Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Youth at Risk

CFK Top Pick - Cultivating a Natural Resource: Youth as Change Agents

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:46:26 -0500

Hampton, Virginia, a 400-year old city once dubbed “Crabtown” for its abundant seafood, has an exciting new natural resource: youth as change agents. In April 2007, 40 community leaders from coast to coast gathered there for an “Innovations Site Visit” to learn more about the city’s award-winning, holistic model for youth civic engagement.

College Mental Health: A Different Diagnosis

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:12:13 -0500

Students' struggles with college mental health services are leading to some important changes, as WireTap's Annie Robinson reports.

"Representing America's Youth: Transforming the Field of Juvenile Services"

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:31:51 -0500

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America’s Invisible Children: Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:02:11 -0500

This report, a product of The National Council of La Raza and the Campaign for Youth Justice, examines recent information about Latino youth in the justice system with a specific focus on youth tried as adults.

Issue Brief: Reform the Nation's Juvenile Justice System

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:25 -0500

Across the nation, juvenile courts and corrections systems are littered with poorly conceived strategies that increase crime, endanger young people and damage their future prospects, waste billions of taxpayer dollars, and violate our deepest held principles about equal justice under the law.

Fact Sheet: A Road Map for Juvenile Justice

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:57:56 -0500

In the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the Annie E. Casey Foundation essay focuses on juvenile justice reform. This fact sheet presents six key challenges and points toward solutions that are proved reform

Connecting Youth through Multiple Pathways

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:48:04 -0500

Although about 20 percent of all youth will become at risk of disconnection at some time before reaching the age of 25, only 5 to 7 percent will reach age 25 without connecting in a meaningful way to employment and social support systems.

Harlem Children's Zone

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:32:10 -0500

Harlem Children’s Zone,®Inc. has experienced incredible growth - from the number of children we serve to the breadth of our services. But one thing has stayed the same: the agency’s “whatever it takes” attitude when it comes to helping children to succeed.

Changing Systems: Outcomes from the RWJF Reclaiming Futures Initiative on Juvenile Justice and Substance Abuse

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:16:55 -0500

Reclaiming Futures (RF) is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that seeks to improve outcomes for drug-involved youth in the juvenile justice system. The first phase of Reclaiming Futures (2002–07) was a ten-site demonstration effort that relied on organizational change and system reform to improve substance abuse interventions for youthful offenders.

Putting Juveniles in Adult Jails Doesn't Work

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:13:43 -0500

Despite the seriousness of some teen crime, transferring more juveniles to adult facilities is a mistake. While outgoing D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer is trying to reduce this practice for 16- and 17- year-olds, transfers are becoming increasingly common.

Infants and Toddlers in State and Federal Budgets: Yesterday's Choices, Today's Decisions, and Tomorrow's Options

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:25:33 -0500

On March 30th, 2009, the Urban Institute, with support from the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, conducted a roundtable discussion entitled "Infants and Toddlers in State and Federal Budgets: Yesterday's Choices, Today's Decisions, and Tomorrow's Options." The event brought together about 40 leading state and federal budget experts, practitioners, and policy-makers including experts in early childhood, health care, and nutrition policies and programs.

A Detailed Picture of Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:58:17 -0500

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we consider how parental education relates to four outcomes in the children's generation: education, lifetime earnings, health, and wealth. By focusing on parents' and children's ranks, we characterize relative mobility in terms of distributions of outcomes and can see patterns that even a relatively disaggregated analysis, like a quintile-based transition matrix, can obscure.

Online Resources for Identifying Out-of-School Time Programs

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:46:25 -0500

A new Child Trends brief helps funders, administrators, and practitioners find evidence-based programs that may be appropriate for their target populations and communities. The Guide provides an overview of 22 resources and 12 searchable online databases that offer information on a range of evidence-based intervention programs.

Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Juvenile Delinquency Prevention http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:25:40 -0500

On July 15, 2009 the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing on the "Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education Act" (HR 1064), introduced by Representative Bobby Scott.

Initiative Introduced to Raise Graduation Rates

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:20:28 -0500

On July 14, 2009, President Obama unveiled the American Graduation Initiative, a plan to raise graduation rates, improve facilities, and develop new technology. The plan would allow colleges to improve remedial and adult education programs and integrate developmental classes into academic and vocational classes and provide comprehensive personalized services to help students plan their careers and stay in school.