Evan Elkin of the Vera Institute of Justice talks about why the difference is important - you can learn even more by viewing slides from and listening to the ...
Many girls and young women live in a world hostile to their well-being, a world not of their making. See their stories and hear about efforts to bring them in from ...
Republican Congressman Mike Lee of Utah states his belief that federal child labor laws are unconstitutional, and that it really should be up to states to pass such ...
In Youth Communications' newest issue of their youth-writtenYouth Connections newsletter, three teens write about their life experiences about their deadbeat ...
First Focus reports on an Illinois study of poverty levels correlated with specific votes in Congress on anti-poverty measures. The take-away lesson is that good ...
Voting for top questions to US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is now closed. To continue taking action, please visit the SparkAction Action Center and our ...
Research shows that only 54 percent of children in foster care will finish high school and
they turn 25. The National Center for Youth Law says California is doing ...
This survey will provide new knowledge about the types of providers of
child care, as well as the needs, constraints and preferences of
families with children age ...
The New York Times reports that New Jersey enacted the nation’s toughest law against
bullying and harassment in schools, three and a half months after the ...
Despite a deep recession, very high unemployment, and widespread
hardship, a combination of existing safety net programs and temporary
expansions in them ...
One thing most people seem to agree on, especially in difficult economic
times, is that investing in our children makes the most compassionate
as well as economic ...
In the Capitol on October 26, 2010 leading researchers in juvenile justice discussed how to meet the goals of the Second Chance Act using evidence across a variety of ...
How can mentors, professionals and caregivers help teens find work? This 2007 article recently highlighted in
Reclaiming Futures is for anyone working with at-risk ...
While child poverty in the US has reached its highest level
in 20 years, the UK’s ambitious and multifaceted antipoverty campaign – ten
years into its ...
Fostering Media Connections is a media-driven, grass roots initiative to speed the implementation of sweeping federal foster care reform and change the common ...
The latest data on black male well-being from infancy through to adulthood are appalling. But they're meaningless unless we use these data—and the stories ...
