Child Policy Nexus (CPN) is a single topic report published three to four times per year. Its purpose is twofold:
- To provide policymakers and affiliated audiences (including elected officials, government agency staff, program developers, and practitioners) with comprehensive, non-partisan reviews of child development research findings to inform decision-making.
- To inform SRCD members about (a) policy issues related to child development and (b) child development research related to such issues.
Child Policy Nexus provides a forum for scholarly reviews and discussions of policy considerations stemming from child development research findings. Topics come from a variety of disciplines and cover a wide range of issues such as health care, parenting, and education.
SRCD recognizes that many policy issues are controversial and that authors may have a “point of view,” but CPN is not intended to be a vehicle for authors to advocate policy positions or to make specific policy recommendations. Rather, authors should provide timely and relevant child development research findings for policymakers and affiliated audiences to consider in their decision-making.
For example, CPN should not make a recommendation that the federal government reinstate the child tax credit that was part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. But CPN could provide actionable findings on the impacts and implications of the child tax credit on child outcomes, such as, Strong Research Evidence Supports the ARPA Child Tax Credit as a Mechanism for Reducing Child Poverty.
Each CPN will include a disclaimer that the views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of SRCD or the editors.
Read CHILD POLICY NEXUS (Formerly Social Policy Report) on THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Library
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Child Policy Nexus was formerly published as the Social Policy Report. Archived issues can be accessed below.
The first Child Policy Nexus report will be published in April 2026. CPN issues will be added to the Oxford University Press library as they become available.
Read CHILD POLICY NEXUS (Formerly Social Policy Report) on THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Library