Looking Back to Step Forward: 2023 in Review
Our team put together a microsite to highlight and share more about the New Practice Lab’s recent work and where we’re headed
Service Delivery and Policy Implementation
Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection
How real families’ thriving is impacted by their support networks, and how future social policy can promote more connection.
Navigating Early Care and Education Services Can Be Challenging, But a New Resource Can Help
South Carolina’s First Five SC Portal puts over 40 services for young children in one place- and they want to help other states do the same.
Good Working Lives for the 21st Century
Dr. Hilary Cottam, OBE, has asked workers across sectors how they would redesign their working lives, from start to finish.
Family Outreach for Early Education Enrollment: A Powerful Programmatic and Political Tool
This brief illuminates why family outreach is a powerful programmatic and political tool for early education enrollment, and how to do it.
Strengthening a Robust Economic Recovery with Child Care
American Rescue Plan (ARP) state and local fiscal recovery funds (SLFRF) support workforce development efforts with child care projects.
Care Order Tees Up Opportunities to Score Wins for Families and Caregivers
Thoughtful implementation will be critical to delivering much needed supports.
Co-Designing a Thriving Family Life
NPL has begun longitudinal co-design research to craft a blueprint for what the social safety net of the future should aspire to be
Product Sprints: Critical Tools for the New Practice
Product sprints at the New Practice Lab combine data analysis, policy expertise, and user research to develop a process or solve a problem.