The University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development (OCD) is a university-community resource and management facility dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in Pittsburgh, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the nation, and around the world through research, education, practice, and policy.
OCD attempts to improve the lives of children and families by conducting a variety of multidisciplinary, community-driven, responsive, collaborative projects that turn knowledge into action. Many of the Office's projects involve four basic functions:
- Analyze information from research and professional practice
- Innovate with service demonstrations and applied research
- Learn and improve through monitoring and evaluation
- Change practice and policy based on knowledge
The Office serves:
- Local, state, and national government policy makers and private foundations,
- University faculty and administrators,
- Service agencies and professionals, and
- Others who seek to improve the lives of children, youth, and families.
The Office employs a diverse array of professionals with backgrounds in social work, public health, psychology, education, government, policy, statistics, journalism, and administration organized into four program and two support divisions that typically work collaboratively with each other and with faculty, service organizations, funders, and policy makers.
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