How available are different types of healthcare for teens in the US? Survey participants were asked how much availability there is in their communities for ...
The Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network is proud to announcethe release of the 2013 10 Ideas Series, our premier annual publication featuring over ...
After the Sandy Hook school shooting, the teen author worries whether her own brother might be capable of a similarly violent rampage, and advocates for better ...
The young victims of recent shootings loom large in the nation’s memory. Policymakers, advocates, youth, and others grapple over how to construct an appropriate ...
In January 2009, the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, together with the University of ...
Both obesity and food insecurity are important public health problems facing young children in the United States. A lack of affordable, nutritious foods is one of the ...
This overview of the federal program SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) reviews who is eligible for SNAP, how much the program costs the government, the ...
In 2011, a total of 329,797 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years, for a live birth rate of 31.3 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is a record low ...
Every year, the Action for Healthy Kids is announces School Grants for Healthy Kids opportunities for the upcoming school year. On average, around 400 ...
2013 will be a busy year! Families USA pulled together some ideas about key issues you may want to tackle in your state this year. We know that you won’t have ...
MDRC designs and studies solutions for issues across the policy spectrum – in education from preschool to postsecondary, in workforce development, and on issues ...
In 2008, Millennials burst onto the political scene, proving to be a decisive influence on the election. An anomaly, the pundits claimed. Driven by a cult of ...
The Narrative Communications Project: Takeaway Findings on a Message-Framing Approach emphasizes the importance of effective communications and messaging by ...
Nobel Prize winning economist James Heckman’s 2006 economic case for investing in children has a simple bottom line: “Invest early in children — and ...
In recent years, the national childhood obesity rate has leveled off. However, some cities and states have reported modest declines in their rates, following peaks ...
