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Weight is the Least of It

When it comes to youth wellness, we’ve been having the wrong conversation. In a culture increasingly plagued by obesity, we’ve been obsessed...

News

Report Roundup for December 2006 – January 2007

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for December 2006 – January 2007

Child Welfare: Improving Social Service Program, Training and Technical Assistance Information Would Help Address Long-standing Service-Level and Workforce ChallengesU.S. Government Accountability Office...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Getting It Together for Abused Kids

The number of child advocacy centers (CACs) in the United States today is 12 times as high as it was 12 years...

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Report Roundup for November 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for November 2006

Rebuilding Families, Reclaiming Lives: State Obligations to Children in Foster Care and Their Incarcerated Parents The Brennan Center for Justice at New...

Opinion

The Ugly Euginics of ‘Teen Pregnancy Prevention’

Gary Yates, president of The California Wellness Foundation, recently mischaracterized teen pregnancy, invoked destructive stereotypes that brand poorer mothers’ babies as “social...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

The Rising Voices of Foster Parents

When Daniele and Steve Baxter took over the Foster Parent Association of Washington State in 2004, the organization was in a tight...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Health Care on Wheels

While youth advocates have successfully lobbied in recent years for programs to expand health insurance coverage for poor children, insurance is not...

New Sex Offender Law: Watch the Details

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, signed by President Bush in July, was widely hailed as one of the most...

News

Devastated Agency Strains To Shift Toward Preservation

For decades, Marketa Gautreau railed against the quality of service provided to Louisiana’s abused and neglected children as CEO of Prevent Child...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Recreation, Curfews and Depression: Major Problems Confront Youth

In addition to the long-term challenges of reforming the major city and state systems for New Orleans’ youth, some specific problems won’t...

News

Youth Groups Bring Hammers and Swings

Following are some of the relief efforts conducted by national organizations in the areas affected by the hurricanes: YouthBuild USA: Hundreds of...

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Report Roundup for September 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

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Winning Over the Neighbors

In a downtrodden neighborhood in Tucson, Ariz., La Paloma Family Services faced a struggle typical to group homes around the country: The...

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Report Roundup for July-August 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

News

Child Welfare’s Death Penalty

It’s the ultimate nightmare for child welfare administrators: Tied to a bedpost and weighing just 47 pounds, a 9-year-old Baltimore County, Md.,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Another DeLay Casualty

The precipitous collapse of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s political career is reverberating in national child welfare policy circles. The Hammer,...

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