Programs

PRB has been a long-term partner to the U.S. Census Bureau, helping to inform policymakers, the media, and the public about the importance of data from the decennial census and American Community Survey.

The KIDS COUNT project is a national and state-by-state effort of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States. PRB has played an instrumental role in the KIDS COUNT Data Book since 1992.

With funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission, PRB has prepared a series of chartbooks and research reports that analyze demographic and socioeconomic patterns in the 13-state region.

PRB works with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health (LPFCH) to promote the health and well-being of children in California by making information about children's well-being easily accessible

The Center for Public Information on Population Research serves as the Coordinating Center for the NICHD Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program to improve the translation and dissemination of major findings from population dynamics research, and communication and cooperation across Centers.

For more than a decade U.S. Programs has worked with Brandon Roberts + Associates to produce state-level estimates of the number and characteristics of low-income and poor working families using data from the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey.

Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health (PACE) is a five-year project awarded to the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in November 2015 by the United States Agency for International Development.

Breakthrough-Research provides leadership and guidance on research utilization ensuring that the high-quality evidence generated by the project is used for decisionmaking that can lead to practical, on-the-ground changes and improvements in service delivery and implementation.

The EEDA project's goals are to improve the implementation of existing family planning policies, especially those that support youth access to and use of contraception; and generate new funding and policy commitments for family planning in response to evidence-driven advocacy.

ENGAGE presentations captivate global and country leaders with clear messages, reliable data, and stunning visuals, drawing leaders into critical conversations about development in their countries.

PRB is a partner on Evidence to end FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive a UKAID-funded research program to end female genital mutilation/cutting within one generation. Evidence to End FGM/C began in March 2015 and will conduct its research for five years.

PRB is a partner on the Palladium-led, USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) project that strengthens and advances health policy priorities at global, national, and subnational levels.

The SAFE ENGAGE project supports access to safe abortion by providing decisionmakers with the latest data on abortion and maternal health, building the capacity of advocates and other decisionmakers to use evidence to achieve policy goals.

Women's Edition brings together senior-level women editors, reporters, and producers from influential media organizations in developing countries to examine and report on pressing issues affecting women's health and status.

PRB conducts analysis of data on behavioral risk factors for noncommunicable diseases among youth in several regions of the world. The findings are presented in widely-used reports and data sheets.

Since 2015, PRB has been running a policy communication training program for doctoral students attending universities in the United States.