We need research to understand needs, identify possibilities and guide priorities and steps to help children and families thrive. Our team at Innovate Health conducts field-building research that informs, inspires and translates evidence into policy and practice. With strengths in quantitative and qualitative methods, we focus on child and family flourishing, thriving communities, and shaping child and family systems and policy across health care, education, and human services. Collectively, this work contributes to the Science of Thriving that encourages families, communities, and systems to better understand and support optimal child and family health.