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Third Party Policy and Practice Review, Denver Department of Human Services

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) The recent abuse-related deaths of local children “known to the...

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Health Insurance: Most College Students Are Covered through Employer-Sponsored Plans, and Some Colleges and States Are Taking Steps to Increase Coverage

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Many college students struggle to obtain health insurance because they lose their dependent coverage under their parents’...

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Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome Have a History of Low Fitness and Physical Activity Levels

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) Physically inactive youth are between five and six times as likely as active youth to...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment

Edited by William T. O’Donohue, Brie A. Moore, Barbara J. ScottRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group340 pages. $112.50 hardcover; $62.96 paperback. In the United...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

CWLA Radio

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/CWLA-Radio The Child Welfare League of America recently began producing “On the Line,” a weekly Internet radio program targeting child welfare policymakers,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Sports4Kids

http://www.sports4kids.org Sports4Kids aims to increase physical activity among youth by encouraging structured playground activities, such as Kick Ball and Four Square, and...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

More Money for Summer Food

Programs that will provide snacks or meals to youths this summer should consider two major funding sources. First, food reimbursement rates under...

News

Washington Targets Behavior Modification Programs

Privately-run behavior modification programs would face tougher federal scrutiny if a bill proposed by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) becomes law. The Stop...

Research

Youth in Foster Care With Adult Mentors During Adolescence Have Improved Adult Outcomes

University of Washington, Seattle/University of Illinois, Chicago Available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/121/2/e246 Despite this study’s title, its researchers make a clear distinction between adult...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Partnership Pushes System Reform

Casey Family Programs and Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) have formed a three-year partnership to improve the lives of...

News

Child Welfare’s Race Conversation

Bobo: Staff decisions are affected by “attitudes and biases that may be shaped by our class experiences.” Washington—Weeks before Barack Obama was...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

A Burdened System

Denver Post Do two five-year-olds kissing on a playground, or a boy hitting a female classmate on the behind during a game...

Guest Opinion Essay

Federal Child Welfare Test Fails Children

Last year, I had my first experience with the federal Child and Family Services Review (CFSR), which many people in child welfare...

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Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Identifying Strategies and Best Practices

National Association of Counties (NACo) While many local governments are putting more resources toward addressing the issue of youth aging out of...

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Risk Factors for Death Among Older Child and Teenaged Motor Vehicle Passengers

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine More 8- to 17-year-olds die in automobile accidents than from any other cause, and more die...

Research

Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by their Peers

California Research BureauAvailable at http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/08/08-004.pdf Although estimates vary widely, the most recent data provided to Congress suggest that, at any given time,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

An Invited Threat

Steven Keewatin Sanderson, Thomas Deer, Tania WillardThe Healthy Aboriginal Network44 pages. $5. Bulk pricing for five or more copies. Produced by a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Safety Net for Youth

http://www.safetynetforyouth.org To help foster collaboration among professionals working with runaway and homeless youth, National Safe Place – a youth outreach program that...

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