With the numbers of kids suffering from asthma on the rise, more and more cities are taking steps to help some of its most common victims: kids who live in and around urban areas. Here, Connect for Kids' Rob Capriccioso highlights several urban asthma mobiles across the U.S. that have been set up to not only treat the symptoms of asthma, but also to educate parents and children on how to effectively manage the chronic condition.

For years, Patti Jo Angelini has been educating Phoenix, Ariz. residents about teen pregnancy prevention. Now she's bringing her campaign to a wider audience. Learn about how she works with legislators and the public to get out her message.

In three elementary schools in Tucson, AZ, music fills the air every day as part of an intensive effort to use musical arts education to improve learning and achievement. Virginia Kippelen reports on Opening Minds through the Arts.

Senior Editor Richard Louv reports on how CAA's campaign for Arizona kids is pushing children's issues to the forefront of the political and policy debate.

Mesa United Way's Ready To Learn Initiative focuses on educating the community about the extent to which early brain development contributes to a child's burgeoning personality and socialization in straightforward, practical ways.

Arizona's Child Abuse InfoCenter is an online clearinghouse for facts and resources to help prevent child abuse and neglect.

Children's Action Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona's children and families. Through research, publications, media campaigns and advocacy, we act as a strong and independent voice for children.

As of year 2004, eight states and two large cities had at least 95 percent of children younger than age six enrolled in fully operational, population-based immunization registries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools has the full story.

An Arizona study finds that three-fourths of teenagers in the child welfare system have run into trouble with the law, and half wound up in detention. Substance abuse, mental health problems, truancy and sexual abuse permeated the lives of abused and neglected children who were delinquent during 2001-02. It's unclear whether these data are indicative of a national trend.