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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The annual National Institute of Justice (NIJ) conference in July convened researchers whose work is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s...
To parents and youth workers, a ground-breaking research article published in 1999 simply provided scientific backing for what they see all the...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2005 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5505a1.htm ...
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced some positive news at its first National Children’s Mental Health...
Nobody would count Jeffrey Newman among the uninformed when it comes to children’s rights. But one day last month, the executive director...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
For decades, the government and news media have trumpeted drug use surveys as the jumping-off point for how well the nation is...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
Feasibility of Screening Adolescents for Suicide Risk in "Real-World" High School Settings PIRE Chapel Hill CenterAbstract available at www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/96/2/282 In September...
For years, the good news about teen pregnancy has been that it’s going down. The national teen birth rate fell from 61.8...
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If you make cars or deodorant, it’s relatively easy to see the effect of your advertisements: Look at sales. But if you...
“Just light sprinkles,” the pilot rasped as my flight from Medellin, Colombia, descended through Miami’s murky skies. “In a few hours, it’ll...
Child Welfare Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable ChildrenCasey Family Programs At least $10...
Foster Children May Be Paying A Price For Attorneys’ Overwhelming Student Loan DebtChildren’s Law Center of Los Angeles (CLC) and the Pew...
Aniak, Alaska(907) 675-4601 Objective: Train youth volunteers to help a rural fire department on emergency calls, and help pay college expenses...