Youth Issues

Publications

February 2005 School Based Mentoring
(Public/Private Ventures)
December 2004 Parent-Teen Relationships and Interactions: Far More Positive Than Not
(Child Trends, Inc.)
December 2004 State Juvenile Justice Profiles
(National Center for Juvenile Justice)
August 2004 A Statistical Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood
(Child Trends, Inc.)
July 2004 After-School Pursuits: An examination of Outcomes in the San Francisco Beacon Initiative
(Public/Private Ventures)
July 2004 Guides for the Journey: Supporting High-Risk Youth with Paid Mentors and Counselors
(Public/Private Ventures)
July 2004 Alive at 25: Reducing Youth Violence Through Monitoring and Support
(Public/Private Ventures)
May 2004 The Promise and Challenge of Mentoring High-Risk Youth: Findings from the National Faith-Based Initiative
(Public/Private Ventures)
April 2004 The Evaluation Exchange Spring 2004: Evaluating Out-of-School Time Program Quality
(Harvard University)
December 2003 Changing Trajectories of Children's Development
(National Center for Children In Poverty)
September 2003 Promising Practices for Helping Low-Income Youth Obtain and Retain Jobs: A Guide for Practioners
(Abt Associates, Inc.)
June 2003 Teenagers and Welfare Reform
(Urban Institute)
June 2003 Programs and Services for Out-of-School Youth
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
January 2003 Moving Beyond the Walls: Faith and Justice Partnerships Working for High-Risk Youth
(Public/Private Ventures)
December 2002 Community Change for Youth Development: Ten Lessons From the CCYD Initiative
(Public/Private Ventures)
December 2002 Youth who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubled Prospects
(Child Trends, Inc.)
November 2002 Building a Better Teenager: A Summary of "What Works" in Adolescent Development
(Child Trends, Inc.)
November 2002 Left Behind in the Labor Market: Labor Market Problems of the Nation's Out of School, Young Adult Populations
(Northeastern University)
October 2002 Encouraging Civic Engagement: How Teens Are (or Are Not) Becoming Responsible Citizens
(Child Trends, Inc.)
October 2002 Out-of-School Policy Commentary #1: Out-of-School Research Meets After-School Policy
(Forum for Youth Investment)
September 2002 Religious Involvement and Children's Well-Being: What Research Tells Us (And What It Doesn't)
(Child Trends, Inc.)
September 2002 Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research
(Child Trends, Inc.)
August 2002 Finding Common Ground: Service-Learning and Education Reform - A Survey of 28 Leading School Reform Programs
(Applied Research Center)
August 2002 Youth Services Under the Workforce Investment Act
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
July 2002 Faith and Action: Implementation of the National Faith-Based Initiative for High-Risk Youth
(Public/Private Ventures)
June 2002 State Youth Policy: Helping All Youth to Grow Up Fully Prepared and Fully Engaged
(Forum for Youth Investment)
May 2002 Has Welfare Reform Changed Teenage Behaviors?
(National Bureau of Economic Research)
April 2002 The Unfinished Business of Welfare Reform: Improving Prospects for Poor Children and Youth
(Child Trends, Inc.)
March 2002 Youth Development: An Update
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
February 2002 Mentoring: A Promising Strategy for Youth Development
(Child Trends, Inc.)
February 2002 Youth Development Needs and Capacities in the District of Columbia
(Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies)
January 2002 Job Corps: An Education and Training Program for Disadvantaged Youth That Works
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
August 2001 Teens, Jobs, and Welfare: Implications for Social Policy
(Child Trends, Inc.)
July 2001 Welfare Reform's Impact on Adolescents: Early Warning Signs
(Child Trends, Inc.)
July 2001 Adolescent's School Enrollment and Employment: Effects of State Welfare Policies
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
March 2001 Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program
(Alan Guttmacher Institute)
June 2000 Independent Living for Children in Out-of-Home Care
(Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Children and Family Services)
September 1997 Home-Grown Progress: The Evolution of Innovative School-to-Work Programs
(MDRC)
April 1997 Partners in Progress: Early Steps in Creating School-to-Work Systems
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
  Self-Sufficiency of Former Foster Youth in Wisconsin: Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Wage Data and Public Assistance Data
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
  Adolescent Outcomes, Poverty Status, and Welfare Reform: An Analysis based on the Survey of Program Dynamics
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
  Barriers and Promising Approaches to Workfoce and Youth Development for Young Offenders
(Annie E. Casey Foundation)
  Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
(National Academies Press)
  Older Teens in TANF Families -- Overcoming Barriers to Self-Sufficiency
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
  Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 2001
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)