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Workforce Investment Act Needs Updating, Agency Says
Jobs for the Future (JFF) There’s no shortage of ideas about how to retool the Workforce Investment Act in order to...
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Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of ADHD/ADD and of Learning Disability
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Although it makes no effort to establish possible causes, and some of its findings...
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Synthesis of 10 Case Studies: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Simplified or joint forms, the elimination of face-to-face interviews, a centralized system for eligibility processing and...
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Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can HelpThe Commonwealth Fund
More than 13 million young people ages 19 to 29 lacked health insurance coverage in 2007 because of the structure of...
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America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal interagency report shows a few small changes in the well-being...
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School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Eat a good breakfast. That’s the bottom line on this federal study of eating...
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A Guide to Effective Investments in Positive Youth Development: Implications of Research for Financing and Sustaining Programs and Services for Youth
The Finance Project This paper reviews some of the most recent research on what makes an effective youth development program, and seeks...
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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...
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New Survey Blames Recession for Decline in Volunteering
More than 70 percent of Americans say they have cut back on the hours they spend volunteering and participating in civic...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabiting-Couple Households
Carsey Institute The poor economy may have contributed to a rise in the number of rural children living with cohabitating, unmarried...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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Summer Youth Employment Hits 64-year Low
Despite the $1.2 billion in stimulus money the Congress set aside for summer jobs for youth, the summer youth employment rate...
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The Lion’s Legacy
When it comes to legislating on behalf of Americans most in need of federal assistance, few congressmen have a legacy with the...
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Job Corps’ YouTube Dilemna
When Job Corps instructor Alexander Pasillas searched YouTube a while back for videos about Job Corps sites like the one where he...
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Same Old Money Problems at CNCS
A new evaluation of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) budget process found outdated policies, lack of clear lines of...
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Same Old Money Problems at CNCS, Part II
The second report in two weeks about financial management problems at the Corporation for National and Community Service, the parent agency...
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JDAI Conference: Day Two
Day one was jam-packed with interesting workshops, as well as moving keynote speeches from Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and author Dwayne Betts....
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Youth Today Live at the JDAI Conference
Once again, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has allowed the staff of Youth Today to skulk around the annual Juvenile Detention Alternatives...
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Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
