Welcome to the Council on Contemporary Families! We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public
with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families.
CCF is pleased to announce our 2026 Awards for Outstanding Family Public Scholarship.
These awards honor the outstanding contributions of our membership to the public understanding
of contemporary family issues. The deadline for nominations is July 15th, 2026.
New research suggests that, while maternal depressive symptoms are common around the
world, both national policies as well as personal resources play a role in women’s
recovery from depressive symptoms during the early years of their child’s life.
Falling birth rates in the U.S. have raised concerns that the current total fertility
rate (TFR) has fallen "below replacement" level. In reality, the relationship between
current fertility rates and population decline is not straightforward.
