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Teens and Mobile Phones over the Past Five Years
Teen Internet and American Life Project The share of American teenagers using cell phones increased from 45 percent in 2004 to...
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Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence
American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...
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Costs Up, Faculty Down at Public Colleges
Higher tuition. Less faculty. That’s the story among colleges and universities throughout the country, according to a new Center on Budget...
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Crime in the United States, 2008
Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report shows slight declines in violent and property crimes from 2007...
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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 – because...
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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
Urban Institute Eight new research briefs on youth transitions to early adulthood are now available and include two unexpected findings: 1....
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Afterschool Workforce Development Strategies: From Recruitment to Career Pathways
Children Now After-school workforce development projects that focus their outreach efforts on specific demographics, such as high school and college students,...
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Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Benefits, Costs and Opportunities for States
Chapin Hall and National Governors Association This Web conference examines the possible impact of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing...
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Volunteering in America
Corporation for National and Community Service The number of young adults (16 to 24 years old) who volunteered in 2008 rose...
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Career and Technical Education: States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV
U.S. Government Accountability Office States are doing what they can to implement performance measures under a federal accountability law for career...
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Workforce Investment Act Needs Updating, Agency Says
Jobs for the Future (JFF) There’s no shortage of ideas about how to retool the Workforce Investment Act in order to...
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Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of ADHD/ADD and of Learning Disability
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Although it makes no effort to establish possible causes, and some of its findings...
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Synthesis of 10 Case Studies: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Simplified or joint forms, the elimination of face-to-face interviews, a centralized system for eligibility processing and...
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Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can HelpThe Commonwealth Fund
More than 13 million young people ages 19 to 29 lacked health insurance coverage in 2007 because of the structure of...
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America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal interagency report shows a few small changes in the well-being...
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School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Eat a good breakfast. That’s the bottom line on this federal study of eating...
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A Guide to Effective Investments in Positive Youth Development: Implications of Research for Financing and Sustaining Programs and Services for Youth
The Finance Project This paper reviews some of the most recent research on what makes an effective youth development program, and seeks...
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Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence
American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabiting-Couple Households
Carsey Institute The poor economy may have contributed to a rise in the number of rural children living with cohabitating, unmarried...
