Youth Today
Posts By Anthony Glynn
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The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children
First Focus Two million children’s families will lose their homes to foreclosures in 2008 and 2009, estimates First Focus – an event...
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State Policies Affecting the Assurance of Confidential Care for Adolescents
Incenter Strategies Minor youth often feel the need to know that the information they share with healthcare providers is confidential, even in...
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State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Children’s Advocacy Institute/First Star Only two states, Nevada and New Hampshire, received a grade of A in this report rating the child...
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Low Grades, Bad Behavior? Siblings May Be to Blame
Florida State University Living with half or stepsiblings can result in more school-related behavioral problems for youth, according to sociology professor Kathryn...
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A Good Start: Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College
MDRC/Network on Transitions to Adulthood While freshmen in college benefit from extra counseling, financial aid and tutoring, the benefits last only slightly...
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Children’s Budget 2008
First Focus Since 2003, only one penny of every new non-defense dollar spent by the federal government went to programs for youth,...
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Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens
Public/Private Ventures Many preteens have limited access to high-quality after-school programs. This study, funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health,...
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Youth Courts: An Empirical Update and Analysis of Future Organizational and Research Needs
Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence Third in a series of reports funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice...
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Anti-Gang Group Turns New York Thugs into College Students
The Christian Science Monitor Founded as a small anti-gang program in 1975, the Council for Unity says it now reaches 100,000 young...
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Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome Have a History of Low Fitness and Physical Activity Levels
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) Physically inactive youth are between five and six times as likely as active youth to...
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Third Party Policy and Practice Review, Denver Department of Human Services
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) The recent abuse-related deaths of local children “known to the...
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The Role of the Courts in Improving the Lives of Children and Families
California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care California has overburdened its courts and the child welfare workers who oversee the...
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Disconnected Youth: Federal Action Could Address Some of the Challenges Faced by Local Programs That Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Studies show that youths disconnected from school and jobs are more likely to engage in crime, become...
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Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation
Editorial Projects in Education Research Center Released by the America’s Promise Alliance to help launch its Dropout Prevention campaign, this report provides...
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Building A Better Bridge: Helping Young Adults Enter and Succeed in College
Youth Development Institute (YDI) YDI tracked 39 young people as they advanced from a earning a GED with the help of a...
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What Matters, What Works: Advancing Achievement After School
The James Irvine Foundation and Public/Private Ventures This report on Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) – an eight-year, $58 million...
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More Time for Teens: Understanding Teen Participation – Frequency, Intensity and Duration – In Boys & Girls Clubs
Public/Private Ventures Written halfway through a three-year evaluation of Boys & Girls Clubs, the report examines what it takes to get and...
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Teen Dating Abuse on the Rise, Experts Say
The Daytona Beach News-Journal As many one in three dating couples between the ages of 14 and 24 have engaged in abusive...
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Student Speech Rights in the Digital Age
Boston College Law School Faculty Papers Partly due to the number of student free speech cases involving digital media, courts are struggling...
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Meeting the Mental Health and Developmental Needs of Adopted Children
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Noting the significantly higher risk of medical and psychological issues for children adopted from the child welfare...
