Caroline Riegel is the Data and Research Analyst at Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC), where she conducts analysis to inform policies that support children and families across Pennsylvania.
Her research focuses on factors influencing child well-being, including access to high-quality child care, evidence-based home visiting, early intervention services, maternal and infant health, and trends in the early childhood workforce. She also examines broader social and economic conditions shaping outcomes for children, such as social determinants of health, early childhood mental health access, vaccination trends among students, infant and toddler homelessness, kinship care policies, population shifts across the state, and the impacts of public safety net programs such as Medicaid and SNAP.
Caroline enjoys using data to tell meaningful stories that help policymakers and stakeholders make informed decisions. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and a Master of Public Policy from Pennsylvania State University and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Data Science at Eastern University. She currently resides in Philadelphia with her fur babies.