Coba-Rodriguez, S., K. Zinsser, and J. Browne-Hollie. "You're Not Welcomed Back." Poster. National Council on Family Relations Conference, 2021.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research grant program funded action-oriented research to build on strategies to increase equitable access to supports for families with young children, including income supports, nutrition supports, and early care and education. Following is a description of the work that has been accomplished in these three areas.
Income supports
Families with low income often do not have access to the basic necessities and resources to foster the nurturing experiences and stimulating environments that young children need to thrive. Income supports may reduce poverty in households with young children, provide critical resources to help families support children’s development, diminish families’ stress levels, and thereby advance health equity. This grant funded research on income supports for low-income families with young children, including tax credits and transfer programs, to inform policymaking and encourage more equitable access to these supports.
Early care and education
Increasing access to early care and education (ECE) may reduce poverty in households with young children by supporting parental employment; provide critical resources to help families support children’s development; diminish families’ stress levels; and thereby advance health equity. This grant sought to fund research that highlighted policy- and practice-related reasons for disparities in access to ECE, and which identified current policy or programmatic solutions or needed changes that would promote equity.
Nutrition supports
A key contributor to children’s healthy development is sufficient access to healthy foods, though research demonstrates that children from low-income households and racial and ethnic minority children experience nutritional disparities. This grant funded research on federal nutrition support programs that serve low-income families with young children, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
Cross-cutting policy areas
This grant funded a body of research that illuminates strategies and policies that ensure families’ equitable access to key resources for supporting their children’s healthy development. The cross-cutting grants fund research that cut across policy domains, revealing the way that ECE access, income supports, and nutrition supports interact and potentially reinforce one another to promote families’ well being.
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University of Illinois Chicago
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Coba-Rodriguez, S., K. Zinsser, and J. Browne-Hollie. "They Didn't Know How to Handle a Kid That Didn't Fit Their Mold: A Mixed-Method Study on Families' Experiences of Exclusionary Discipline in Early Childhood." Poster. National Research Conference on Early Childhood, 2022.
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Dohrmann, J., S. Coba-Rodriguez, and K. Zinsser. "I Didn't Want Her To Feel Ashamed: The Messages Parents Tell Their Preschoolers After Being Expelled." Poster. University of Illinois Chicago, 2023.
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Shenberger, E., V. Jackson, S. Coba-Rodriguez, and K. Zinsser. "Understanding Factors Differentiating Retained and Excluded Children Following Behavior Warnings From Early Childhood Education Programs." Presentation to the American Educational Research Association, University of Chicago, 2023.
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Zahid, R., J. Brown-Hollie, S. Coba-Rodriguez, and K. Zinsser. "It Affected Both of Our Lives: Understanding the Emotional, Financial, and Home Life Impact of Early Childhood Exclusion." Presentation to the American Educational Research Association, University of Chicago, 2023.
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Zahid, R., S. Coba-Rodriguez, and K. Zinsser. "Stressors and Supports: The Aftermath of Preschool Expulsion." Poster. University of Illinois Chicago, 2023.
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Zinsser, K., S. Coba-Rodriguez, and A. Lowe-Fotos. "A Qualitative Comparison of Parents' Experiences with Early Childhood Expulsion Following a Legislative Ban." University of Illinois Chicago, 2023.
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Zinsser, K., V. Jackson, and S. Coba-Rodriguez. "How Are They Told to Leave and Where Do They Go Next? Families' Experiences With Being Excluded From Early Childhood Education Programs." Poster. National Council on Family Relations Virtual Conference, 2021.
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University of New Mexico
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Breidenbach, A., H. Heinz, D. Castillo, R. Juarez, Y. Cordova, M. Fiorella Asencio Pimentel, B. Acharya, and D. Bell. "Child Care Use, Needs, and Preferences of Diverse New Mexico Families in the Context of COVID-19: Results from a Survey of Families with Young Children." University of New Mexico, 2023.
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Castillo, D., and H. Heinz. "Families' Child Care Needs and Challenges During COVID-19 and Beyond." University of New Mexico, 2023.
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