Youth Today
Posts By Megan A. Conlan
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America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal interagency report shows a few small changes in the well-being...
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Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can HelpThe Commonwealth Fund
More than 13 million young people ages 19 to 29 lacked health insurance coverage in 2007 because of the structure of...
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Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of ADHD/ADD and of Learning Disability
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Although it makes no effort to establish possible causes, and some of its findings...
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Workforce Investment Act Needs Updating, Agency Says
Jobs for the Future (JFF) There’s no shortage of ideas about how to retool the Workforce Investment Act in order to...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Playground Named for Slain Youth Worker
The Philadelphia playground where a much-loved youth volunteer was shot and killed last year now bears his name. City officials christened...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Obama Adds Office to Boost Youth Sports
Think today’s kids are over-involved in sports leagues? Not so much in cities, which is why President Barack Obama recently announced...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Database Includes Assessment Tools
A new database of assessment tools allows practitioners, evaluators and policymakers to gauge the quality of science-related out-of-school programs. The Assessment...
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News
New Survey Blames Recession for Decline in Volunteering
More than 70 percent of Americans say they have cut back on the hours they spend volunteering and participating in civic...
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Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence
American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabiting-Couple Households
Carsey Institute The poor economy may have contributed to a rise in the number of rural children living with cohabitating, unmarried...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
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Connected by 25: Financing Housing SupportsConnected by 25: Financing Policies and Practices That Support Permanency
The Finance Project Initiatives designed to improve the lives of youths aging out of foster care could be funded by tapping...
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Making Every Day Count: Boys & Girls Clubs’ Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Teens
Public/Private Ventures This latest report on P/PV’s multi-year study of Boys & Girls Clubs finds that the more often youths participate...
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Youth Development Approach: Turning Crisis into Opportunity
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) HIV and STD health education programs that promote improved well-being are more...
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Major Depressive Episode and Treatment among Adolescents
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Less than half of the estimated 2 million American youths who experienced a...
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Health Care Reform for Children with Public Coverage: How Can Policymakers Maximize Gains and Prevent Harm?
Urban Institute In examining how health care reform might affect the estimated 25 million children now covered under Medicaid or the...
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Research-Based Recommendations to Improve Child Nutrition in Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs
Child Trends Want children to eat a healthier diet? Make certain they know what a healthy diet is and expose them...
