Issue Areas:
Education (as relates to Foster Care)
Foster Care
Health Care and Health Policy (as relates to Foster Care)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (with Child Welfare focus)
Mentoring

Issue Areas:
Foster Care
Minority Youth
Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Issue Areas:
Foster Care
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Model Practices and Policies
Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Rachel Schumacher is a Senior Fellow in Child Care and Early Education at the Center for Law and Social Policy

Transition from school to work; early youth employment and unemployment; family formation of young people; and trends in child poverty

Services for youth
Organizations that advocate for children and youth

Delinquency, crime, reentry, mental health, drug use

Dr. Butts has 25 years of experience in research, policy analysis, and direct service programs for at-risk children and youth. His recent projects have investigated the effectiveness of teen courts and juvenile drug courts, and the methods used by state agencies to anticipate changing juvenile corrections populations. He is currently working on an evaluation of a national demonstration project to develop new ways of coordinating substance abuse services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

Youth policy and youth development research, in general:
21st century skills development
Out-of-school time programs and policies
Youth service and civic engagement
High school education reform
Older youth/transition to adulthood

Youth Employment
Youth Development
Serving Juvenile Offenders and Reentry
Drop-outs
Best Practices
Workforce development
Out-of-school youth