www.evidencebasedprograms.org Here the scientists who make up the nonprofit Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy summarize the findings of well-designed randomized control trials that...
www.kickbuttsday.org The next Kick Butts Day (KBD) – a national day of anti-tobacco activism – will be April 2. This site helps...
http://nnp.drugabuse.gov The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) launched this site to facilitate information- sharing and collaboration among substance abuse researchers, practitioners...
www.bullyingcanada.ca Created by Canadian high school students, this anti-bullying site offers tips and advice for bystanders, victims and perpetrators. It provides...
www.spotlightonpoverty.org This foundation-sponsored initiative seeks to focus public attention on poverty issues during the presidential campaign and to “encourage candidates to discuss...
The nonprofit Cornerstones for Kids (C4K) has launched an online resource to offer hands-on tools to help human services agencies address some...
The birth rate among American teens (ages 15 to 19) rose 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 – the first increase since...
Just in time to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – and to weigh in on...
Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal Investigators routinely take fingerprints and photographs of children being removed from abusive or neglectful parents, but a task...
The Dallas Morning News The Army’s new Future Soldier Training program is paying high school seniors $1,000 a month from the time...
The Providence (R.I.) Journal More than 500 17-year-olds are making their way through Rhode Island’s adult justice system because they had the...
National Public Radio (NPR) Author and NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams says that “one of the most damaging forces tearing at young...
The Birmingham (Ala.) News This investigative report finds that many of Alabama’s high school football coaches are receiving perks once reserved for...
The Boston Globe Violent crime has soared in the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury in recent years. In 2006, 42...
Chapin Hall Center for Children Approximately 37 percent of children in foster care are African-American, despite the fact that African-American children make...
National Women’s Law Center Female dropouts earn significantly lower wages than male dropouts, are at greater risk of unemployment and are more...
National Center for Juvenile Justice The most recent in the Juvenile Court Statistics series, this report describes delinquency cases handled between 1985...
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids – New York According to this report, nearly three-quarters of the 17,500 juveniles held in New York...
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration This report to Congress promotes the aggressive use of research-based mental health interventions, combined...