Youth Today
All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist
I’ve been hesitant to add to the rhetoric about the Penn State sex abuse scandal. However, I would be remiss in my...
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News
Dual Involvment in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Connects to Major Struggles in Adulthood
Los Angeles youths who exit both foster care and juvenile justice earn less as young adults and cost the public more than...
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Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation
Pew Hispanic Center Latino children set an unfortunate record in 2010 when they comprised the largest percentage of U.S. children, 17 and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Benson Index
In 1963, federal economist Mollie Orshansky devised a formula for measuring income adequacy and poverty in this country. The measurement was named...
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News
Home Visitation, Teen Pregnancy Programs Are Targets of House Republicans
House Republicans’ plan to defund all of the health reform provisions for fiscal 2012 would eliminate or drastically reduce two programs aimed...
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Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist
Note: To provide some context for what follows: Ms. Boorhem is writing about her belief that the U.S. Department of Housing and...
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Hospitalizations for Alcohol and Drug Overdoses in Young Adults Ages 18-24 in the United States
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of...
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Overview of Relevant Employment Laws and Cases of Sex Offenders at Child Care Facilities
U.S. Government Accountability Office This U.S. Government Accountability Office study looked at state laws governing sex offenders’ employment in child-care facilities and...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Senate Approps Approves Health, Labor and Education Spending Bill
Note: This story was updated on Sept. 29 The Senate Appropriation Committee approved a spending bill for the Departments of Education, Labor,...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Juvenile Justice Appropriations set up potential battle of youth advocates; North Carolina partners invest in juvenile drug treatment; and more
***As reported yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill for the Department of Justice, which includes $251 million for the...
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Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Use of illicit drugs by youth is still way down from earlier in the decade,...
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The Impact of Bullying Climate on Schoolwide Academic Performance
Virginia Youth Violence Project The pervasiveness of bullying has an effect on the academic performance of students, according to findings from the...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Report Pushes Advocates to Seek Structural, Not Just Financial, Changes to Juvenile Justice Systems
The time is ripe for some states to reduce their reliance on youth incarceration, according to a report issued today by a...
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Book Reviews
I Am J
I Am JCris BeamLittle, Brown and Company339 pages. When Jenifer Juana Silver was in sixth grade, she begged her parents to call...
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News
Collateral Damage
What American news outlet hasn’t carried a heart-wrenching picture of a 5- or 6-year old sobbing uncontrollably as the father or mother...
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The Plight of Unaccompanied Mexican Minors
In December 2010, Washington attorney Jennifer Podkul received a call from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s office, asking to speak...
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One in Five Teens Report Being Bullied Online
Nearly one of every five kids between age 12 and 17 report being “cyber bullied,” according to a recent survey that examined...
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Judges’ Council Discusses Gay Youth, Checklists for Judges
Former Florida juvenile and family court judge Irene Sullivan agreed to check out the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges...
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Social Media Use Can Lead to Mental Health Problems
Social media present risks and benefits to children who use them, but parents who secretly monitor their children’s activity on networking sites...
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Healthy Youth / Healthy Regions: Informing Action for the Nine County Capital Region (Calif.) and Its Youth
UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Sierra Health Foundation, and The California Endowment The study examines and documents the connections between youth...
