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Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Some States and Federal Agencies Are Taking Steps to Address Their Challenges
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...
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A New Safety Net for Low-Income Families
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...
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Self-Regulation in the Alcohol Industry
This report monitors the efforts by the alcohol industry to reduce the likelihood that alcohol advertising will target youth, by its placement...
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Improvements to Demographic Household Data in the Current Population Survey: 2007
In 2007, the Census Bureau reported that 73.7 million children younger than 18 years old lived in the United States. Of these,...
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Child Well-Being Index 2008 Report
The quality of life of American children has been stalled since 2002, according to the foundation's 2008 Child Well-Being Index (CWI), an...
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When a Rec Center Floods, Federal Aid Dries Up
By Nick Drymalski If an arts center or animal shelter gets flattened by a natural disaster – like a hurricane or flood...
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Face Time Pays Off
Justice Under Oath: J. Robert Flores testifies last month before a House committee, saying allegations about his grant selections “are false.” Photo:...
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Fired Official Bypassed Grant Deadlines
DeKonty: Actions for faith-based organizations sparked angry e-mail from a federal official. A federal juvenile justice official who was fired last month...
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Shootings and Rallies – Now What?
Remembering: Delaware State University students Amani Abda-Salaan and Amber Green place balloons and candles at the Newark, N.J., playground where their friends...
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Newsmakers for August 2008
Nonprofits Kevin McCartney Kevin McCartney secured $82 million for Boys & Girls Clubs programs in less than two years of heading...
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After-School Programs and Academics: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research
Should after-school programs focus on academics, even to the point of becoming an extension of the regular school day? That’s the question...
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Social Citizens
The CASE Foundation Between 1989 and 2005 teenage volunteerism more than doubled, and now members of the Millennial Generation are using new...
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Schools that Work
Center for an Urban Future Most people believe that attending a normal high school is the only way to get to college,...
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Tobacco Settlement Revenue – Recent State Actions and Opportunities for Youth Programs
The Finance Project To pursue tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds as a potential financing source for youth programs, it is necessary...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2007
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Today’s high school students are significantly less likely to engage in various risky health...
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Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs: Interim Findings from the Gang Reduction Program
Preliminary evaluations of the Gang Reduction Program (GRP) – a $10 million, multi-year federal initiative to reduce gang crime in Los Angeles,...
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Unaccompanied Children in the United States
Vera Institute of Justice Each year, thousands of children are separated from their parents after deportation proceedings, but volunteer legal services for...
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Pathways from Family Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
Teens from religious families wait longer before having sex, due to cohesive family environments and positive peer networks, according to Child Trend’s...
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Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence
Almost 7,000 teenagers become sexually active every day, and with that comes an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, lower academic achievement...
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Exploring Associations between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The study investigates whether the involvement of a nonresidentfather affects permanency outcomes for children...
