Product Type: Conference Recording

NAACFRC Emerging Scholars, doctoral and medical students who have been mentored by NAACFRC co-investigators share their research in early care and education and the well-being of African American children and families. There are five emerging scholar presentations: 1) “Peering Through the Lens: Demographic Realities of Black Households During the Pandemic”, Breanna Chachere, MPH 2) “Racial Identity Development of Black Young Children: The Relationships Between Teachers and Families”, Amber B. Sansbury-Scott, PhD Candidate 3) “Reentry Challenges and Barriers for Black Families in Georgia and Louisiana”, Anthony Lizarraga, Doctoral Student 4) “The Day That My Life Changed: Exploring How Black Fathers’ Stories Make Meaning of Paternal Identity Development”, Aremu Mbande Smith, Doctoral Student 5) “Digital Familism: Momentary Links between Digital and In-Person Interactions with Parents and Siblings, and Adolescents’ Effect during COVID-19”, Shedrick Garrett, MA, Ford Predoctoral and NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Two presentations will explore systemic barriers and regional disparities in early childhood education. The topics included: 1) “Re-Conceptualizing Current Measurements of Accessibility for Black Family & Children in ECE”, Speaker: Ashley Watts, EdD Student, Marymount University 2) “Geography, Resources, and Outcomes: Unraveling Federal Early & Primary Care Disparities in the U.S.”, Speaker: Briana Bostic, PhD, Baltimore Education Research Consortium

As the NAACFRC 2024 CER Conference: CER Pathways to Equitable Programs and Policies Conference wraps up, the final keynote, panel and closing remarks are shared. Policy researchers will discuss using data and research to inform policy and ways to reduce the gaps between current human service practices and goals for better quality services and positive outcomes.

The goal of the Safe First Steps program is to share information with early childhood providers, schools, and families about the strategies that can be implemented to reduce re-traumatization and promote recovery for individuals dealing with intergenerational trauma and exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

Many federal agencies are exploring options to engage people with lived experience in federally funded research and evaluation. This session will describe how a community advisory board (CAB) can fulfill this need, how to convene a CAB in the federal research context, and lessons learned from the perspectives of one project’s CAB members, research firm staff, and federal staff. Speakers will describe and share lessons learned from the Advancing Contextual Analysis and Methods of Participant Engagement (CAMPE) project, funded by the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and implemented by Urban Institute.

This NAACFRC 2024 CER Conference: CER Pathways to Equitable Programs and Policies program session includes three presentations about using community-engaged research to approach different sectors of economic mobility and poverty alleviation. 1) "City Talkin’ We Taking Notes: A Basic Income Project for African American Women Builds Hope & Healing", Speakers: Ebonee Bell, Multnomah Idea Lab; Voycetta Marie White, Multnomah Idea Lab; Kesha Canda, Multnomah Idea Lab 2) "We as a Country Should Provide: The Impacts of Guaranteed Income on Racial and Economic Justice", Speakers: Leah Hamilton, MSW, PhD, Jain Family Institute; Simone Smith, PhD Student, Clark Atlanta University; Aaron Quick, PhD Student, Clark Atlanta University; Desha Elliott, PhD Student, Clark Atlanta University 3) "Claiming #FATHERhood: The Building of Brothers United Nation", Avis Files, Program Director, Pathway, Inc.

Three presentations will be shared within this NAACFRC 2024 CER Conference: CER Pathways to Equitable Programs and Policies program session: 1) Studying an Equity-Focused Universal Preschool Program: Lessons from a Research Partnership 2) Exploring the Experiences of Black, Low-Income Parents’ Access to Quality Early Childhood Education 3) Infusing child development science into the ministry activities of clergy in predominantly Black congregations

The National African American Child and Family Research Center held an annual conference in 2024 with the theme of CER Pathways to Equitable Programs and Policies. During this session, attendees will identify community-engaged research approaches with parents, discuss the role of parents in research to improve programs, and identify outcomes and actions that might help ensure services and research are equitable through positive outcomes.

Community leaders from diverse sectors will discuss the use of data and research to inform human services and ways to reduce the gaps between current human service practices and goals for better quality services and positive outcomes.

NAACFRC pilot project program grantees, who are leaders in community-based organizations in diverse sectors, will share their fatherhood research including perspectives of fathers in early care and education and health and human services.