Become a Member of CCF!

Benefits & Services

The Full Member category enhances your professional career by connecting you to fellow colleagues and the media.

Membership in CCF provides family scholars with several important benefits:

Your expert listing will appear in the expert profiles section of our website for media queries.
Your own work (publications, blogs, op-eds, and media appearances) may be featured via our bi-weekly media briefs, research briefing papers, press releases, and blog.
Members are routinely reached to provide topic expertise in public media. Our members may also be contacted by our research director, Stephanie Coontz, for assistance in crafting media stories on important topical or thematic events (SCOTUS cases, major legislative initiatives, holidays such as Mother’s Day and Labor Day, etc.).
Members remain connected to family research and policy news via the CCF listserv and bi-weekly media briefs.
Members receive access to exclusive YouTube video workshops on topics related to engaging in public scholarship, promoting your work to the media, and more.

CCF Membership is based on a calendar year – Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 – and dues are not prorated. Applicants joining after October 1^st will be paid through the following membership year.

Eligibility

To become a member of CCF, you must be a professional or a student who either:

Conducts research or teaches about families
Works directly with families in community or health settings, or
Conducts public policy work about family issues

Donations

Non-professionals who wish to support our mission and to be informed about it regularly may become Friends of CCF by making a donation to the organization in the amount of $50 or more. Registered friends receive our weekly news briefings and periodic news releases.

Please email ccf-admin@utexas.edu if you have any questions about signing up.

Apply Now!

Please fill out the form below to apply for CCF Membership. Once complete, you will be able to make a payment using a credit card through our secure server.

If you sign up for the Full Membership, you will also be prompted to fill out profile information for display on the website. You will receive an email when your expert profile is published.

If you prefer to submit or renew your membership by regular mail, please mail your name and contact information with a check to:

Council on Contemporary Families
c/o Population Research Center
UT Austin
305 E. 23rd Street, G1800
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-471-8339

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