Almost two-thirds of sexually experienced males ages 15 through 24 report they did not receive any reproductive health services, as opposed to...
Although seven out of 10 teen males used a condom the first time they had sex, only half used condoms consistently with...
Children in 323,000 households experienced instances of very low food security in 2007, up from 221,000 in 2006.
LaMarche This keynote was given by LaMarche at Atlantic’s Annual Conference of Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families, Chicago, Ill., October 15,...
The Atlantic Philanthropies, an international grant maker with assets of $3.3 billion, has hired Donna Lawrence to oversee its disadvantaged children and...
Some of the most tangible results of Pennsylvania’s Models for Change Initiative (MFC) could fit in your briefcase. It’s just two documents....
The daily juvenile detention population in Santa Clara County, Calif., has fallen 53 percent since 2001. Over the same time, the daily...
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Thanks to an ambitious initiative passed by its voters, California is the nation’s largest incubator of after-school programming. But the state’s...
It’s easy to understand why peer mentoring is growing: Youth mentors are easier to recruit than adults, the pairs can easily...
Nonprofits It’s out with the old and in with the new at the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency...
Every year at this time, New York’s Reciprocity Foundation, which serves homeless youth, prepares for an annual fall gala that brings...
Because of the close ties they develop with youths, volunteer mentors and tutors sometimes learn about disturbing aspects of those kids’...
This mid-way evaluation study examines whether two structured, academic-focused after-school programs in reading and math could lead to better academic outcomes for...
NYU scholars calculated how much the city, state and federal governments spent on after-school programs in New York City from 1998 to...
This Life Skills Training (LST) program evaluation finds "no reason to believe that LST had a significant positive impact on any of...
The report is the first to rank states on infant mortality and children's health status based on key social factors.
According to this study done in support of A Billion + Change - a national campaign to raise $1 billion worth of...
The study debunks the myth of the stereotypical teen gamer as anti-social and unproductive.
In addition to providing the requisite yearly information on its staff, programs and grant making, this annual report offers insight into one...