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Soda Taxes, Soft Drink Consumption, and Children’s Body Mass Index
Small taxes on sugar-laden soft drinks have little impact on consumption or childhood obesity, although there may be more visible effects...
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The Rug Rat Race
For much of the 20th century, there had been a steep decline in the amount of time parents in the United...
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Unintended Pregnancy Among U.S. Adolescents: Accounting for Sexual Activity
Lawrence B. Finer of the Guttmacher Institute stresses the need for teen pregnancy prevention programs, based on his finding that sexually...
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Drug Abuse and Obesity Share Brain Mechanism
A study by the Scripps Research Institute has confirmed the notion that the brain’s reward system and dopamine are tied to both...
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Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey
This fact sheet compares results of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) with previous data on gangs and highlights significant...
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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...
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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...
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Survey of Entering Student Engagement, Benchmarking & Benchmarks: Effective Practice with Entering Students
This report espouses “benchmarking” as a way for community colleges to measure how well they are making sure the youths who start...
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Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing, and Civic Engagement in Los Angeles
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy In an effort to encourage charitable giving, this new report aims to quantify nonprofits’ value in...
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The Nation’s Children 2010: A Factsheet of America’s Most Vulnerable Children
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) CWLA’s 2010 National Fact Sheet provides snapshots of the nation’s “most vulnerable” children, reflecting hardships...
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Can I Get a Little Advice Here? How an Overstretched High School Guidance System Is Undermining Students’ College Aspirations
Public Agenda This report examines the high school guidance system through the eyes of its former customers and concludes that it...
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Terms of Engagement: Men of Color Discuss Their Experiences in Community College
MDRC Issues of manliness, self-reliance and respect are among those explored in this report, which examines the experiences of “men of...
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Raising Their Voices: Engaging Students, Teachers and Parents to Help End the High School Dropout Epidemic
Civic Enterprises Based on focus group discussion in four cities – Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis and Kingsport, Tenn. – this report contributes...
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Building a Comprehensive Youth Employment Delivery System: Examples of Effective Practice
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) To create an effective youth employment delivery system requires a strong convening entity, an...
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Wealth and Values Survey: The Affluent and Philanthropy
PNC Wealth Management At a time when nonprofits need assistance the most – during the deepest recession since the Depression –...
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The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Implementation Lessons from the Original Projects
Mathematica Policy Research Inc. This report presents the findings of the Social Security Administration’s implementation of seven original Youth Transition Demonstration...
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Fewer Eligible Families Have Received Cash Assistance Since the 1990s, and the Recession’s Impact on Caseloads Varies by State
U.S. Government Accountability Office In an effort to help Congress understand the dramatic decrease in the number of families receiving welfare...
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High-level Strategy and Leadership Needed to Continue Progress toward Protecting Children from Environmental Threats
U.S. Government Accountability Office Lack of consistent and strategic leadership from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on efforts to protect the...
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Just the Facts: A Snapshot of Incarcerated Hispanic Youth
National Council of La Raza This factsheet by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) breaks down the American youth population...
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State of the Sector Survey
Nonprofit Finance Fund Leaders at more than half of all nonprofits (51 percent) do not believe they will be able to...
