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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...

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,...

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...

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,...

Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars

  Urban Institute The first challenge for the 100-plus people who flowed into Urban Institute’s Washington offices last week to talk about...

Science in After-School Market Research Study

  Coalition for Science After School (CSAS) More than 50 years after the launch of Sputnik initiated a broad campaign to increase...

Connected by 25: Financing Housing SupportsConnected by 25: Financing Policies and Practices That Support Permanency

  The Finance Project Initiatives designed to improve the lives of youths aging out of foster care could be funded by tapping...

Diplomas and Dropouts: Which Colleges Actually Graduate Their Students (and Which Don’t)

  American Enterprise Institute Based on data from the U.S. Department of Education, this report examines the graduation rates of more than...

Job Corps: Better Targeted Career Training and Improved Preenrollment Information Could Enhance Female Residential Student Recruitment and Retention

  U.S. Government Accountability Office Job Corps should confront the under-enrollment among females in its residential programs by offering career training that...

Building Blocks For Kids: Creating Intervention Systems That Support Young Children’s Healthy Development

  Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago This webcast, a one-hour recording of which is available online, focuses on how states...

Research-Based Recommendations to Improve Child Nutrition in Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs

  Child Trends Want children to eat a healthier diet? Make certain they know what a healthy diet is and expose them...

Health Care Reform for Children with Public Coverage: How Can Policymakers Maximize Gains and Prevent Harm?

  Urban Institute In examining how health care reform might affect the estimated 25 million children now covered under Medicaid or the...

Major Depressive Episode and Treatment among Adolescents

  U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Less than half of the estimated 2 million American youths who experienced a...

Youth Development Approach: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

  National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) HIV and STD health education programs that promote improved well-being are more...

Making Every Day Count: Boys & Girls Clubs’ Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Teens

  Public/Private Ventures This latest report on P/PV’s multi-year study of Boys & Girls Clubs finds that the more often youths participate...

Career and Technical Education: States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV

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 Adoptions...

Volunteering in America

  Corporation for National and Community Service     The number of young adults (16 to 24 years old) who volunteered in 2008 rose...

Afterschool Workforce Development Strategies: From Recruitment to Career Pathways

  Children Now   After-school workforce development projects that focus their outreach efforts on specific demographics, like high school and college students,...

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal inter-agency report shows a few small changes in the well-being of...