All posts tagged "Youth Development"

OJJDP: Effects and Consequences of Underage Drinking

Interagency Meeting Addresses Psychotropic Medication Use in Nation’s Foster Care System

Earlier this week, more than 300 representatives from 49 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, convened for a two-day meeting...

America’s Children in Brief 2012: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

Immigration Policy Center – Who and Where the DREAMers Are

Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives

At a Georgia Conference, an All-Out Assault on Zero-Tolerance

“There’s a marvelous program,” said child welfare attorney Leslie Stewart. A county-employed psychologist roams an elementary school in a neighborhood beset by...

Serving Our Youth: Findings from a National Survey of Service Providers Working with LGBT Youth Who Are Homeless or At Risk of Becoming Homeless

Teaching Kids to Have Some Grit and Life Skills as Important as Academics says New Report

Children in K-12 schools in the United States need to learn not just the three Rs, but also focus more closely on...

The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth

Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century

Overcoming the Stereotyping of Parents for the Benefit of All

Parents can present an enigmatic force in juvenile justice–they can play a positive role in the rehabilitative process or be obstructive. I...

The Racial Gap in Learning, Discipline

When is a three-day suspension simply three days out of school, and when is it the first step into the school-to-prison pipeline?...

Mindful of the Consequences: How Improving the Mental Health of D.C. Youth Benefits the District

Three Years On, Watchdog Nominee Advances in Senate

WASHINGTON -The country’s largest funder of service and volunteer programs is one step closer to filling a leadership vacancy at its watchdog...

Sandusky’s Lessons: Six Keys to Creating an Effective Child Protection Policy

The Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case has shone a harsh light on the limitations of the child protection policies put in place...

Applications Now Available for CJJR’s Information Sharing Certificate Program

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University‘s Public Policy Institute, in partnership with the Juvenile Law Center, has announced its inaugural Information Sharing Certificate...

Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being

“Got Rights Project” Seeks to Inform LGBT Students of Legal Rights

This month, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) have...

Pew Research Report – Young, Underemployed and Optimistic: Coming of Age, Slowly, in a Tough Economy

Sexual Experience and Contraceptive Use Among Female Teens — United States, 1995, 2002, and 2006–2010