Research

The Comeback and Coming-from-Behind States: An Update on Youth Incarceration in the United States

Fathers’ Involvement With Their Children: United States, 2006–2010

With Hunger and Homelessness Still on the Rise, SNAP Cuts Pose Hardship

From a new report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Although unemployment rates dropped in 2013, it was still the No. 1...

National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses

Key Findings: Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for ADHD: United States, 2003 – 2011

The Nation’s Report Card: U.S. States in a Global Context

The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success

Has Education Paid Off for Black Workers?

A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement

LGBT Communities and the Affordable Care Act

Report: After-school Programs Need Better Coordination

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After-school programs need to be better coordinated in many large cities to serve more children, says a new report....

Notes from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2012

California Survey Shows Troubling Portrait of Children’s Lives

San Jose Mercury News / (MCT) PALO ALTO — More than 4 percent of seventh-graders have brought a gun to school, more...

Sports Safety: A Second Opinion

Dr. Steve Rowson, of Virginia Tech’s Center for Injury Biomechanics, recently released a report evaluating injuries in youth football. “There are more...

Where Teens Seek Online Privacy Advice

Childhood Economic Strains in Predicting Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood

Adolescent Marijuana Use May Result in Permanent Cognitive Dysfunction, Researchers Say

A recent report published in the Nature journal Neuropsychopharmacology says that routine adolescent marijuana use may result in permanent brain dysfunction. Researchers...

Childcare Experts Urge Attention to Adult in Child Welfare

Approximately 200 state lawmakers, staff and advocates from across the country at a child welfare forum at the National Conference of State Legislatures...