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PolicyLab researchers are methodological experts in the disciplines of epidemiology, health services research, program evaluation, and ethics. As part of our commitment to cutting-edge research, PolicyLab jointly runs the Children’s Hospital's Healthcare Analytics Unit (HAU) with the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness. The HAU serves as a resource for Hospital investigators using administrative data to address research questions by providing expertise in statistical programming, advanced analysis, biostatistics, and clinical epidemiology.

• Educational instability is high for all children in child welfare, both in foster care placement and when children are receiving in-home services. On average,
  • Children were absent from school 5 weeks per year
  • Children attended 2.7 schools over 2 years
• System-level barriers impede children’s achievement of positive education outcomes.

1. Educational instability is high for all children in child welfare, both in foster care placement and when children are receiving in-home services. On average,
   1. Children were absent from school 5 weeks per year
   2. Children attended 2.7 schools over 2 years
      1. Children were absent from school 5 weeks per year
      2. Children attended 2.7 schools over 2 years
2. System-level barriers impede children’s achievement of positive education outcomes.