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Volumetric MRI Study of Brain in Children with Intrauterine Exposure to Cocaine, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana
Children’s Hospital Boston Prenatal exposure to drugs, alcohol and tobacco continues to affect the brain into early adolescence, say researchers who used...
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Geography Matters; Child Well-Being in the States
Every Child Matters Education Fund The well-being of children in different states can vary greatly, finds this report, which ranks states on...
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Washington Targets Behavior Modification Programs
Privately-run behavior modification programs would face tougher federal scrutiny if a bill proposed by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) becomes law. The Stop...
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A Friend at Justice
Flores: Says agency followed proper procedures. The odds didn’t look good for the Best Friends Foundation when it applied for a competitive...
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Changing of the Guard
Illustration by Dean MacAdam Boston—At the Harvard Business School, the crowd is pumped up. The mostly 20-something MBAs have come for the...
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Medicaid’s Buried Treasure for Juvenile Justice
The Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center in New Mexico is but a speck on the map of the nation’s juvenile justice system....
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Teens Still Jump for Midnight Hoops
March Madness: Youths have a ball at the B2B tournament. If you try to call the nation’s official midnight basketball association, you...
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Congress Probes Justice Grants
A congressional committee last month launched an investigation into whether the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) violated its...
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No Vouching for After-School Vouchers
It was billed as a congressional hearing about vouchers for after-school programs, but it was more akin to a grand jury proceeding,...
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Child Welfare’s Race Conversation
Bobo: Staff decisions are affected by “attitudes and biases that may be shaped by our class experiences.” Washington—Weeks before Barack Obama was...
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Newsmakers for April 2008
To announce changes at your agency, contact jkelly@youthtoday.org. Nonprofits Mike Caslin is leaving his post as executive vice president of the New...
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After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What It Takes to Achieve It
Harvard Family Research Project Research tells us that participation in after-school programs improves academics, school attendance rates, punctuality, grades and scores on...
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The Over-Scheduling Myth
Child Trends The common perception that today’s youth are suffering due to unbearably busy schedules is a myth, this brief reports. The...
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Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn’t and at What Cost?
Rand Corporation The most beneficial after-school programs cost the most, writes Rand education researcher Megan Beckett. While most of the past evaluations...
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Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Identifying Strategies and Best Practices
National Association of Counties (NACo) While many local governments are putting more resources toward addressing the issue of youth aging out of...
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The President’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative: A Seven-Year Progress Report
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives In lieu of an actual evaluation, this self-analysis paints a portrait – complete with...
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Empowering Young People
Carnegie UK Trust From 1997 to 2007, the Trust’s Carnegie Young People Initiative in London researched and worked to combat “a world...
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Online “Predators” and Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment
University of New Hampshire The media-created perception that sex offenders use trickery and physical force to molest children they meet online is...
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The Quality of Teen Relationships Influences Decisions about Contraception
Child Trends For youth, having fewer sexual relationships correlates with more frequent use of contraception, find researchers who surveyed 4,556 unmarried, sexually...
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Risk Factors for Death Among Older Child and Teenaged Motor Vehicle Passengers
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine More 8- to 17-year-olds die in automobile accidents than from any other cause, and more die...
