Youth at a TYC assessment unit. Photo: Michael Ainsworth/Dallas Morning News The most stunning aspect of the sex abuse scandal rocking the...
Nonprofits Andy Munoz is the newest leader at the Academy for Educational Development’s Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. After a...
Center for Law and Social Policy More than 2.5 million children are being raised by relatives – mostly grandparents – because their...
Indiana University This survey of students in 110 high schools in 26 states aims to illustrate how intellectually engaged high school students...
U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention This online toolkit covers such topics as the extent of truancy, its causes and...
University of Pennsylvania Based on a national random sample of 2,004 youths, ages 11 to 18, the study finds that youth perceive...
The Commonwealth Fund Comprehensive well-child health services, such as those covered by Medicaid, play a critical role in preparing children for school...
The National Juvenile Defender Center This detailed report examines juvenile justice legislation by issue and by state, and allows users to compare...
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) SAMHSA’s Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) system provides data on emergency hospital visits involving...
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) This report combines data from national studies and published reports to show trends in illegal...
Carnevale Associates Spending on federal anti-drug programs will decline under the Bush administration’s 2008 proposed drug-control budget – reflecting a decline in...
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The agencies behind this report...
4-H Center for Youth Development This intriguing internal look at a youth work force provides baseline data about 4-H staffing structures and...
You start working with kids as a single 20-something, full of passion for making a difference. By your mid-30s, many of you...
The reality of tight budgets in a time of war has rendered youth advocates fairly quiet on budget battles in recent years,...
Nonprofits The D.C.-based Child Welfare League of America has hired Christine James-Brown to replace outgoing CEO Shay Bilchik, who leaves the organization...
Junior Achievement Worldwide This survey of 1,200 teens found that nearly 18 percent say they participate in after-school programs at churches, temples...
ABA Center on Children and the Law A committee of practicing attorneys and child welfare professionals from jurisdictions throughout the country compiled...
Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy (Rockefeller Institute of Government) This set of case studies compares faith-based and secular providers of...
The Brookings Institution This report identifies four areas of investment in children and uses cost-benefit ratios to argue for greater federal funding...