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Exhibit Examines the Lives of Former Foster Children

Richard Wilkerson needs two hands to count the number of families he had as a boy. On a recent, unusually temperate summer...

Juvenile Justice Trends in State Legislation, 2001-2011

New Report Charts A Decade of Changes to the Nation’s Juvenile Justice System

Recently, the National Conference of State Legislators published Trends in Juvenile Justice State Legislation 2001-2011, a decade-long analysis of changes that have...

Complex Factors, Not Just Bullying, Underlie Teen Suicides

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As media coverage of bullying has expanded over the past few years, so have mischaracterizations of the relationship between...

Illinois Enacts Law Against ‘Epidemic’ of Human Trafficking

Illinois strengthened its legal arsenal against human trafficking this weekend when Gov. Pat Quinn signed House Bill 5278 into law. The new legislation aims to provide...

Comics Journalism Tackles the Immigration Debate

Jessica Colotl says her life is a series of hearings since the struggle began between her and federal and state authorities over...

Upcoming Presentation Examines Role of New Technologies in Elementary Education

This Thursday, the New America Foundation will be holding an event in Washington, D.C. titled Getting Schooled by a Third-Grader: What Kids’ Gaming,...

National Service Watchdog Focused on Restoring Budget, Preventing Waste

People who know Deborah Jeffrey, the newly confirmed Inspector General at the Corporation for National and Community Service, call her a problem-solver:...

FCC Announce Plans to Increase Broadband Internet Access in US

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Connect2Compete have launched a computer recycling and donation drive to benefit low-income households, with the intent...

America’s Children in Brief 2012: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

Experts Weigh in on Report Detailing High Number of LGBT Homeless

CHICAGO-After the Williams Institute, True Colors Fund and the Palette Fund released a critical study on LGBT youth homelessness last month, Chicago-based...

Federal Report Finds Health Conditions Mixed for Nation’s Youth

Recently, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics released the 2012 edition of its annual America’s Children in Brief: Key National...

Immigration Policy Center – Who and Where the DREAMers Are

Survey: Most Young Adults Do Not Know Their State Voting Laws

A new survey of young adults finds widespread confusion over voting rules and requirements, including registration, early voting and voting identification, a...

More than a Million Youths May Benefit from Obama’s New ‘Deferred Action’ Plan

According to a new report released by the Immigration Policy Center, as many as 1.4 million immigrants currently living in the United...

American Indian Youth Seek Kinship at Intertribal Summit

CHEVY CHASE, Md. – Chloe Gardner, 14, Alyssa Ludvick, 15, and Alaina Kuchenoff, 16, left their remote Alaskan island early Thursday afternoon to...

‘For-Profit’ Colleges Slammed in New Senate Report

Earlier this week, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) released a report on for-profit colleges, the end result of a two-year study of the...

Penn State to Administer $60 Million Child Welfare Fund

Pennsylvania State University says it will administer the $60 million fund for prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse mandated by an...

Maya Angelou, Parents of Trayvon Martin Call On Youth to Defeat Violence

Grad Nation Campaign Releases Handbook for Grassroots Activity

Last spring, America’s Promise Alliance released a new communications handbook titled Raising Your Voice: Communications Planning for Youth-Serving Organizations.  The manual is...