The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ latest request for proposals for its Abstinence Only grants increases the grant period from...
By Grace Lavigne The Iowa attorney general is considering whether to file criminal charges against the owners of the nation’s largest kosher...
The Bush Administration will not crack down on states that are out of compliance with its controversial rules on state children’s health...
By Nancy Lewis More than 500 leaders and activists plan to gather in New York this month to launch what they hope...
A campaign to distribute clothes for homeless and runaway children turned into a lesson in the virtues of private discussions among nonprofit...
RAND Education and The Wallace Foundation A lack of space, little time in the school day, and a greater emphasis on other...
Open Congressional Research Service Eight pending bills propose changes to the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, which allocates funds to states annually...
The guide provides information for the foster and adoptive parents of children who have been sexually abused, and lists potential signs of...
Achieve, the Education Trust, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and the National Alliance of Business launched the American Diploma Project (ADP) in...
Between April 3 and April 8, SocialSphere Strategies of Cambridge, Mass., polled 800 members of the "Millennial Generation" - college-bound high school...
This study of six juvenile justice programs describes the factors that facilitate the adoption of positive youth-development principles in a juvenile justice...
The report summarizes the meeting of the June 2007 Tribal Youth Focus Group, comprised of youths ages 10 to 17 from 20...
Of the nearly 4,100 allegations of sexual violence against youth in juvenile corrections systems from 2005-2006, approximately one in five (732) were...
Concern over the dramatic increase in childhood obesity led Congress to request the FTC to conduct a study of food and beverage...
This report used data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health of more than 30,000 children between the ages of six...
The GAO estimates that at least 2.4 million young adults, ages 18 to 26, or 6.5 percent of the non-institutionalized young adults...
The Urban Institute Urban Institute researchers found that four in five of America's 13.7 million low-income families include working adults, but still...
This report monitors the efforts by the alcohol industry to reduce the likelihood that alcohol advertising will target youth, by its placement...
In 2007, the Census Bureau reported that 73.7 million children younger than 18 years old lived in the United States. Of these,...
The quality of life of American children has been stalled since 2002, according to the foundation's 2008 Child Well-Being Index (CWI), an...