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1.6KAddressing youth substance use through school services and supports
Urban Institute researchers discuss lessons learned from school-based approaches to youth substance use implemented in D.C., Massachusetts, and New Mexico.
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1.3KStudy: Schooling for incarcerated youth is fragmented, inferior
Most of the 50 states have clearly designated which agencies are in charge of hiring teachers for incarcerated juveniles, creating teaching curriculum...
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1.1KYouth prison reform in the COVID era
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss how three states reduced youth incarceration and implemented reforms through the trying times of the COVID...
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1.4KClimate change and youth mental health
The Oregon Health Authority releases a report discussing how the ever-worsening impacts of climate change and dire predictions for the future are...
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1.7KThe rise of firearm suicide among young Americans
Everytown for Gun Safety releases a troubling new report discussing the stark rise in firearm suicides among youth across the nation and...
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1.0KJJIE Resource Hub: Federal funds to slash student suspensions; trying adults as children; and other topics
Unspent American Rescue Plan funds to lower the number of students who wind up in the juvenile justice system. The impact of...
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959Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades...
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2.1K2022 National survey on LGBTQ youth mental health
The Trevor Project releases findings from the 2022 edition of its annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
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1.0KResponsible innovation in technology for children
A new report from UNICEF and Western Sydney University creates a framework for the design of children's digital experiences with well-being and...
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1.9KStudy: As young as 12, some rural youth regularly carry handguns
About 25% of rural youth in a University of Washington analysis said they were as young as 12 when they began carrying...
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1.6KStudy: Drug use less common, more deadly among teens during pandemic
Published today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths Among US Adolescents, January 2010 to June...
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1.3KToo many locked doors: The scope of youth confinement is vastly understated
A new report from The Sentencing Project discusses how youth incarceration rates across the country are being systemically undercounted and what the...
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1.5KThe impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children
A new report from UNICEF and World Bank analyzes the effects of the pandemic on families with children in 35 countries.
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2.4KReport: More than 5 million children orphaned by global COVID pandemic with numbers still climbing
Researchers publish a new report in The Lancet showing how many children have been orphaned by the COVID pandemic.
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1.5KProspects for children in 2022: A global outlook
UNICEF takes a look at the year ahead and the key trends impacting children as the world attempts to recover from the...
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2.0KA research-based practice guide to reduce youth gun and gang/group violence
The Urban Institute releases a new, research-based guide to help communities reduce youth and gang violence.
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1.3KDigital learning for every child: Closing the gaps for an inclusive and prosperous future
UNICEF researchers provide a brief road-map for how to effectively scale up digital learning around the world.
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2.4KHidden pain: Children who lost a parent or caretaker to COVID-19 and what the nation can do to help them
COVID Collaborative and Social Policy Analytics releases a new report highlighting the number of children who have lost parents or caretakers in...
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2.1KU.S. Surgeon General advisory: Protecting youth mental health
The U.S. Surgeon General releases a new advisory discussing the need to urgently address the youth mental health crisis across the nation.
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1.9KKids’ Share 2021: Report on federal expenditures on children through 2020 and future projections
The Urban Institute publishes the 15th edition of its annual analysis of federal spending on children and how it will change over...
