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Human Capital Research Collaborative (HCRC) Fostering multidisciplinary research on human capital: Prenatal development through young adulthood humancapitalrc.org Arthur Reynolds & Art Rolnick, Co-Directors April 27, 2009. Mission . Advance knowledge on the identification,

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  1. Human Capital Research Collaborative (HCRC)Fostering multidisciplinary research on human capital: Prenatal development through young adulthoodhumancapitalrc.orgArthur Reynolds & Art Rolnick,Co-DirectorsApril 27, 2009

  2. Mission Advance knowledge on the identification, understanding, and use of cost- effective programs, policies, and practices from prenatal development to early adulthood

  3. Partners Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs CEED College of Education & Human Dev

  4. Funders McKnight Foundation Graduate School Interdisciplinary Initiatives Consortium on Early Childhood Development President’s Initiative on Children, Youth and Families NICHD

  5. Human Capital Enhancing Skills, Competencies, Preparation for Adult Well-Being ROI --efficiency of investments, programs to better prioritize Life Course Perspective

  6. Prevention Prevention Science focuses on the etiology, development, implemen-tation, and effectiveness Sustainable Programs and Services Ecological Framework

  7. Activities Conduct research and policy analyses Synthesize and integrate knowledge Disseminate findings Convene conferences and workshops Develop longitudinal data archives Collaborate with Consortium on ECD on cross-study projects Identify “what works” evidence Provide technical assistance

  8. Areas of Focus Predictors and processes of well-being (education, health, social, economic) Family and community influences Program design, modification Implementation Effectiveness & cost-effectiveness Policy and translational research Methodology and Analysis

  9. Volume: Human Capital Series Cost-effective Programs and Services In Children’s First Decade Forthcoming, Cambridge University Press

  10. Early Childhood Programs Nutrition Home Visitation Birth to 3 interventions (Early Head Start) Child care and early education State-funded Prekindergarten Head Start and related Federal Programs Kindergarten Small classes in the early grades PK-3 programs and practices

  11. Steering Committee Arthur Reynolds, Co-Director & ICD Art Rolnick, Co-Director & Minneapolis FED Judy Temple, Humphrey & Applied Econ. Rob Grunewald, Minneapolis FED Michelle Englund, HCRC and ICD Suh-Ruu Ou, ICD and HCRC

  12. Affiliates Institute of Child Development Dante Cicchetti Nicki Crick Byron Egeland Ann Masten Rich Weinberg Applied Economics Elton Mykerezi, Applied Economics Elizabeth Davis, Applied Economics

  13. Educational Psychology Scott McConnell Jeff Long Tony Pellegrini Humphrey Institute Morris Kleiner Deborah Levison CEED Amy Susman-Stillman Karen Cadigan

  14. Carlson School of Management Connie Wanberg Aaron Sojourner Department of Family Medicine & CH Susie Nanney Minneapolis FED Terry Fitzgerald Donald Hirasuna Richard Todd Center for Excellence in Children’s MH

  15. National Advisory Committee

  16. Examples of Completed and On-going Projects

  17. 1. Maltreatment prevention review2. CBA research synthesis, prenatal to age 93. Early education and adult well-being4. Predictors of educational attainment5. 3-study paths of influence to adulthood6. Impacts of preschool-to-grade 3 services7. Effects of food assistance and insecurity

  18. 1. Child maltreatment prevention, birth to 515 studies of 14 programs,1990-2007

  19. Group Differences in 7 Studies Program Prog Comp Age HF-New York 5.1% 4.8% Prenatal HF-Alaska 16% 17% Prenatal Hawaii HS 1.1% 1.5% Birth NFP 24.0% 32.0%* Prenatal Teen PAT 0.0% 2.4%* Birth Prenatal & PHS 9.2% 6.6% Prenatal CPC 7.8% 14.7%* 3 years

  20. 2. ECD Review, Prenatal to 917 CBAs from 16 programs1 study per program

  21. Return per Dollar Invested by Age of Entry into Intervention Prenatal to Age 3 Preschool Early School-age Prenatal to Age 3 Preschool Early School-age

  22. 3. Early Education and Poverty Prevention Head Start will “rescue these children from the poverty which could otherwise pursue them all their lives. The project is designed to put them on an even footing with their classmates as they enter school.” (Pres. Johnson, May 1965)

  23. CPC Preschool and Well-Being Prog Comp Diff Skilled job 28.2% 21.4% 6.8%* at age 24 2+ years, 15.8% 19.7% -3.9%* Food Stamps Felony arrest 16.5% 21.1% -4.6%*

  24. 4. Predictors of educational attainment Ou & Reynolds, 2008

  25. 5. Age 5-15 factors that account for the early ed-- attain link from 3 extensive longitudinal studies

  26. Percent Reduction in Effects on Years of Ed Linked to 5 Factors

  27. 6. Impact of PK-3 services in the Child-Parent Centers and other programs

  28. 7. Healthy Food, Healthy Lives Institute project: Effects of federal food assistance programs and food insecurity in the ECLS-Birth Cohort

  29. Promoting Child Health & Well-being, Birth-Age 5Child health and school readiness from the U. S. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Judy Temple, Humphrey InstituteChanging beliefs and knowledge of child-care providers: The Ounce Research Project, Amy Susman-Stillman, CEEDProspective longitudinal examination of early child maltreatment and adult health in the Minnesota Longitudinal Study, Michelle Englund, HCRC and ICD1 year of preschool or 2 in the Child-Parent Centers: Does it matter?, Irma Arteaga, Dept. of Applied Economics

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