Child Trends
US research institute
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Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, research center based in Bethesda, Maryland, which conducts research on children, children's families, child well-being,[2] and factors affecting children's lives.[3]
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| Type | Research center |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Services | Research |
President | Carol Emig[1] |
| Revenue | 23,000,000 (2019) |
| Staff | 177 |
| Website | https://www.childtrends.org |
History
Child Trends was founded in 1979 and in 2014 added the Child Trends Hispanic Institute,[4][5] now the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families, with partnership from Duke University, University of North Carolina, and University of Maryland.[6] 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.[7]
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.[7]
Research
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.