Foundation Center Giving by the nation’s more than 2,600 grant-making corporate foundations rose an estimated 6 percent in 2006, to a record...
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society The first findings from the NIH’s large MRI Study of Normal Brain...
Center for Digital Democracy and the Berkeley Media Studies Group Food and beverage companies are using cell phones, instant messaging, video games,...
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration These two resources can help mental health and substance abuse professionals organize and strengthen...
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health The winter 2007 edition of the semiannual magazine Focal Point highlights...
W.K. Kellogg Foundation/Kellogg Leadership for Community Change KLCC acknowledges that “conventional approaches to training leaders often overlook important community voices.” To ensure...
Conditions and services in juvenile justice facilities can improve through education, advocacy and encouragement from activists, according to this planning guide. The...
This report explains the methods, cost and impact of two Boys & Girls Clubs programs to curb gang-related activity: Gang Prevention Through...
Child Trend’s annual report on teen childbearing, sexual activity and contraception offers abundant data and some interpretation. Among the facts: 46 percent...
This report analyzes political and civic involvement among four generations: “DotNets” (15- to 25-year-olds), “Generation Xers,” “Baby Boomers” and “Matures.” Among the...
Youth under the drinking age saw more alcohol advertising in magazines than adults did in 2001, according to this report.
Use of two drugs popular among youth – Oxycontin and Ecstasy – continued to increase in 2001, according to the newest version...
Researchers constructed models to assess what effect mother-child interaction had on the timing of a youth’s decision to have sex, while also...
After surveying officials in 1,121 jurisdictions of various sizes nationwide, the report indicates that multiethnic and female-inclusive gangs were on the rise...
This report posits a view that immigrant youth and those born to immigrants associate with violent neighborhood gangs out of a need...
Researchers say that the declines in violent crime and homicides since the early 1970s have bottomed out in the waning economy, and...
Whites and Hispanics among the 1,026 teens in this survey were quickest to attribute gun violence to parental behavior and violent entertainment,...
The report lays out the significantly low academic achievement level of the average foster child and finds that academic performance is often...
The report reviews high school dropout rates and the percentage of students who complete high school in four years for 37 states.
The Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program bulletin provides plans for a juvenile gun court for handling nonviolent crimes committed by youths...