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The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings After the First Year of Implementation

This mid-way evaluation study examines whether two structured, academic-focused after-school programs in reading and math could lead to better academic outcomes for...

Public Funding for Comprehensive After-School Programs, 1998-2008

NYU scholars calculated how much the city, state and federal governments spent on after-school programs in New York City from 1998 to...

Evaluation of the Life Skills Training Program, Los Angeles County, California

This Life Skills Training (LST) program evaluation finds "no reason to believe that LST had a significant positive impact on any of...

America’s Health Starts with Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?

The report is the first to rank states on infant mortality and children's health status based on key social factors.

Capitalizing on Volunteers’ Skills; Volunteering by Occupation in America

According to this study done in support of A Billion + Change - a national campaign to raise $1 billion worth of...

Teens, Video Games and Civics

The study debunks the myth of the stereotypical teen gamer as anti-social and unproductive.

Supporting Research to Improve the Lives of Young People (2007 Annual Report)

In addition to providing the requisite yearly information on its staff, programs and grant making, this annual report offers insight into one...

Sexuality Research and Social Policy – Volume 5, Number 3

The September issue of the NSRC's journal is devoted entirely to a series of articles that identify major flaws in abstinence-only education,...

Interim Drug Free Communities (DFC) Program Evaluation Findings Report

This analysis finds that use rates for alcohol, tobacco or marijuana in the past 30 days among ninth- through 12th-grade students within...

Interpersonal and Physical Dating Violence among Teens

Studies have shown that there are approximately 5.3 million incidents of interpersonal violence each year, resulting in 1,300 deaths among women. This...

Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics

This bulletin uses data from the National Household Survey of Adult Caretakers and the National Household Survey of Youth to provide information...

Mapping Community Data on Children of Prisoners: Strategies and Insights

Discontent on DMC

[Correction: Because of an editing error, a sidebar story to November’s “Tale of Two Reforms,” titled “Discontent on DMC,” referred to a...

Coburn Lays Smack-Down on DOJ

Sen. James Coburn (R-Okla.) released Justice Denied this week, a report that paints a rather damning picture of budgetary whims at the...

Overcoming Volunteers’ Reluctance to Report Abuse

Beefed-up training and easy reporting systems are the keys. Because of the close ties they develop with youths, volunteer mentors and tutors...

Questions for a Prisoner

Richard Peña turned 38 last month, marking the 16th year of his life spent as Prisoner 93R2859 in New York’s prison system....

Eisner Stepping Down as Head of National Service Corp.

Eisner: Looking “forward to spending time with [his] family,” as of Nov. 14. Credit: CNCS David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for...

So Many New-Guys, in So Little Time

We mention a few new state JJ leaders in the Newsmakers column of  November’s Youth Today: “In Wisconsin, Margaret Carpenter is the...

Tippecanoe Watch #2: Wall Street

It’s been just over a month since we last updated you on Tippecanoe County, Ind., and its proposed new $17.3 million juvenile...

OJJDP’s 2008 Grants: First Impressions

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released lists of all its grants for Fiscal 2008, a combination of formula funds...