State Partner Pages
California
The Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth, one of the founding partners of PPN, has identified the following priority issue areas for California:
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After-SchoolSchool ReadinessFamily SupportHealth Care Access |
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California State BudgetSchool SuccessYouth DevelopmentOther Resources |
AFTER-SCHOOL
Programs that Work
Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices
TopResearch in Brief
CORAL Initiative — Feb. 2008
Project overview at James Irvine Foundation website
The Over-Scheduling Myth — Feb. 2008
Research brief at Child Trends website
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth — Feb. 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost? — 2008
The Family: America's Smallest School — Oct. 2007
Quality Time After School — May 2007
Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of-School Time Participation — Apr. 2007
Assessing Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners — Mar. 2007
Assessing the Diet, Exercise, Body Image, and Weight of Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners — Mar. 2007
Assessing the Mental Health of Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners — Mar. 2007
Learning From Small-Scale Experimental Evaluations of After School Programs — May 2006
Prekindergartners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems — May 2005
Making Out-of-School-Time Matter — Mar. 2005
All Work and No Play? Listening to What Kids and Parents Really Want from Out-of-School Time — Nov. 2004
When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program — Oct. 2004
Where and When Teens First Have Sex — June 2003
Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children — Apr. 2003
Infrequent Parental Monitoring Predicts Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Low-Income African American Female Adolescents — Feb. 2003
When and Where Do Youths Have Sex? The Potential Role of Adult Supervision — Dec. 2002
Longitudinal Study of the Number and Choice of Leisure Time Physical Activities From Mid to Late Adolescence — Nov. 2002
Academic Effects of After-School Programs — Nov. 2001
Evaluating After-School Care — 2001
When School is Out — Fall 1999
SCHOOL READINESS
Programs that Work
Infant Health and Development Program
Interactive Shared Book Reading
Parent Child Development Center
Phonological Awareness Training
Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training
Research in Brief
Children Ready for School outcome area
See all research briefs in this outcome area
California Report Card 2005: An Assessment of Children's Well-Being — Dec. 2005
High-Quality, Universal Preschool Would Benefit California's Population Centers — Dec. 2005
Losing Ground in California Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry — Sep. 2005
FAMILY SUPPORT
Programs that Work
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Family Effectiveness Training (FET)
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
Infant Health and Development Program
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Parent Child Development Center
Parenting With Love and Limits
Seattle Social Development Project
Strengthening Families Program
Research in Brief
Welfare and Child Support: Complements, Not Substitutes — Mar. 2008
Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives — Feb. 2008
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Expands Access for Children — Dec. 2007
Preventive Care for Children in Low-Income Families: How Well Do Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs Do? — Dec. 2007
The Potential Impact of Increasing Child Support Payments to TANF Families — Dec. 2007
Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families — Nov. 2007
Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California? — Oct. 2007
State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2005 — Oct. 2007
The Family: America's Smallest School — Oct. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 3 — Sep. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 6 — Sep. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 — Sep. 2007
Improving the Management of Family Psychosocial Problems at Low-Income Children's Well-Child Care Visits — Sep. 2007
Neighborhood Support Index — Sep. 2007
The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes — Sep. 2007
Vulnerable Infants and Toddlers in Four Service Systems — Sep. 2007
The Adoption Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Approach to Promote Foster Care Adoption? — Aug. 2007
2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book — July 2007
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 — July 2007
Parenting-Related Stressors and Self-Reported Mental Health of Mothers with Young Children — July 2007
Better Access to Federal and Employer-Provided Time Off Helps Working Parents of Chronically Ill Children — June 2007
Families' Health-Related Social Problems and Missed Referral Opportunities — June 2007
Intensive Home Visiting Is Associated With Decreased Risk of Infant Death — June 2007
Need for and Use of Family Leave Among Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs — May 2007
Need for High-Quality Child Care Affects Military Readiness and Retention — Feb. 2007
The New Face of the Low-Wage Workforce — Jan. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 — Sep. 2006
Understanding Recent Changes in Child Poverty — Aug. 2006
Getting On, Staying On, and Getting Off Welfare: The Complexity of State-by-State Policy Choices — July 2006
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 2006
A Decade of Welfare Reform: Facts and Figures — June 2006
Family Reunification: What the Evidence Shows — June 2006
Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies — June 2006
The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-being: Exposure to Positive and Negative Family Influences — June 2006
Poverty in California: Moving Beyond the Federal Measure — May 2006
Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start — Apr. 2006
A Snapshot of Children on the California Border — Dec. 2005
California Report Card 2005: An Assessment of Children's Well-Being — Dec. 2005
Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use — Dec. 2005
Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes for Families of Children Who Have Disabilities and Participated in Early Intervention — Dec. 2005
Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2003 — Nov. 2005
Still Going Strong: Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004 — Nov. 2005
The Brookline Early Education Project: A 25-Year Follow-up Study of a Family-Centered Early Health and Development Intervention — July 2005
Turning Welfare into a Work Support: Six-Year Impacts on Parents and Children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program — July 2005
What Is the Best Way to Move Welfare Recipients into Work? — July 2005
The National School Lunch Program: Ensuring that Meal Benefits Go to the Poor — Apr. 2005
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children in the U.S. — Feb. 2005
What We Know About Unmarried Parents: Implications for Building Strong Families Programs — Jan. 2005
Children of Low-Income, Recent Immigrants Could Benefit from Different Programs than Native-Born Low-Income Children — Dec. 2004
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. — Aug. 2004
Employment Rates for Single Mothers Fell Substantially During Recent Period of Labor Market Weakness — June 2004
Moving Forward: Head Start Children, Families, and Programs in 2003 — June 2004
Low-Income Children in the United States — May 2004
Getting Time Off: Access to Leave Among Working Parents — Apr. 2004
Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Well-Being (No. 19 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Mar. 2004
Trends in Parents' Economic Hardship (No. 21 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Mar. 2004
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: One Year in Foster Care Wave I Data Analysis Report — Feb. 2004
Welfare Caseloads Increase in 27 States Between June and September 2003 — Feb. 2004
Child and Youth Well-Being Under Welfare Reform — Jan. 2004
Who Are "Fragile Families" and What Do We Know About Them? — Jan. 2004
How Much Do Welfare Recipients Know About Time Limits? (No. 15 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Dec. 2003
Teens and TANF: How Adolescents Fare Under the Nation's Welfare Program — Dec. 2003
Who's Enrolled in SCHIP? — Dec. 2003
Children of Immigrants Show Slight Reductions in Poverty, Hardship (No. 13 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Nov. 2003
Low Income and the Development of America's Kindergartners — Nov. 2003
Child Support Gains Some Ground (No. 11 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Oct. 2003
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry — Oct. 2003
Low Income and Hardship Among America's Kindergartners — Sep. 2003
The Food Assistance Landscape — Sep. 2003
Disconnected Welfare Leavers Face Serious Risks (No. 7 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Aug. 2003
Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Children in Grandparent Care — Aug. 2003
Changes in the Distribution of Children’s Family Income Over the 1990’s — July 2003
Low-Income Children in the United States — July 2003
State Health Coverage for Low-Income Pregnant Women, Children, and Parents — June 2003
Who Will Adopt the Foster Care Children Left Behind? — June 2003
Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? — May 2003
Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind — May 2003
Age, Race, and Children's Living Arrangements: Implications for TANF Reauthorization — Apr. 2003
On the Edge: Low-Wage Workers and Their Health Insurance Coverage — Apr. 2003
A Snapshot of Head Start Children, Families, Teachers, and Programs: 1997 and 2001 — Mar. 2003
How Are Children Affected by Employment and Welfare Transitions? — Mar. 2003
Parental Involvement in Schools — 2003
Where Children Live When Parents Are Incarcerated — 2003
Former TANF Recipients with Impairments Less Likely to Be Employed and More Likely to Receive Federal Supports — Dec. 2002
A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being — Nov. 2002
Welfare Clients' Employment Obstacles in Rural and Urban Areas: Lessons from Nebraska — Nov. 2002
Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment — Nov. 2002
What Do They Think? Welfare Recipients' Attitudes Toward Marriage and Childbearing — Nov. 2002
Wedding Bells Ring in Stability and Economic Gains for Mothers and Children — Sep. 2002
How Family Structure and Living Arrangements Affect Children — May/June 2002
Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know About Their Well-Being? — May 2002
Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children — Apr. 2002
The Importance of Housing Benefits to Welfare Success — Apr. 2002
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk — Mar. 2002
Community Interventions to Promote Healthy Social Environments: Early Childhood Development and Family Housing — Feb. 2002
NIH Parenting Booklet Puts Decades of Research into Easy-to-Read Guide — Jan. 2002
Improving Children's Economic Security: Research Findings About Increasing Family Income Through Employment: Earned Income Tax Credits — 2002
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies — Nov. 2001
Which Welfare Reforms Are Best for Children? — Sep. 2001
Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren — 2000
Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club — 2000
Home Visiting: Recent Program Evaluations — Spring/Summer 1999
The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children — May 1999
Responsible Fatherhood — Dec. 1997
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Programs that Work
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Research in Brief
Vaccination Coverage by Special Health Care Needs Status in Young Children — Apr. 2008
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States: An Analysis Over 25 Years — Mar. 2008
Haves and Have-Nots: A Look at Children's Use of Dental Care in California — Feb. 2008
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medical and Dental Health, Access to Care, and Use of Services in U.S. Children — Feb. 2008
Pediatric Dentistry: How Can Dental Care for Low-Income Children Be Improved? — Jan. 2008
Racial/Ethnic Minority Children's Use of Psychiatric Emergency Care in California's Public Mental Health System — Jan. 2008
Health Care Access and Utilization: Adolescents and Young Adults — 2008
Covering California's Kids — Dec. 2007
Preventive Care for Children in Low-Income Families: How Well Do Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs Do? — Dec. 2007
Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families — Nov. 2007
As Tough Times Wane, States Act to Improve Medicaid Coverage and Quality: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008 — Oct. 2007
Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation — Oct. 2007
Medicaid's Role for Women — Oct. 2007
New Study Finds Serious Gaps in Health Care Quality for America's Children — Oct. 2007
School-Based Health Centers: Improving Access and Quality of Care for Low-Income Adolescents — Oct. 2007
The Quality of Ambulatory Care Delivered to Children in the United States — Oct. 2007
Improving the Management of Family Psychosocial Problems at Low-Income Children's Well-Child Care Visits — Sep. 2007
Increasing Children's Coverage and Access: A Decade of SCHIP Lessons — Sep. 2007
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 Report — Aug. 2007
Reexamining the Effects of Family Structure on Children's Access to Care: The Single-Father Family — Aug. 2007
2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book — July 2007
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 — July 2007
Continuity of Health Insurance Coverage Among Young Adults with Disabilities — June 2007
Quality of Primary Care and Subsequent Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization — June 2007
Small Infants Have Greater Survival Rate in High Level Intensive Care Facilities — May 2007
The Great Divide: When Kids Get Sick, Insurance Matters — Mar. 2007
Children's Health Insurance: State Experiences in Implementing SCHIP and Considerations for Reauthorization — Feb. 2007
Prescription Drug Costs for Children with Special Health Care Needs — Oct. 2006
Children with Special Health Care Needs in Commercial Plans — Sep. 2006
No Shelter from the Storm: America's Uninsured Children — Sep. 2006
The Impact of Realized Access to Care on Health-Related Quality of Life for Children in the California State Children’s Health Insurance Program — Sep. 2006
Why Are Latinos the Most Uninsured Racial/Ethnic Group of U.S. Children? — Sep. 2006
SCHIP Enrollees with Special Health Care Needs and Access to Care — Aug. 2006
Adolescent Boys' Use of Health Services — July 2006
California's Express Enrollment Program — July 2006
Early Results from the Healthy Kids Evaluation — July 2006
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 2006
Mental Health Care Services for Children With Special Health Care Needs and Their Family Members — June 2006
Enrolling Vulnerable, Uninsured But Eligible Children in Public Health Insurance: Association With Health Status and Primary Care Access — Apr. 2006
Preventive Care for Children in the United States: Quality and Barriers — Apr. 2006
Satisfaction With Care and Ease of Using Health Care Services Among Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs — Apr. 2006
Dimensions of the Local Health Care Environment and Use of Care by Uninsured Children in Rural and Urban Areas — Mar. 2006
From the Beginning: Early Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004 — Mar. 2006
Health Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Leaving Foster Care: Policy Options for Improving Access — Feb. 2006
Rising Out-of-Pocket Spending for Medical Care: A Growing Strain on Family Budgets — Feb. 2006
Costs of Newborn Care in California: A Population-Based Study — Jan. 2006
Longitudinal Trends in Race/Ethnic Disparities in Leading Health Indicators From Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Jan. 2006
A Snapshot of Children on the California Border — Dec. 2005
Access to Care and Children's Primary Care Experiences — Dec. 2005
Widening Social Inequalities in Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — Nov. 2005
Developmental and Behavioral Needs and Service Use for Young Children in Child Welfare — Oct. 2005
Mental Health in the U.S. in 2001: Health Care and Well Being of Children with Chronic Emotional, Behavioral, or Developmental Problems — Oct. 2005
Percentage of Children Aged 4-17 with Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties Who Used Mental Health Services — Sep. 2005
Preventive Dental Care and Unmet Dental Needs Among Low-Income Children — Aug. 2005
Childhood Immunization Rates Surpass Healthy People 2010 Goal — July 2005
Effects of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansions on Children with Chronic Health Conditions — July 2005
Evaluation of the San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative — Apr. 2005
Access to Health Care for Children in Working Poor Families in California — Jan. 2005
Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Clinics — Jan. 2005
Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Children With Special Health Care Needs — Jan. 2005
School Mental Health Services in the United States, 2002–2003 — 2005
National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19-35 Months in the U.S. — July 2004
AHRQ Report Cites Child Dental Care Utilization — May 2004
Benefits of a School-Based Asthma Treatment Program in the Absence of Secondhand Smoke Exposure — May 2004
Childhood Immunization Rates Before and After the Implementation of Medicaid Managed Care — Mar. 2004
Race, Ethnicity, and Health (No. 20 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Mar. 2004
Trends in Private and Public Health Insurance for Adolescents — Mar. 2004
Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring? — Dec. 2003
Unmet Dental Needs — Dec. 2003
Who's Enrolled in SCHIP? — Dec. 2003
Children of Immigrants Show Slight Reductions in Poverty, Hardship (No. 13 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Nov. 2003
Entertainment Television as a Healthy Sex Educator: The Impact of Condom-Efficacy Information in an Episode of 'Friends' — Nov. 2003
Health Insurance Coverage of Children in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families (No. 12 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Nov. 2003
Reduced Low Birth Weight for Teenagers Receiving Prenatal Care at a School-Based Health Center — Nov. 2003
Geographic Disparities in Children's Mental Health Care — Oct. 2003
HHS Issues Report Charting Steady Gains in Americans' Health, Though Diabetes Remains Growing Concern — Oct. 2003
Infants Tested for Hearing Loss in the U.S., 1999-2001 — Oct. 2003
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care for Adolescents — Sep. 2003
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life — Aug. 2003
Children's Insurance Coverage and Service Use Improve (No. 1 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — July 2003
Familiarity with Medicaid and SCHIP Programs Grows and Interest in Enrolling Children is High (No. 2 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — July 2003
Preserving Recent Progress for Health Coverage of Children and Parents: New Tensions Emerge — July 2003
Births to Teens Continue 12-Year Decline — June 2003
Children's Dental Care Access in Medicaid — June 2003
State Health Coverage for Low-Income Pregnant Women, Children, and Parents — June 2003
Is There a Hole in the Bucket? Understanding SCHIP Retention — May 2003
Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind — May 2003
Federal Agencies Could Play a Stronger Role in Helping States Reduce the Number of Children Placed Solely to Obtain Mental Health Services — Apr. 2003
On the Edge: Low-Wage Workers and Their Health Insurance Coverage — Apr. 2003
The First Two Years of a State Child Health Insurance Plan: Whom Are We Reaching? — Apr. 2003
Reducing Health Disparities Among Children — Spring 2003
'Births: Final Data for 2001' Shows More Moms Get Prenatal Care — Dec. 2002
Effects of a Law Against Early Postpartum Discharge on Newborn Follow-up, Adverse Events, and HMO Expenditures — Dec. 2002
Effect of Child Health Insurance Plan Enrollment on the Utilization of Health Care Services by Children Using a Public Safety Net System — Nov. 2002
Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Statewide Universal Newborn Hearing Screening — Nov. 2002
Reducing Geographic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Immunization Rates — Nov. 2002
The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families — Nov. 2002
Timeliness of Childhood Immunizations — Nov. 2002
Infant Mortality at Record Low, Life Expectancy at Record High — Sep. 2002
Unmet Need for Mental Health Care Among U.S. Children: Variation by Ethnicity and Insurance Status — Sep. 2002
Continuous Coverage: Removing Barriers to Children's Health Care — May 2002
National Survey Data Detail Quality of Health Care for Children — May 2002
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Asthma Status and Management Practices Among Children in Managed Medicaid — May 2002
Trends in State Health Insurance Coverage of Pregnant Women, Children, and Parents — May 2002
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates-60 Largest U.S. Cities, 1995-1998 — Apr. 2002
Children's Eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP: A View from 2000 — Mar. 2002
Children's Participation in Medicaid and SCHIP: Early in the SCHIP Era — Mar. 2002
State-Sponsored Health Insurance Programs Benefit Children with Various Levels of Family Income — Feb. 2002
Study Shows that an Increase in Well-Child Visits Leads to a Decrease in Hospitalizations — July 2001
How Familiar Are Low-Income Parents with Medicaid and SCHIP? — May 2001
Why Aren't More Uninsured Children Enrolled in Medicaid or SCHIP? — May 2001
Mental Health Care for Youth: Who Gets It? How Much Does It Cost? Who Pays? Where Does the Money Go? — 2001
Do Immigrant Children Use Medicaid Differently? — 2000
Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations — 2000
Children and Managed Health Care — Summer/Fall 1998
CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET
Research in Brief
Covering California's Kids — Dec. 2007
Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California? — Oct. 2007
The Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California — Mar. 2005
What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five Cities — Mar. 2004
SCHOOL SUCCESS
Programs that Work
Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success
Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Class Wide Peer Tutoring Program
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
I CAN Learn Pre-Algebra and Algebra
Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program
Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)
Reading Mastery / SRA / McGraw-Hill
School Transitional Environmental Program
Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE)
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Team Accelerated Instruction: Math
University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Algebra
Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates
Research in Brief
Children Succeeding in School outcome area
Diplomas Count: California — June 2006
Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California — Feb. 2006
A Snapshot of Children on the California Border — Dec. 2005
California Report Card 2005: An Assessment of Children's Well-Being — Dec. 2005
Return on Investment: Educational Choices and Demographic Change in California's Future — Dec. 2005
Why Rural Matters 2005: California Results — May 2005
California's K-12 Public Schools: How Are They Doing? — Jan. 2005
Education Watch: California — Key Education Facts and Figures for the Nation — Spring 2004
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Programs that Work
Aggression Replacement Training
Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence
Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)
Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD)
Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School
Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace
Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education
Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Parenting With Love and Limits
Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND)
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)
Residential Student Assistance Program
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways
School Transitional Environmental Program
Seattle Social Development Project
Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families
Strengthening Families Program
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14
Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together Team (SMART Team)
Teaching Students to be Peacemakers
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8
Research in Brief
Disconnected Youth: Federal Action Could Address Some of the Challenges Faced by Local Programs That Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment — Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth — Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System — Jan. 2008
Scientists Can Predict Psychotic Illness in up to 80 Percent of High-Risk Youth — Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth — Jan. 2008
Rates of Bipolar Diagnosis in Youth Rapidly Climbing, Treatment Patterns Similar to Adults — Sep. 2007
Extensive Television Viewing and the Development of Attention and Learning Difficulties During Adolescence — May 2007
Social and School Connectedness in Early Secondary School as Predictors of Late Teenage Substance Use, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes — Apr. 2007
Family Characteristics Have More Influence on Child Development than Does Experience in Child Care — Oct. 2006
Depressive Symptoms as a Longitudinal Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Middle and High School Students — July 2006
Transition of Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants From Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Feb. 2006
Sexual Activity Among Adolescents in Romantic Relationships with Friends, Acquaintances, or Strangers — Sep. 2005
Anger, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Bullying Boys Who Are Treated With Outpatient Family Therapy — Aug. 2005
Juvenile Probat