While foundation grant-making for information technology (IT) continues to grow, strategies for improving the distribution and effectiveness of that money need to...
In the campaign’s annual report card on laws to protect children from gun violence, 28 states earned grades of “D” or “F.”...
News coverage of children is dominated by quick crime and violence stories with little context, according to the study by the center,...
Robert Miraglia, a New Jersey community youth worker at the Essex County Office of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Addiction Services, was charged...
The Garden Grove, Calif., city council last month imposed new restrictions on cybercafes, which cater largely to youth and young adults, after...
The number of 12- to 17-year-olds admitted to substance abuse treatment rose 20 percent between 1994 and 1999, according to a report...
The Adams Mark Hotel chain has agreed to pay a total of $1.1 million to black guests and several black colleges to settle...
The Vatican has disseminated new rules for secret church-run courts to try priests facing allegations of molesting children. The letter, sent to...
A jury last month convicted former Boston-area priest John Geoghan of molesting a 10-year-old boy. More than 130 people have accused Geoghan,...
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics This annual statistical snapshot indicates several encouraging changes in the condition...
The Urban Institute As the number of unmarried couples with children continues to increase, most teenagers living in cohabiting families are better...
Identifying challenges faced by youth workers in juvenile justice programs, the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) recognized programs that achieve “notable successes...
The White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives was launched in the hope that “spiritual approaches can succeed where secular...
United States Surgeon General Surgeon General David Satcher, flanked by leaders of the public and private suicide prevention community, unveiled his report...
This report, from the tobacco education foundation created by the national Master Settlement Agreement with the major tobacco companies, says more than...
This report outlines the needs and roles that state governments must play in reducing the demand for drugs through treatment and prevention...
By Amy Bracken The vast majority of U.S. adults and teens believe that teens should not be sexually active but those who...
By Amy Bracken In some regards, teens are doing better in almost all of the 50 states and the District of Columbia....
By Amy Bracken This publication outlines the positions and policy recommendations agreed upon by the D.C.-based National Collaboration’s 39 member organizations. The...
By Amy Bracken While juvenile crime has been on the decline since 1994, the number of girls in the juvenile justice system...