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Growing Pains

  Thanks to an ambitious initiative passed by its voters, California is the nation’s largest incubator of after-school programming. But the state’s...

Peer-to-Peer Pressures

  It’s easy to understand why peer mentoring is growing: Youth mentors are easier to recruit than adults, the pairs can easily...

Newsmakers for November 2008

  Nonprofits It’s out with the old and in with the new at the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency...

Wall Street’s Losses: What Should Nonprofits Do?

  Every year at this time, New York’s Reciprocity Foundation, which serves homeless youth, prepares for an annual fall gala that brings...

Overcoming Volunteers’ Reluctance to Report Abuse

  Because of the close ties they develop with youths, volunteer mentors and tutors sometimes learn about disturbing aspects of those kids’...

The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings After the First Year of Implementation

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...

Public Funding for Comprehensive After-School Programs, 1998-2008

NYU scholars calculated how much the city, state and federal governments spent on after-school programs in New York City from 1998 to...

Evaluation of the Life Skills Training Program, Los Angeles County, California

This Life Skills Training (LST) program evaluation finds "no reason to believe that LST had a significant positive impact on any of...

America’s Health Starts with Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?

The report is the first to rank states on infant mortality and children's health status based on key social factors.

Capitalizing on Volunteers’ Skills; Volunteering by Occupation in America

According to this study done in support of A Billion + Change - a national campaign to raise $1 billion worth of...

Teens, Video Games and Civics

The study debunks the myth of the stereotypical teen gamer as anti-social and unproductive.

Supporting Research to Improve the Lives of Young People (2007 Annual Report)

In addition to providing the requisite yearly information on its staff, programs and grant making, this annual report offers insight into one...

Sexuality Research and Social Policy – Volume 5, Number 3

The September issue of the NSRC's journal is devoted entirely to a series of articles that identify major flaws in abstinence-only education,...

Interim Drug Free Communities (DFC) Program Evaluation Findings Report

This analysis finds that use rates for alcohol, tobacco or marijuana in the past 30 days among ninth- through 12th-grade students within...

Interpersonal and Physical Dating Violence among Teens

Studies have shown that there are approximately 5.3 million incidents of interpersonal violence each year, resulting in 1,300 deaths among women. This...

Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics

This bulletin uses data from the National Household Survey of Adult Caretakers and the National Household Survey of Youth to provide information...

Mapping Community Data on Children of Prisoners: Strategies and Insights

Discontent on DMC

[Correction: Because of an editing error, a sidebar story to November’s “Tale of Two Reforms,” titled “Discontent on DMC,” referred to a...

Eisner Stepping Down as Head of National Service Corp.

Eisner: Looking “forward to spending time with [his] family,” as of Nov. 14. Credit: CNCS David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for...

Bush Signs Remaining Youth-Directed Bills

President Bush has signed the final two major pieces of juvenile legislation recently passed in Congress: the Protect Our Children Act, signed...