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What Are the Best College Access Programs?
Twenty-three programs designed to help youths get to or through college are featured in a new compendium released by the American Youth...
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The State of City Leadership for Children and Families in 2009
National League of Cities This National League of Cities report, released last month at the league’s National Summit on Your City’s...
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the High School Dropout Rate
Annie E. Casey Foundation Living a successful, financially comfortable life is difficult for many Americans, but especially for high school dropouts....
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What Works for Summer Learning Programs for Low-Income Children and Youth: Preliminary Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Intervention
Child Trends/The Wallace Foundation Preliminary evidence suggests that summer learning programs are an effective way to negate the learning loss that...
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The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School
Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all...
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Availability of Less Nutritious Snack Foods and Beverages in Secondary Schools
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed its School Health Profiles data...
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2008 Investment Performance and Practices of Community Foundations Report
Council on Foundations This Council on Foundations report shows there was a 27 percent decrease in the asset values of community...
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Play Matters
KaBOOM! KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization that focuses on the importance of children’s play, has released a report, Play Matters, as...
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Alcohol Promotion on Facebook
Marin Institute The Marin Institute, which calls itself the “alcohol industry watchdog, ” calls for Facebook to ban all alcohol-related content...
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Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap
The Pew Hispanic Center Less than half of Hispanic youth are likely to pursue a college education, according to this new...
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Preventing Child Maltreatment
Princeton University/The Brookings Institution The fall 2009 entry in The Future of Children journal series explores the prevention of child maltreatment...
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Midterm Scorecard: How U.S. Senators Have Voted on Key Children and Family Issues in 2009
Vote Kids This midterm report, compiled by Vote Kids, a nonprofit organization focused on children as a political priority, focuses on...
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An Update on State Budget Cuts
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Major budget cuts occurring in at least 41 states and the District of Columbia –...
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The Timing of Termination of Parental Rights: A Balancing Act for Children’s Best Interests
Child Trends Termination of parental rights (TPR) has been an ongoing subject of discussion among judicial and child welfare professionals in...
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A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State, and City Trends in Teen Childbearing
Child Trends In 2007, the second year in a row that the U.S. teen birth date increased after a 14-year decline,...
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Teen Birth Rate
Annie E. Casey Foundation Data collected in 2006 by the U.N. Statistics Division show teen birth rates in the United States...
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Poverty in the United States, 2008
Urban Institute Nearly 40 million Americans, including 14 million children, were living in poverty in 2008, an increase to 13.2 percent...
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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
Urban Institute Eight new research briefs on youth transitions to early adulthood are available and include two unexpected findings: First, among...
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A Guide to Effective Investments in Positive Youth Development
The Finance Project This paper reviews some of the most recent research on what makes an effective youth development program and...
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Investments for Building Out-of-School-Time Systems: A Six City Study
Public/Private Ventures and The Finance Project An increase in the need for programs that occupy students during their time outside of...
