Air Force leaders are concerned about the well-being of airmen's families, but are the programs set up for their benefit doing enough? To find out the answers to this and other issues, the Air Force asked RAND to survey the spouses of active-duty airmen. The main concerns related to children, finances, employment, and the effects of moves and deployment. By and large, however, the families were satisfied with Air Force life.
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of develop. Their mission is to improve outcomes for children by providing research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children, including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media.
The mission of The Future of Children is to translate the best social science research about children and youth into information that is useful to policymakers, practitioners, grant-makers, advocates, the media, and students of public policy.
The RAND Corporation is a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND research on children covers the prenatal period up to age 18 and includes areas such as child health and the role of the family unit, neighborhoods, and communities in influencing child well-being. RAND's family-focused research covers additional topics such as marriage and divorce, senior care, and family finances.
The Ounce of Prevention organization promotes family policy that underscores optimal early childhood development. They produced this video to illustrate just how important an ounce of prevention is worth. Click here to read about the evidence that answers the question, "Why Invest Early?"
Shocking news events, disasters, political violence, and other difficult situations can be difficult to discuss with chidlren. Many adults think children can be shielded from those events, but this fact sheet provides information supporting the importance of keeping communication channels open at those times. Tips are provided for parents to broach difficult topics.
Children and families can be seriously impacted by natural disasters. This fact sheet includes a discussion of how children can be affected by hurricanes, eathquakes, fires, and other natural catastrophes and offers recomendations for parents and other caregivers to communicate with and support children at those difficult times.
