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Children and Youth Services Review has just published an article, “Improvements in Father-Child Interactions: Video Observations from the Just Beginning Study,” by Kristen Harknett of the University of California, San Francisco, and MDRC’s Patrizia Mancini and Virginia Knox. 

The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse recently released a documentary, “DADication,” on how essential fathers are to the lives of their children. MDRC helped develop four accompanying discussion guides.

MDRC is pleased to welcome four undergraduate interns who have joined us for the summer in our New York City office. The paid internships are supported by the Judith Gueron Scholars Program.

The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is virtually hosting the National Research Conference on Early Childhood on June 27-29, 2022. MDRC researchers will be participating in several sessions.

MDRC Senior Fellow Carolyn J. Hill and MDRC President Virginia Knox coauthored a chapter, “Pipeline and Cyclical Models of Evidence Building: The Roles of Implementation Research,” in a new book, Implementation Science: The Key Concepts, published by Routledge.

In the fall of 2020, the chief executive officers of nine leading policy research organizations met to discuss the critical importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the field of public policy research and in their individual workplaces.