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Read Child Trends’ new blog from Rowan Hilty, Zipi Diamond, Jennifer Cleveland, and Kathryn Tout to learn more about these four trends in state Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) for early care and education programs. https://lnkd.in/eYpkxkd9

New Mexico has become a leader in supporting families with two-generation policies—that is, policies that support parents and children. A new Child Trends report from Renee Ryberg, Katelyn Rust, Zabryna Balén, Yash Morimoto, Ph.D, Catron Allred, and Rachel Kutcher shares findings from a survey of more than 3,000 college students across nine community colleges in New Mexico about student parents’ experiences in higher education. https://lnkd.in/eG_-dHZV  

Parents and other adults support young people’s racial and ethnic identity formation by teaching them about family history, cultural traditions, and how to interact with their own and other racial and ethnic communities. Young people in foster care, who may not have access to information about their background, may experience the racial socialization process differently. Child Trends’ new brief discusses the implications of a study of the influence of foster care on young people’s racial and ethnic identity development. https://lnkd.in/eiRB9p8p  

Our popular interactive child welfare data tool now includes national data profiles on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, permanency, and older youth in care. These new profiles can help users see changes in data over time and compare national data and data for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. https://lnkd.in/gP-95ERs  

Youth who have experienced the child welfare and/or juvenile justice system, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work may be at increased risk of being victims of sexual cyberbullying. Learn more about sexual cyberbullying, its consequences, and how to prevent it in this new Activate Center resource. This resource provides youth-supporting professionals with targeted research for this population as well as state and national-focused resources that can be useful to youth-supporting professionals.

If you missed our third annual webinar in recognition of Juneteenth, Next Generation Leadership for Black Child and Family Well-being, be sure to watch the recorded version! Child Trends experts Dr. Mavis Sanders and Deja Logan moderated a discussion about creating twenty-first century communities where Black children, youth, and families can flourish with five emerging leaders who are focused on community-based activism and dismantling systemic racism. https://lnkd.in/ekAxS-6H

Did the pandemic change what parents look for in child care, and if so, how? To find out, Catherine Richards, Dale (Epstein) Richards, and Weilin Li analyzed over 24,000 Google reviews from 2018/2019 and 2023 and compared reviews from these two periods. Their analysis revealed that staffing and providers’ warmth were the most prevalent topics included in reviews at both points in time. https://lnkd.in/gzsiKvsM

Today at 12:15 p.m. ET, Child Trends' Sara Shaw will be joined by Melissa Kull and J. J. Cutuli to present their research on connecting housing and early care and education systems. Register now for this livestreamed session! https://lnkd.in/gwAZRgC2

Tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET, Child Trends' Andrea Vazzano will join Justin Brian Doromal, Owen Schochet, PhD, MPP, Hannah Matthews, and Sia Barbara Kamara to share their findings on the implementation and impacts of Washington, DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund. Register here for this livestreamed session! https://lnkd.in/gwAZRgC2

The National Research Conference on Early Childhood (NRCEC) 2024 begins today! At 1:30 pm ET, Child Trends experts Lina Guzman and Deana Around Him will join Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Latrice Rollins to discuss the implications of advancing population health and well-being for historically minoritized populations for practice and policy in early childhood systems and programs. Register now for this livestreamed session! https://lnkd.in/gwAZRgC2