education

In this study, we evaluated the Homework Starts with Home (HSWH) pilot program by describing who was served by the program, how many years of support program participants received, and the effect of the program on the use of shelters, school mobility, and school attendance.

In 2015, Minnesota equalized post-exit payment levels in adoption or kin guardianship up to the same level as payments in foster care for those aged 6 years and above. This study illuminates how the policy affected the length of the foster care episode, type of exit, foster re-entry probability, and children’s later academic success.

For the first time ever, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) data will be available at the county and school district levels for Minnesota youth by integrating information from state administrative data sources and the Minnesota Student Survey. This integrated system will improve data-informed prevention planning by providing access to local community data for ACEs and related risk and protective factors known to influence the severity, incidence, and long-term impacts of ACEs.

Our research was developed to assess the ways in which early childhood CPS involvement and homelessness were associated with later academic performance. Study one evaluated whether early childhood developmental readiness skills partially accounts for the relationship between early CPS involvement and 3rd grade achievement. Study two examined whether executive function skills assessed at screening served as a protective factor against the risks of early childhood homelessness for 3rd grade academic achievement.

This study examined whether children who experience homelessness are at higher risk for school disciplinary outcomes (i.e., out-of-school suspensions) across time.