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Annual Impact

Our annual impact report

UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute 2025 Impact Report; green decorative leaf in corner overlay with smiling young girl on playground

We are thrilled to share our 2025 impact report, where you will get a glimpse of the crucial work being done here by our talented and dedicated scientists, specialists, scholars, and staff across a broad range of disciplines, including autism and developmental disabilities, child health and development, early care and education, and more. Within its pages, you will learn about new research that explores the interaction between childhood abuse, genetic factors, and lifelong depression, and new research that brings critical attention to young learners in rural communities. You will see several ways that FPG’s Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center is partnering with states to support children with disabilities and their families, and you will find out what new work is being funded by FPG Next pilot grants.

Everyone at FPG has a shared goal—advancing knowledge to transform children’s lives. We do this through innovative work that represents the research to practice to policy continuum. To highlight that, we have once again included icons that indicate where along that continuum this year’s stories—and the work they reflect—sit. Look for the visual key in the Director's letter or on the back cover of the report.

View the full 2025 impact report here.