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Federal Bullying/Drug Program Chief Draws Fire

Obama Names Casey Official to Head CNCS

Patrick Corvington, a mid-level manager with Baltimore’s Annie E. Casey Foundation was named yesterday by President Barack Obama to be the new...

Who Has Oversight of Legacy?

The American Legacy Foundation’s spending receives little outside scrutiny. No outside oversight of the foundation is prescribed, even though the foundation’s money...

‘Vacancy’ Signs Frustrate Youth Advocates

  The slow pace of filling jobs in the Obama administration is stalling progress on youth issues. Advocates for disadvantaged youth grew...

The Economic Case for Dropout Fight

  Wise: “The best economic stimulus is a high school diploma.” In a time of economic unease, dropout-prevention leaders are stepping up...

Mentoring Grants Include Newcomers, Surprises

  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of its national mentoring grant winners last month. The...

States Happy with OJJDP Staff, Worry about Dwindling Dollars

  State juvenile justice leaders find staffers at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and bemoan...

Newsmakers for October 2009

  Doug Nelson Foundations When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought...

Preventing Child Maltreatment

  Princeton University/The Brookings Institution The fall 2009 entry in The Future of Children journal series explores the prevention of child maltreatment...

Midterm Scorecard: How U.S. Senators Have Voted on Key Children and Family Issues in 2009

  Vote Kids This midterm report, compiled by Vote Kids, a nonprofit organization focused on children as a political priority, focuses on...

An Update on State Budget Cuts

  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Major budget cuts occurring in at least 41 states and the District of Columbia –...

The Timing of Termination of Parental Rights: A Balancing Act for Children’s Best Interests

  Child Trends Termination of parental rights (TPR) has been an ongoing subject of discussion among judicial and child welfare professionals in...

A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State, and City Trends in Teen Childbearing

  Child Trends In 2007, the second year in a row that the U.S. teen birth date increased after a 14-year decline,...

KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Teen Birth Rate

  Annie E. Casey Foundation Data collected in 2006 by the U.N. Statistics Division show teen birth rates in the United States...

Poverty in the United States, 2008

  Urban Institute Nearly 40 million Americans, including 14 million children, were living in poverty in 2008, an increase to 13.2 percent...

Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood

  Urban Institute Eight new research briefs on youth transitions to early adulthood are available and include two unexpected findings: First, among...

A Guide to Effective Investments in Positive Youth Development

  The Finance Project This paper reviews some of the most recent research on what makes an effective youth development program and...

Investments for Building Out-of-School-Time Systems: A Six City Study

  Public/Private Ventures and The Finance Project An increase in the need for programs that occupy students during their time outside of...

Teens and Mobile Phones over the Past Five Years

  Teen Internet and American Life Project The share of American teenagers using cell phones increased from 45 percent in 2004 to...

Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence

  American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...