San Francisco, CA

Join us for a presentation by Richard Banks of Stanford Law School as he talks with us about how the African American marriage decline effects everyone.

More information available here.
Horses

On February 22nd, the Director of the National Marriage Project, Brad Wilcox, will be joining us to discuss his work.

Find out more here.
Open Space

CCYP is now accepting applications from UCB graduate students of all discipline whose dissertations focus on a child or youth policy issue.  Click here for more information on how to apply.

Orchids

Judith Stacey of New York University will be joining us for a presentation and discussion on her latest work "Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China". Click here for more information.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIELD:

 

Dr. Jill Duerr Berrick, Co-Director of the CCYP, recently published an opinion piece in the Oakland Tribune, discussing the dramatic impact of historic levels of childhood poverty and arguing the need to for a strong response to address it as we do with other public health disasters. Read here.

 

 

The Center for Child and Youth Policy was formed in 2000 to establish a community of scholars focused on the unique needs and issues of children, youth, and families in the 21st century. Led by Co-Directors Jill Duerr Berrick and Neil Gilbert, CCYP facilitates interdisciplinary discussion, drawing upon faculty from nine departments and Schools on the UCB Campus as well as regularly attending members from other universities in the area. Throughout the academic year, CCYP hosts leaders in the field for presentations to stimulate creative thinking and the exchange of ideas on public policy concerns facing today’s families.