Chris Molnar Director of Youth MinistriesTakoma Park Presbyterian Church (TPPC)Takoma Park, Md.(301) 270-5550http://www.takomaparkpc.org Age: 25 Salary: $13,000 annually for a 12-hour...
Source: The Colorado Trust. During the bullying prevention intervention, the gap in CSAP scores increased between schools with different levels of bullying....
Colorado State University This study compared permanency, safety and stability outcomes for 318 "matched" pairs of children placed in either kinship care...
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) This report examines whether the "explosion of knowledge" that occurred over the past quarter century...
Children's Defense Fund (CDF) This annual, comprehensive statistical review of key child data shows "epidemic numbers of children at risk" according to...
American Humane Association This paper considers key factors in using Family Group Conferenceing with citizen children whose families traverse American borders and/or...
Click on graphic to enlarge. Nebraska may have solved the debacle last month over its Safe Haven law – under which...
Program: Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS). Organization: Youth Development Institute (YDI); unidentified community-based organizations at 10 New York City sites. Types...
YouthARTS Toolkit Americans for the ArtsFree.(202) 371-2830, http://www.artsusa.org/youtharts A free, online resource on how to design, implement, evaluate and train workers for...
César E. Chávez Institute, San Francisco State University/University of Utah Rejection by their families translates into significantly poorer physical and mental health...
The Boston Foundation has announced a $5 million commitment to StreetSafe Boston – a public-private partnership designed to decrease violent crime by...
First Focus/National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth The nation's school districts are experiencing an upsurge in the number...
National Research Council/Institute of Medicine (NRC/IOM) Adolescents receive health services from a fragmented system that's poorly designed to meet their needs, according...
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy/CosmoGirl.com About one in five teens say they have electronically sent, or posted online,...
Stunned at their state suddenly becoming the nation’s doorstep for unwanted children, Nebraska officials announced last month that they plan to change...
Program: Camden Youth Engagement Project (YEP), in Minnesota. Organization: The Cleveland, Lind-Bohannon, Shingle Creek and McKinley neighborhood associations in the Camden area...
Nearly 90 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) middle and high school students were verbally harassed at school during the...
Click on chart to open PDF version. Before the hammer fell last year, a federal demonstration project to guide disadvantaged youth...
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act was passed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 23 after being approved by...