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A Response to No One Ever Asked Us: A Review of Children’s Experiences in Out-of-Home Care

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (Vol. 24, No. 1) In order to better understand children’s perspectives on out-of-home care, the researchers...

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Diplomas Count: Ready for What? Preparing for College, Careers and Life After High School

Editorial Projects in Education Research Center/Education Week Today’s high school graduates will need at least some college education in order to land...

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Maternal Work Hours and Adolescents’ School Outcomes Among Low-Income Families in Four Urban Counties

National Poverty Center Using data from interviews with 1,700 single mothers of adolescents who went from welfare to full-time work, researchers found...

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Keeping Siblings Together in Foster Care

Best practice theories hold that foster children should maintain contact with their biological parents unless there’s strong reason not to. Until recently,...

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STEP-UP

Minneapolis, Minn. (612) 455-1530 Working on It: Local business volunteers conduct mock interviews to help Minneapolis teens obtain summer jobs and...

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Summer O’Malley

Summer O’Malley Leader G.E.M. Living Classrooms Foundation (410) 685-0295 www.gemmaryland.org Age: 31. Salary: $13 per hour. About the Program: G.E.M. (Girls Empowerment...

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Money Madness and Butler Service

Flores: The attorney general’s butler, and the national juvenile justice field’s maximum minimum leader. Thank you, Jack Abramoff and your congressional pals...

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Kids Get Money-Smart

The Washington Post A growing number of parents are realizing the importance of teaching children financial responsibility, and a variety of programs,...

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More Kids Raiding Medicine Cabinets to Get High

The Herald (Everett, Wash.) More communities are trying to confront prescription drug abuse among teens. Teens have relatively easy access to prescription...

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

www.aecf.org The foundation’s new and improved website provides easier access to “information about Casey’s work, approach to philanthropy and lessons learned about...

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Ending the Silent Epidemic

www.silentepidemic.org Launched as part of a new national movement to curtail the number of high school dropouts, this site offers resources to...

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The Lingle Directory

www.lingledirectory.org This directory profiles alternative, privately owned juvenile residential facilities for youth at risk of confinement in prisons, jails and detention centers....

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Various Media Rating Sites

Youth workers interested in learning more about the films, video games, music and television shows capturing the attention of teens can use...

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Tools for Mentoring Adolescents

www.mentoringworks.org/Training_Institute_Tools_and_Resources.html The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota and the Search Institute have partnered to create this set of free tools to support and...

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Time for Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative/Kids Are Waiting This report presents the latest state-by-state data on the number of youth who have aged...

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Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs

Communities in Schools/National Center for Dropout Prevention The evidence compiled in this study shows that dropping out of school is almost always...

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Gender Similarities and Differences in the Association Between Risk and Protective Factors and Self-Reported Serious Delinquency

Prevention Science (June, 2007) This study of more than 7,800 high school sophomores from seven states found that boys reported higher levels...

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Federal Resources on Missing and Exploited Children

Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children The fifth edition of this federal directory compiles a list of agencies and...

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Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Suicide Attempts Among Urban Teenagers

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine The report examines the relationship between dating violence, lifetime sexual assault and suicide attempts. Researchers found...

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