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Untapped Potential: Fulfilling the Promise of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Littles They Represent
Civic Enterprises This report looks at the lives, needs, aspirations and concerns of Littles, the children who are mentored through Big...
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Fixing a Broken System: Transforming Maine’s Child Welfare SystemThe Annie E. Casey Foundation
Maine’s child welfare system, long hailed as one of the worst in the country, has made significant progress over the past...
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The Academy: A Program for Older Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Vera Institute of Justice This report explores the implementation of the Academy, a collaborative program created in New York in 2007...
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Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Youths who go through both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems...
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Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
Annie E. Casey Foundation Poor reading skills at an early age are a warning sign of dropping out in high school,...
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Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California’s Long Term English Learners
Californians Together Non-English speaking students who are always taught in English are likely to face long-term academic struggles, according to this...
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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2008
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This new report makes clear that not all teens are motivated to avoid pregnancy,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
