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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Principal Investigator: Jony Felton Earls, M.D. Harvard School of Public Health Tel: 617-432-1227 Fax: 617-432-3488 Site Director: U.S. Department of Justice OF National Institute of Justice John Holton, Ph.D. 651 W. Washington Street Chicago, IL CHRISTY A. VISHER, Ph.D. Tel: 312-879-0889 Science Advisor to the Director Fax: 312-879-8222 (202) 307-0694 Funders: 810 7th Street, N.W. Fax (202) 307-6394 Washington, DC 20531 e-mail: [email protected] National Institute of Justice John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Contact: Laurie Garduque, 312-726-8000) National Institute of Mental Health U.S. Department of Education (OERI, Early Childhood Division) Child Care Bureau, HHS Head Start Bureau, HHS [Visit could highlight importance of Federal interagency efforts in understanding child development, both prosocial and antisocial aspects.] Possible activities: * Brief presentation to Mrs. Clinton and staff concerning overall purposes of study, strategies to study neighborhoods, map of neighborhoods showing diversity in collective efficacy across Chicago. some * Study Visit to one or more areas, including possible visit to child care facilities in data selected areas. [Portion of study will be examining child care resources as they relate couples through to levels of neighborhood CE.] Child care center at Robert Taylor Homes (large public housing project) which is child care have visitationa being funded by Irving Harris, a local Chicago philanthropist who has been working with Dr. Earls.