Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This new guide underscores the reliance...
New York State Afterschool Network The New York State Afterschool Network (NYSAN) stresses the importance of summer learning programs through this list...
New York State Afterschool Network This policy brief aims to promote after-school programs as a way to prevent high school dropouts. The...
Center for New York City Affairs and the Center for an Urban Future This edition of Child Welfare Watch, a joint publication...
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Four-year colleges and universities tend to dominate the discourse on American higher education, but this report...
Partnership for America’s Economic Success A group of researchers has set out to quantify in dollars and cents the impacts in later...
School Nutrition Association Increased participation in the national school lunch and breakfast programs can be added to the mounting evidence of how...
Youth Development Institute This white paper explores policy issues associated with two New York-based foster care programs-- Good Shepherd Services Prevention Services...
Journal of Primary Prevention This study found that successful female mentors can have a strong positive influence by providing emotional support, confidence...
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) American adolescents (ages 12 to 17) who received messages aimed at preventing drug,...
Break the Cycle This report card ranks each state by how well it measures up in helping teens who face domestic and...
Cornell University This study links chronic stress associated with childhood poverty to decreased brain functioning in key areas. It provides evidence that...
The study examines youths who exited Illinois correctional facilities between 1996 and 2004 (a total of 13,511 exits over those years). There...
The report focuses particularly on “crossover youth,” who are known to the child welfare agency and have spent time in juvenile custody...
This piece blends personal accounts with data and recommendations, which combined produce a piece that serves both as an indictment, and a...
National Juvenile Justice Network The United States imprisons more youths than any country in the world. This report highlights state-level juvenile justice...
The Prevention Researcher The February issue features four articles on violence in teen dating. This quarterly journal tackles the issue first by...
Every Child Matters Education Fund This new report shows that the United States lags behind many of the world's comparably wealthy democracies...
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago This report explores campus-based support programs that seek to remove barriers that former foster youths...
National Center on Family Homelessness In the midst of an economic crisis that is forcing adults to deal with job layoffs and...