A compilation of the reports from this issue.
America’s Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor...
When youth-serving programs and their funders make their evaluations transparent, the entire field benefits from the lessons learned – even when...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
Feasibility of Screening Adolescents for Suicide Risk in "Real-World" High School Settings PIRE Chapel Hill CenterAbstract available at www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/96/2/282 In September...
In a field of research seemingly obsessed with developing, cataloging and replicating evidence-based program models, one study has found a unique...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
The Association Between Parent, Family and Peer Religiosity and Teenagers’ Sexual Experience and Contraceptive Use Child Trends/The National Campaign to Prevent...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
Youth-serving programs might take comfort in knowing that even federal agencies feel the pain of funding, designing and conducting program evaluations. The...
Analysis of Predictors of Participation in Out-of-School Time Activities Harvard Family Research Project/Harvard UniversityAvailable at www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/ost_findings.html. Ask teens why they’re not doing...
If you make cars or deodorant, it’s relatively easy to see the effect of your advertisements: Look at sales. But if you...
Child Welfare Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable ChildrenCasey Family Programs At least $10...
Foster Children May Be Paying A Price For Attorneys’ Overwhelming Student Loan DebtChildren’s Law Center of Los Angeles (CLC) and the Pew...
Education2005 ACT ScoresAmerican College Testing Program Hundreds of thousands of 2005 high school graduates will begin college or work academically unprepared and...
Declines in Youth Drug Use Don’t Tell the Full Story The 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and HealthU.S. Substance Abuse and...
Getting kids to avoid or withdraw from gangs is among the most difficult tasks in youth work, and a fresh set of...
Education The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Transitions and the Role of Supportive Relationships, 2005MetLife This year’s annual survey focuses on...
Old Myth: The Rise in Girls’ Violence An Assessment of Recent Trends in Girls’ Violence Using Diverse Longitudinal Sources: Is the Gender...
It’s a common and much complained-about paradox: How can nonprofit youth-serving agencies pay for the rigorous evaluations that funders require, when no...