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U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-year-old Adolescents

Pediatrics Children raised since birth in lesbian-mother families display healthy psychological adjustment and outperform their heterosexual- and male homosexual-raised counterparts in...

Youth Tobacco Sales

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) The national rates of tobacco sales to minors showed a slight increase...

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2009

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly three-quarters of American students – 72.5 percent – have drunk alcohol by the...

Struggling to Keep the Promise

The hope that greeted President Obama’s biggest youth initiative last year – replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone in communities around the...

What Works for Home Visiting Programs: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions

Following rigorous evaluations of 66 home visitation programs, researchers found that less than half positively affected their communities, this fact sheet says....

Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?

A pressing question regarding the effectiveness of certain adoptive parents has increasingly found its way into courtrooms, resulting in legal proceedings and...

Child Welfare Experts Urge Congress to Expand Title IV-E Waivers

The federal government should expand a flexible funding program that helps states and counties reform their child welfare systems and keep more...

Congress Passes Law to Reduce Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparities

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday that will reduce the gap in...

Solutions Storytelling: Messaging to Mobilize Support for Children’s Issues

Many youth-serving organizations need to focus more on getting out positive stories about their work, this report says. The difficulty of mobilizing...

An Employment Training and Job Placement Program for Foster Youth Making the Transition to Adulthood in Cook County, Illinois

Research indicates that youths who exit foster care often become unemployed or hold unstable, low-paying jobs. This report analyzes the research, and...

Health Insurance Guideline Leaves Kids Out

A new federal guideline that lets health insurers deny new coverage to children except those who sign up during “open enrollment” has...

Money for Promise Neighborhoods Cut Again

The news from Capitol Hill keeps getting worse for the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) – one of President Obama’s signature new youth...

Third Time a Charm for Juvenile Justice Nomination?

Justice Department officials are close to completing interviews with a third round of candidates to lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

2010 Kids County Data Book

Some improvements in child well-being during the 1990s stalled in the first years of the 2000s, just before the recession began, according...

BGCA Chief Shaken by Challenges to Her Compensation

Roxanne Spillett, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), is so upset about questions regarding her approximately $1 million...

Promise Neighborhood Funding at Stake in Congress Tuesday

Supporters of the federal initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) have been working to sway the funding decision of...

U.S. Drops to 12th in Young Adults with College Degrees

The College Board, which first set the agenda to have 55 percent of America’s with a post-secondary degree by 2025, says the...

Feds Propose New Rules for For-Profit Colleges

The U.S. Education Department today released its proposed rules on standards for for-profit colleges to participate in federal student aid programs, setting...