look like when students build communication skills without being asked to leave their identity at the door? LEAP's Language for Scholars program is helping students become confident communicators so they can achieve their goals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hX6ShDRer8o #Education

Register for our webinar where Chapin Hall, Casey Family Programs, CSH, and CO, NJ, KY, & OR state leads will share takeaways from the Housing as a Foundational Element of Family Well-Being Cohort, which met to identify policy/practice changes to keep families housed: https://tinyurl.com/4sz3yzft

Before participating in LEAP's Language for Scholars program, 40% of students did not feel confident or like their true selves when communicating in different situations. After the program? That dropped to 13%. Explore findings: https://tinyurl.com/bdehmu6d #Education