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Preparing Effective Contracts in Privatized Child Welfare Systems

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This new guide underscores the reliance...

The Need for Expanded and Enhanced Summer Learning Opportunities in New York State

New York State Afterschool Network The New York State Afterschool Network (NYSAN) stresses the importance of summer learning programs through this list...

The Role of Afterschool Programs in Increasing High School Graduation Rates in New York State

New York State Afterschool Network This policy brief aims to promote after-school programs as a way to prevent high school dropouts. The...

Hard Choices: Caring for the Children of Mentally Ill Parents

Center for New York City Affairs and the Center for an Urban Future This edition of Child Welfare Watch, a joint publication...

Community Colleges: A Route of Upward Economic Mobility

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Four-year colleges and universities tend to dominate the discourse on American higher education, but this report...

Long-Run Economic Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Adult Earnings

Partnership for America’s Economic Success A group of researchers has set out to quantify in dollars and cents the impacts in later...

Saved by the Lunch Bell: As Economy Sinks, School Nutrition Program Participation Rises

School Nutrition Association Increased participation in the national school lunch and breakfast programs can be added to the mounting evidence of how...

Community-Based Programs for Foster Care

Youth Development Institute This white paper explores policy issues associated with two New York-based foster care programs-- Good Shepherd Services Prevention Services...

Formal Youth Mentoring Relationships Between Adolescent Girls and Adult Women

Journal of Primary Prevention This study found that successful female mentors can have a strong positive influence by providing emotional support, confidence...

Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages and Substance Use Among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) American adolescents (ages 12 to 17) who received messages aimed at preventing drug,...

State-by-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card 2009

Break the Cycle This report card ranks each state by how well it measures up in helping teens who face domestic and...

Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress and Adult Working Memory

Cornell University This study links chronic stress associated with childhood poverty to decreased brain functioning in key areas. It provides evidence that...

From Corrections to Community

The study examines youths who exited Illinois correctional facilities between 1996 and 2004 (a total of 13,511 exits over those years). There...

Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood

The report focuses particularly on “crossover youth,” who are known to the child welfare agency and have spent time in juvenile custody...

Bearing Witness

This piece blends personal accounts with data and recommendations, which combined produce a piece that serves both as an indictment, and a...

Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2007-2008

National Juvenile Justice Network The United States imprisons more youths than any country in the world. This report highlights state-level juvenile justice...