Youth Today
► Reports
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1.4KKeeping children at home with supportive housing
A new study shows how supportive housing can help keep families intact.
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1.0KElevating youth worker voice
A practical guide for organizations supporting young people in their transition to the workplace.
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1.5KReport on indicators of school crime and safety: 2022
A report presents national data on crime at school from an array of sources.
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1.5KStill ringing the alarm: An enduring call to action for black youth suicide prevention
Black youth have the fastest rising suicide rate among their peers of other races/ethnicities.
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1.1KDrug and alcohol use reported by youth in juvenile facilities, 2008–2018
More youth reported never using drugs in their lifetime in 2018 than in 2008-09.
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993Changing course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place
A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.
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1.0KA national call to action for summer learning: How did states respond?
A report discusses how states used unprecedented summer learning federal funding after the pandemic.
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979How states are using ESSER funds to strengthen high-quality out-of-school time learning
A report discusses the different ways states are using ESSER funding for OST improvement.
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1.1K‘Two Battlefields’: Opps, cops, and NYC youth gun culture
A study of young gun carriers in NYC sheds a light on their perspective.
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829Effective alternatives to youth incarceration
Reversing America’s continuing overreliance on incarceration will require two sets of complementary reforms.
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1.6K2023 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being
The 34th edition of an annual, national report on child well-being is released.
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1.2KThe condition of education 2023
A new report presents key indicators on the condition of education at all levels.
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850The state of preschool 2022
Preschool enrollment rebounds since COVID, but still 8% below pre-pandemic high.
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1.2KFostering youth transitions 2023
A new report compiles and examines data on foster youth ages 14 to 21.
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1.1KCrimes against humanity: The mass incarceration of children in the United States
At least 32,359 individuals are in U.S. prisons because of crimes committed as children.
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1.2K2023 U.S. national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people
The Trevor Project releases its annual survey report on LGBTQ youth mental health.
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982Moving beyond change efforts: evidence and action to support and affirm LGBTQI+ youth
The report details helpful and harmful interventions in clinical, community, family, and school settings.
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1.2KFederal bureau releases new data on reported sexual assault and harassment in juvenile facilities
Most of the victims were boys, who, as a group, outnumber incarcerated girls.
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1.4KReport: Girls’ arrests rose; incarceration rates were highest among Black and Native American girls
Girls accounted for 31% of arrested youth in 2019, up from 18% in 1990.
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865The reach of school breakfast and lunch during the 2021–2022 school year
A new report shows significant growth in the numbers of students receiving school meals.
