Karen Baynes, Vinson Institute associate director, has been awarded a Children and Family Fellowship from the renowned Annie E. Casey Foundation. Baynes was one of only 16 individuals nationwide to receive the 18-month fellowship that includes executive leadership training, site visits and peer networking, and development of a research project.

I am very excited about how this fellowship can benefit the work of the university's Family and Children Policy Initiative, of which the Institute is a part," notes Baynes. "The Casey Foundation is committed to improving outcomes for families and communities through the kinds of activities that our program fosters, such as building collaboratives and using data to make programming decisions and track results."