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State of America’s Children 2008
Children's Defense Fund (CDF) This annual, comprehensive statistical review of key child data shows "epidemic numbers of children at risk" according to...
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Using Family Group Conferencing to Assist Immigrant Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
American Humane Association This paper considers key factors in using Family Group Conferenceing with citizen children whose families traverse American borders and/or...
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Progress Report on the Shared Youth Vision Partnership
The Shared Vision Partnership provides no money but helps states figure out how to maximize resources going toward youth populations. For example,...
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Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults
César E. Chávez Institute, San Francisco State University/University of Utah Rejection by their families translates into significantly poorer physical and mental health...
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The Economic Crisis Hits Home
First Focus/National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth The nation's school districts are experiencing an upsurge in the number...
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Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities
National Research Council/Institute of Medicine (NRC/IOM) Adolescents receive health services from a fragmented system that's poorly designed to meet their needs, according...
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Sex and Tech: Results from a Survey of Teens and Young Adults
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy/CosmoGirl.com About one in five teens say they have electronically sent, or posted online,...
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Expanding Options: State Financing of Education Pathways for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth
National Youth Employment Coalition The report looks at how three "leader" states, Indiana, Massachusetts and North Carolina, are accessing public funds for...
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Educationally/Insufficient? An Analysis of the Availability & Educational Quality of Children’s E/I Programming
Children Now Commercial television broadcasters are required by law to air a minimum of three hours of children's educational/instructional (EI) programming per...
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Relationships, Rigor, and Readiness: Strategies for Improving High Schools
MDRC Even though many of the high school reforms taking shape today might be promising and based on sound research principles, "little...
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Strategies for Success: A Plan to Align Out-of-School Time Initiatives with High School Reform
The report recommends ways New York City after-school programs for teens can be improved, and stresses the importance of collaboration between high...
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Growing Bigger Better: Lessons from Experience Corps’ Expansion in Five Cities
Improving the literacy skills of low-income elementary students.
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Effective Practices for Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service
Population of "at-risk" youth expected to rise by 2015.
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One Dream, Two Realities: Perspectives of Parents on America’s High Schools
Only 15 percent of parents of students at low-performing schools are satisfied with their children's education, as opposed to 58 percent of...
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Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families
About 90 percent of the 60,000 children enrolled in Healthy Kids in those counties receive regular medical care in the form of...
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Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
Despite a rise in female juvenile arrests, violence among female youth has not increased.
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2008 “Teens and Entrepreneurship” Poll
Junior Achievement Teens are less interested in starting their own businesses than they were a year ago.
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Does Watching Sex on Television Predict Teen Pregnancy? Findings from a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Teens who watch a lot of sexual content on television are more likely to get pregnant or to get their partners pregnant.
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Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not effectively ensuring that its grantees meet performance goals regarding the provision of...
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What Works in Programs Serving Fathers Involved in the Criminal Justice System: Lessons from Evidence-Based Evaluations
The percentage of children with a father in prison increased 58 percent between 1991 and 1999.
