Welcome to The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
Overview of The Centre
The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (The Centre) has continued to evolve over its seven year history as a public-sector, innovative resource for evidence. The Centre develops, supports and integrates research across sectors and disciplines to provide a strong, evidence-based foundation for identifying and promoting effective public policy and service delivery to improve the well-being of children, families, and communities in Alberta, Canada, and internationally.
The Centre works in conjunction with Alberta Children and Youth Services, eight other Alberta child-serving ministries, the Government of Canada and numerous other partners and collaborators to improve the well being of children by:
- Identifying the needs for evidence;
- Supporting high priority initiatives of Children and Youth Services and the Government of Alberta;
- Supporting research capacity building;
- Providing direction to leading edge research initiatives; and
- Developing an extensive network of collaborative partnerships.
The Centre also manages the Child and Youth Data Lab (CYDL) Initiative that analyses linked data from nine ministries to provide a comprehensive profile of the trajectories and outcomes children and youth experience as they access multiple programs across several provincial government programs.
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