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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Promise Winners Named, Future Funds in Doubt

Twenty-one communities have been chosen to participate in one of the Obama administration’s most coveted new youth-related grant programs: the Promise Neighborhoods...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Pregnancy Prevention Grants Awarded

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $188 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants Thursday. Most of the grants...

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School District Wellness Policies

School District Wellness Policies: Evaluating Progress and Potential for Improving Children’s Health Three Years After the Federal Mandate Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...

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National Survey on Drug Use and Health

National Survey on Drug Use and Health U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The newest annual National Survey on Drug...

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Child Poverty Rises

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau The child poverty rate rose last year to...

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Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools

What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools Are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials? National Center for Education...

Weekly Notes: Interesting recs discussed by JJ Council; new Youtube video pushes reauthorization; and more

***First, a quick teaser for “Psych Meds Behind Bars,” a major story coming out in the October edition of Youth Today, which...

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Gay Adoption Ban Overturned in Florida

Florida’s ban on adoptions by gay people is unconstitutional, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for homosexuals to adopt...

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Closing a Community Helped the Kids

CHA Transformation: Children and Youth Urban Institute Closing down a troubled public housing community appears to have helped the children. The closing...

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School District Wellness Policies: Evaluating Progress and Potential for Improving Children’s Health Three Years After the Federal Mandate

Recognizing that the structure of a school environment, coupled with widespread national participation in school-based nutrition programs, could be used to promote...

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Abstinence Program in China a Milestone for U.S. Evangelicals

Focus on the Family, the conservative Christian nonprofit, is seeing its abstinence-only education programs take off in China after years of working...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

… Grow Self Esteem and a Sense of Belonging through Nontraditional Sports

Many programs offer at-risk youth access to normal sports and outdoor recreation activities – from soccer to hiking – but few provide...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Dating Violence

www.cdc.gov/ChooseRespect The slogan for this website, home to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Choose Respect” initiative, is “Respect. Get it....

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Casey Study Shows Mixed Progress for Nation’s Youth

The latest installment of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s benchmark measurements of child well-being shows progress in child and teen death rates...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Abstinence Survey Stirs Debate

A nearly two-year-old, federally-funded survey of teen and parent attitudes about sex has prompted new outrage among abstinence education supporters, just as...

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Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast

Despite economic and infrastructure growth in the Gulf region after Hurricane Katrina, one item remains unrepaired five years later: children’s mental health....

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Heat Illness Among High School Athletes – United States, 2005-2009

With football practices at high schools and youth recreation leagues well underway this month, a new federal government report warns coaches, parents...

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