The State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC) worked all year with its partners for stronger advocates, better policies, and improved outcomes for kids. SPARC commissioned and released a number of briefs on ways to …

PolicyLab's Kathleen Noonan wrote an op-ed, along with other researchers, highlighting their findings in a recent Health Affairs article.  The op-ed argues that while preserving CHIP should be an essential priority for…

An article published in the Health Affairs December issue is the first ever comprehensive analysis to investigate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Essential Health Benefit (EHB) as it relates to children. The study found that the EHB has…

Thanks in part to work by PolicyLab's Nadia Dowshen, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has been recognized as 2014 LGBT Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country…

Thanks in part to work by PolicyLab's Nadia Dowshen, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has been recognized as 2014 LGBT Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country…

Dr. Katherine Yun’s research describes trends in the receipt of preventive dental care among Medicaid-enrolled children in Pennsylvania between 2005 and 2010, comparing the US children of immigrants with their co-ethnic peers in…

PolicyLab researchers publish two articles with new research findings on overuse of psych meds. Check out the articles' accompanying blog posts.

PolicyLab Co-Director David Rubin serves as one of twelve Commissioners on the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF).  The Commission's work was recently featured on the U.S. Department…

A new publication, Second-Generation Antipsychotic Use Among Stimulant-Using Children, by Organization of Medicaid Mental Health is now published online.  Click here to see the full article.   Also, access the…

Read and listen to a story about Dr. Senbagam Virudachalam and her Home Plate healthy eating study, which uses peer mentors to teach cooking lessons to parents.