The Research Forum has encouraged collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform, child and family well-being, and community/neighborhood issues. This web site features a searchable database of summaries of large- and small-scale research projects, key topics pages, resources pages, and lists of publications related to these issues from October 1997 to December 2005.
Research Database

The Research Forum's database was designed to provide researchers, policymakers, and practitioners easy access to research projects related to welfare and income security; child/familiy issues; and community/neighborhood issues. Database information is current through December 2005 when Research Forum operations ceased.

There are 362 projects in the database. 75 have been reviewed by the principal investigators.

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    Forum Publications

    Newsletters
    The Research Forum published a quarterly newsletter, the forum, about topics related to welfare research, child and family well-being, and community initiatives between January 1998 and December 2004.

    Working Papers and Issue Briefs
    The Research Forum has been committed to encouraging rigorous study of issues and interventions affecting low-income families. To accomplish this goal, Forum staff members produced a variety of other publications.