Professionals
The Family Impact Institute is an expert resource for professionals interested in communicating research to policymakers. FII provides resources to help bring a family perspective to policymaking, including several family impact checklists, and family impact analyses of policies and programs.
For those interested in teaching the next generation of policy professionals, the site includes family policy syllabi, assignments, and activities. Professionals can read over 100 briefing reports and newsletters, listen to audio of Family Impact Seminar speakers, locate current family data, and link to more than 100 policy sites.
Since 1976, Federal Family Impact Seminars
Building capacity for family centered policymaking. Read more...
ASPA publishes Researcher–Policymaker Partnerships book
Strategies for launching and sustaining successful collaborations. Read more...
Family-Focused Foster Care seminars conducted throughout US
With support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, WI, NC, MA, VA, RI, NC, and LA held Family Impact Seminars on Family-Focused Foster Care Policy.
Policy Options to Address Youth Trauma
Massachusetts focuses FIS on Policy Options to Address Youth Trauma.
Homelessness and Families
Utah focuses FIS on Impacts and Cost Estimates of Homelessness and Families.