CYFS strives to provide its personnel and affiliates with the environment and resources to conduct innovative, methodologically rigorous research that generates relevant outcomes for those whose interests we continually aim to serve. We especially seek to design and assess strategies, techniques and tools that address the challenges facing disadvantaged and underserved populations throughout Nebraska and the United States.
Our research encompasses five major themes: early childhood and development, academic intervention and learning, social-emotional learning and development, rural education, and research and evaluation methods. This wide-ranging spectrum of research fosters novel, interdisciplinary approaches to asking questions and uncovering answers that ensure children, youth, families and schools realize their potential – then reach beyond it.