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Social Citizens
The CASE Foundation Between 1989 and 2005 teenage volunteerism more than doubled, and now members of the Millennial Generation are using new...
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Schools that Work
Center for an Urban Future Most people believe that attending a normal high school is the only way to get to college,...
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Tobacco Settlement Revenue – Recent State Actions and Opportunities for Youth Programs
The Finance Project To pursue tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds as a potential financing source for youth programs, it is necessary...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2007
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Today’s high school students are significantly less likely to engage in various risky health...
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Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs: Interim Findings from the Gang Reduction Program
Preliminary evaluations of the Gang Reduction Program (GRP) – a $10 million, multi-year federal initiative to reduce gang crime in Los Angeles,...
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Unaccompanied Children in the United States
Vera Institute of Justice Each year, thousands of children are separated from their parents after deportation proceedings, but volunteer legal services for...
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Pathways from Family Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
Teens from religious families wait longer before having sex, due to cohesive family environments and positive peer networks, according to Child Trend’s...
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Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence
Almost 7,000 teenagers become sexually active every day, and with that comes an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, lower academic achievement...
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Exploring Associations between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The study investigates whether the involvement of a nonresidentfather affects permanency outcomes for children...
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Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens
Public/Private Ventures Many preteens have limited access to high-quality after-school programs. This study, funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health,...
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Children’s Budget 2008
First Focus Since 2003, only one penny of every new non-defense dollar spent by the federal government went to programs for youth,...
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A Good Start: Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College
MDRC/Network on Transitions to Adulthood While freshmen in college benefit from extra counseling, financial aid and tutoring, the benefits last only slightly...
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Low Grades, Bad Behavior? Siblings May Be to Blame
Florida State University Living with half or stepsiblings can result in more school-related behavioral problems for youth, according to sociology professor Kathryn...
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State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Children’s Advocacy Institute/First Star Only two states, Nevada and New Hampshire, received a grade of A in this report rating the child...
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State Policies Affecting the Assurance of Confidential Care for Adolescents
Incenter Strategies Minor youth often feel the need to know that the information they share with healthcare providers is confidential, even in...
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Constraints on Minority Swimming Participation
USA Swimming Foundation Nearly 60 percent of African-American and Hispanic youth ages 6 to 16 are unable to swim – nearly twice...
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Lesbian and Gay Youths’ Aspirations for Marriage and Raising Children
Rockway Institute In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers have found that many lesbian and gay...
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A Forty-Year Update of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: Preliminary Findings
The Eisenhower Foundation From 1968 to 2006, the child poverty rate rose from 15 percent to 17 percent, four times the rate...
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The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children
First Focus Two million children’s families will lose their homes to foreclosures in 2008 and 2009, estimates First Focus – an event...
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Residential Facilities: Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges
The number of state-reported fatalities of youth in residential facilities, by agency and facility type. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Federal investigations...
