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The Family and Community Trust, one of the founding partners of PPN, has identified the following priority issue areas for Missouri:


Parents Working
Children Safe in their Families,
Families Safe in their Communities
Young Children Ready to Enter School
Children and Youth Succeeding in School
Healthy Children and Families
Youth Ready to Enter the Workforce
Other Resources


PARENTS WORKING

Programs that Work


Child-Parent Centers

Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)

Parents' Fair Share

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Research in Brief


First-Year Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups — Apr. 2008

Welfare and Child Support: Complements, Not Substitutes — Mar. 2008

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

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 Report — Aug. 2007

2007 Child Well-Being Index Special Focus Report on International Comparisons — July 2007

2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book — July 2007

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 — July 2007

Low Wages Prevalent in Direct Care and Child Care Workforce — Summer 2007

Better Access to Federal and Employer-Provided Time Off Helps Working Parents of Chronically Ill Children — June 2007

Incarceration, Employment, and Earnings Among Fathers in Fragile Families — May 2007

Family Child Care in the United States — Apr. 2007

Assessing Initiatives for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care: An Overview of Models and Evaluations — Mar. 2007

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 — Sep. 2006

No Shelter from the Storm: America's Uninsured Children — 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

Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies — June 2006

Does Parental Unemployment Affect Adolescents' Health? — May 2006

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006 — 2006

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2003 — Nov. 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

Subsidized Housing and Children's Nutritional Status — June 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

Children of Low-Income, Recent Immigrants Could Benefit from Different Programs than Native-Born Low-Income Children — Dec. 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

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

Child and Youth Well-Being Under Welfare Reform — 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

Health Insurance Coverage of Children in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families (No. 12 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Nov. 2003

Disconnected Welfare Leavers Face Serious Risks (No. 7 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Aug. 2003

Child Care Linked To Assertive, Noncompliant, and Aggressive Behaviors — July 2003

Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind — May 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

Mothers' Leaving Welfare Had No Effect on Preschoolers, Slight Improvement Seen for Young Adolescents — Mar. 2003

Parental Involvement in Schools — 2003

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being — Nov. 2002

Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options — 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

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes — Oct. 2002

Impacts of a Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Program on Children at School Entry and Beyond: Findings from the NEWWS Child Outcomes Study — Oct. 2002

Putting Food on the Table After Welfare Reform — Oct. 2002

Poverty Rate Rises, Household Income Declines — Sep. 2002

Teens Fare Poorly Under Welfare Reform Policies — July/Aug 2002

The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use: A Collaborative Study of Five States — July 2002

How Welfare and Work Policies for Parents Affect Adolescents — May 2002

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Welfare Reform — May 2002

Work Status of Welfare Leavers — May 2002

Extreme Poverty Rising, Existing Government Programs Do More — Apr. 2002

New Lives for Poor Families: Mothers and Children Move through Welfare Reform — Apr. 2002

Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children — Apr. 2002

The Importance of Housing Benefits to Welfare Success — Apr. 2002

The Role of Education and Training in Welfare Reform — Apr. 2002

Welfare Reform and Child Care Options for Low-Income Families — Winter/Spring 2002

Early Maternal Employment's Effects on Children — March/April 2002

Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk — Mar. 2002

Household Food Security in the United States, 2000 — Feb. 2002

Improving Children's Economic Security: Research Findings About Increasing Family Income Through Employment: Earned Income Tax Credits — 2002

Key Findings and Trends on Hunger and Food Insecurity — 2002

Experiences of Current and Former Welfare Mothers Who Work — Nov. 2001

National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies — Nov. 2001

Welfare Reform's Effects on Children — July/August 2001

When Single Mothers Work: Effects on Child Development — July/August 2001

How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Employment and Income — May 2001

Working Poor Families with Children: Leaving Welfare Doesn't Necessarily Mean Leaving Poverty — May 2001

Encouraging Work through Child Care Subsidies — 2001

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CHILDREN SAFE IN THEIR FAMILIES, FAMILIES SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

Programs that Work


CASASTART

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop

Child-Parent Centers

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual Abuse (CBT-CSA)

Early Head Start

Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)

Healthy Families New York (HFNY)

Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

Nurse Family Partnership

Perry Preschool Project

Project TRUST

Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)

Safe Child Program

Seattle Social Development Project

Second Step Violence Prevention

Syracuse Family Development Research Program

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Who Do You Tell?

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Research in Brief


Importance of Early Neglect for Childhood Aggression — Apr. 2008

Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults — Mar. 2008

Past Child Abuse Plus Variations in Gene Result in Potent PTSD Risk for Adults — Mar. 2008

Risk Factors for Death Among Older Child and Teenaged Motor Vehicle Passengers — Mar. 2008

Are Blogs Putting Youth At Risk for Online Sexual Solicitation or Harassment? — Feb. 2008

Public Health Surveillance of Fatal Child Maltreatment: Analysis of 3 State Programs — Feb. 2008

Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System — Jan. 2008

Physical Abuse During Adolescence: Gender Differences in the Adolescents' Perceptions of Family Functioning and Parenting — Jan. 2008

Socioeconomic Disparities in the Prevalence of Work-Related Injuries Among Adolescents in the United States — Jan. 2008

Electronic Bullying Among Middle School Students — Dec. 2007

Examining the Overlap in Internet Harassment and School Bullying: Implications for School Intervention — Dec. 2007

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007 — Dec. 2007

Intimate Partner Violence and Health Care Costs and Utilization for Children Living in the Home — Dec. 2007

Maternal Depression, Child Behavior, and Injury — Dec. 2007

Prevalence and Predictors of Internet Bullying — Dec. 2007

The Co-Occurrence of Internet Harassment and Unwanted Sexual Solicitation Victimization and Perpetration: Associations with Psychosocial Indicators — Dec. 2007

Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification — Nov. 2007

Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth — Nov. 2007

Child Maltreatment, Youth Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence: Developmental Relationships — Oct. 2007

Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem — Oct. 2007

Adolescent Bullying Involvement and Perceived Family, Peer and School Relations: Commonalities and Differences Across Race/Ethnicity — Sep. 2007

Neighborhood Support Index — Sep. 2007

Vulnerable Infants and Toddlers in Four Service Systems — Sep. 2007

Child Maltreatment in Enlisted Soldiers' Families During Combat-Related Deployments — Aug. 2007

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 — July 2007

Children Plus All Nonautomobile Motorized Vehicles (Not Just All-Terrain Vehicles) Equals Injuries — July 2007

Children, Families, and the Criminal Justice System — July 2007

Firearm Ownership and Storage Patterns Among Families with Children Who Receive Well-Child Care in Pediatric Offices — June 2007

Fatal Injuries Among Children by Race and Ethnicity — May 2007

Effect of Deployment on the Occurrence of Child Maltreatment in Military and Nonmilitary Families — Feb. 2007

Internet Prevention Messages: Targeting the Right Online Behaviors — Feb. 2007

Unwanted and Wanted Exposure to Online Pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users — Feb. 2007

2007 Fact Sheet on Unintentional Injury: Adolescents & Young Adults — 2007

Examining Characteristics and Associated Distress Related to Internet Harassment: Findings From the Second Youth Internet Safety Survey — Oct. 2006

Child Maltreatment in the United States: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Adolescent Health Consequences — Sep. 2006

Maternal Depression and Violence Exposure: Double Jeopardy for Child School Functioning — Sep. 2006

Are Household Firearms Stored Less Safely in Homes With Adolescents? — Aug. 2006

Bullying Victimization Uniquely Contributes to Adjustment Problems in Young Children — July 2006

Graduated Driver Licensing Programs and Fatal Crashes of 16-Year-Old Drivers: A National Evaluation — July 2006

2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 2006

Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions — June 2006

Effectiveness of Child Safety Seats vs Seat Belts in Reducing Risk for Death in Children in Passenger Vehicle Crashes — June 2006

Nonfatal Injuries and Restraint Use Among Child Passengers — June 2006

Nonfatal Injuries from Off-Road Motorcycle Riding Among Children and Teens — June 2006

Physical Dating Violence Among High School Students — May 2006

Mass-Casualty Events at Schools: A National Preparedness Survey — Jan. 2006

Protect Children Not Guns — 2006

Community Partnerships for Protecting Children: Challenges and Results — Dec. 2005

Patterns of Health Care Use That May Identify Young Children Who Are at Risk for Maltreatment — Dec. 2005

The Preparedness of Schools to Respond to Emergencies in Children: A National Survey of School Nurses — Dec. 2005

Indicators of School Crime and Safety in 2005 — Nov. 2005

Are Teens Driving Safer? — Oct. 2005

National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children — Sep. 2005

Prevalence of Household Firearms and Firearm-Storage Practices in the 50 States and the District of Columbia — Sep. 2005

National Estimates of Children Missing Involuntarily or for Benign Reasons — July 2005

Relationships of U.S. Youth Homicide Victims and Their Offenders — Apr. 2005

Suicidal Behavior in the Family and Adolescent Risk Behavior — Apr. 2005

Gun Storage Practices and Risk of Youth Suicide and Unintentional Firearm Injuries — Feb. 2005

Helping Children Cope with Violence: A School-Based Program That Works — Feb. 2005

Program Helps Parents Set Limits To Reduce Risky Teen Driving — Feb. 2005

Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents — Oct. 2004

Rates and Risk Factors for Sexual Violence Among an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adolescents — Dec. 2004

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence — July 2004

Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students in the U.S. (1991-2003) — July 2004

Suicide Attempts and Physical Fighting Among High School Students in the U.S., 2001 — June 2004

U.S. Youth No More Likely to Engage in Violence Than Youth in Four Other Countries — June 2004

Associations Between Overweight and Obesity With Bullying Behaviors in School-Aged Children — May 2004

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: One Year in Foster Care Wave I Data Analysis Report — Feb. 2004

Explanations for the Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases — Jan. 2004

Largest Ever Study of Anti-Gay Harassment in Schools Shows the Problem Is Widespread, Dangerous and Preventable — Jan. 2004

Violence Perpetration Across Peer and Partner Relationships: Co-Occurrence and Longitudinal Patterns Among Adolescents — Jan. 2004

Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring? — Dec. 2003

Juvenile Arrests 2001 — Dec. 2003

America's Babies: First Ever Data Book on Babies and Toddlers — Nov. 2003

Effects and Costs of Requiring Child-Restraint Systems for Young Children Traveling on Commercial Airplanes — Oct. 2003

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation — Oct. 2003

Behaviors of Children Who Are Exposed and Not Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence — Sep. 2003

Influence of Socioeconomic Status on the Effectiveness of Bicycle Helmet Legislation for Children — Sep. 2003

Longitudinal Effect of Intimate Partner Abuse on High-Risk Behavior Among Adolescents — Sep. 2003

Violence in the Lives of Children — Aug. 2003

Parental Knowledge of Child Development and the Assignment of Tractor Work to Children — July 2003

Belt-Positioning Booster Seats and Reduction in Risk of Injury Among Children in Vehicle Crashes — June 2003

Bed Sharing with Siblings, Soft Bedding, Increase SIDS Risk — May 2003

Bullies, Victims at Risk for Violence and Other Problem Behaviors — Apr. 2003

Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children — Apr. 2003

Receipt of Psychological or Emotional Counseling by Suicidal Adolescents — Apr. 2003

Too Small for a Seatbelt: Predictors of Booster Seat Use by Child Passengers — Apr. 2003

Childhood Abuse, Neglect, and Household Dysfunction and the Risk of Illicit Drug Use: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study — Mar. 2003

How Readable Are Child Safety Seat Installation Instructions? — Mar. 2003

Source of Firearms Used by Students in School-Associated Violent Deaths — Mar. 2003

Use of Child Booster Seats in Motor Vehicles Following a Community Campaign — Feb. 2003

Involvement by Young Drivers in Fatal Alcohol-Related Motor-Vehicle Crashes — Dec. 2002

Impact of Mandatory Helmet Legislation on Bicycle-Related Head Injuries in Children — Nov. 2002

SAMHSA Unveils Data on Youth Violence — Nov. 2002

The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children — Nov. 2002

Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment — Nov. 2002

Graduated Driver Licensing: What Works? — Sep. 2002

Infant Mortality at Record Low, Life Expectancy at Record High — Sep. 2002

Rationale for Graduated Licensing and the Risks it Should Address — Sep. 2002

Survey of the Injury Rate for Children in Community Sports — Sep. 2002

The Effectiveness of Child-Resistant Packaging for Aspirin — Sep. 2002

The Safety Value of Driver Education and Training — Sep. 2002

Behavior Change Counseling in the Emergency Department to Reduce Injury Risk — Aug. 2002

Summer Sunburn and Sun Exposure Among US Youths Ages 11 to 18: National Prevalence and Associated Factors — July 2002

Trends in Mortality and Morbidity for Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 1991-1999 — July 2002

Child Neglect: Outcomes in High-Risk Urban Preschoolers — June 2002

Encouraging Teens to Adopt a Safe, Healthy Lifestyle: A Foundation for Improving Future Adult Behaviors — June 2002

Is Corporal Punishment An Effective Means of Discipline? — June 2002

Use of Sunscreen, Sunburning Rates, and Tanning Bed Use Among More Than 10,000 US Children and Adolescents — June 2002

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2001 — June 2002

Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know About Their Well-Being? — May 2002

The Multiple Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect: New Insights into an Old Problem — May 2002

Cognitive and Motor Outcomes of Cocaine-Exposed Infants — Apr. 2002

Household Composition and Risk of Fatal Child Maltreatment — Apr. 2002

The Psychological Maltreatment of Children — Apr. 2002

Risk of Injury to Child Passengers in Compact Extended-Cab Pickup Trucks — Mar. 2002

The Rise and Fall of American Youth Violence: 1980 to 2000 — Mar. 2002

Child Passenger Safety — Feb. 2002

Child Passengers at Risk in America: A National Study of Restraint Use — Feb. 2002

Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2002 — 2002

Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth — Dec. 2001

After 9/11: Stress and Coping Across America — Nov. 2001

Homicides of Children and Youth — Oct. 2001

Nation's Schools Experience Drop in Crime and Victimization — Oct. 2001

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters — Sep. 2001

Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying — June 2001

Assessing an Educational Intervention to Improve Physician Violence Screening Skills — May 2001

Detecting Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of a Brief Screening Tool — May 2001

Guns in the Family: Firearm Storage Patterns in U.S. Homes — 2001

School Violence: Prevalence, Fears, and Prevention — 2001

Stopping Violence Before it Starts — 2001

Reducing Unintentional Injuries Among Young Children: A Prop 10 Opportunity — Nov. 2000

Unintentional Injuries in Childhood — Spring/Summer 2000

Youth Violence in Urban Communities — May 2000

The Health Behaviors of American Parents: Implications for Children — Sep. 1999

Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence — Feb. 1999

Domestic Violence and Children — Winter 1999

Facts on Adolescent Injury — 1999

Seeing is Believing: What Do Boys Do When They Find a Real Gun? — 1999

Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect — Spring 1998

Youth Violence: A Public-Health Problem with Disturbing Correlates — 1998

Diverting Children From a Life of Crime: What Are the Costs and Benefits? — May 1996

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YOUNG CHILDREN READY TO ENTER SCHOOL

Programs that Work


Arthur

Carolina Abecedarian Project

Child-Parent Centers

DaisyQuest

DARE to be You

Developmentally Supportive Care: Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)

Dialogic Reading

Early Head Start

I Can Problem Solve

Incredible Years

Infant Health and Development Program

Interactive Shared Book Reading

Parent Child Development Center

Parents As Teachers

Perry Preschool Project

Phonological Awareness Training

Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training

Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)

Shared Book Reading

Smart Start

Sound Foundations

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Research in Brief


Children Ready for School outcome area 

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CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL

Programs that Work


Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success

Arthur

Be Proud! Be Responsible!

Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program

Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition

Career Academies

Carolina Abecedarian Project

Check & Connect

Child Development Project

Child-Parent Centers

Class Wide Peer Tutoring Program

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)

Communities In Schools

Community of Caring

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition

Coping Power Program

Core Knowledge

DaisyQuest

Direct Instruction

Early Intervention in Reading

Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program

Enhanced Proactive Reading

Everyday Mathematics

Families And Schools Together (FAST)

Fast ForWord Language

Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School

Get Real About AIDS

I CAN Learn Pre-Algebra and Algebra

I Have a Dream

Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs

Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)

Lessons in Character

Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program

Parents As Teachers

Partners in Reading

Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies

Perry Preschool Project

Postponing Sexual Involvement/Human Sexuality Educational Series

Project ACHIEVE

Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)

Reading Mastery / SRA / McGraw-Hill

Reading Recovery

Reciprocal Teaching

Reducing the Risk

Saxon Middle School Math

School Transitional Environmental Program

Seattle Social Development Project

Self Center (School-Linked Reproductive Health Services)

Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE)

Syracuse Family Development Research Program

Talent Search

Team Accelerated Instruction: Math

Teen Outreach Program

Teen Talk

The Expert Mathematician

The Think Time Strategy

Twelve Together

University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Algebra

Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates

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Research in Brief


Children Succeeding in School outcome area 

2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 2006

Diplomas Count: Missouri — June 2006

Prekindergartners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems (Missouri Fact Sheet) — May 2005

Why Rural Matters 2005: Missouri Results — May 2005

Education Watch: Missouri — Key Education Facts and Figures for the Nation — Spring 2004

Low Income and the Development of America's Kindergartners — Nov. 2003

Do Students Have Too Much Homework? — Oct. 2003

Can Music Instruction Affect Children's Cognitive Development? — Sep. 2003

Opportunity Deferred or Opportunity Taken? An Updated Look at Delaying Kindergarten Entry — Sep. 2003

Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? — May 2003

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Absenteeism Related to Respiratory Illness in Schoolchildren — May 2003

Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind — May 2003

Summer Learning Loss: The Problem and Some Solutions — May 2003

Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children — Apr. 2003

A Snapshot of Head Start Children, Families, Teachers, and Programs: 1997 and 2001 — Mar. 2003

Mothers' Leaving Welfare Had No Effect on Preschoolers, Slight Improvement Seen for Young Adolescents — Mar. 2003

Parental Involvement in Schools — 2003

Do Abstinence-Only Programs Delay the Initiation of Sex Among Young People and Reduce Teen Pregnancy? — Oct. 2002

Teen Birth Rates: Facts at a Glance — Sep. 2002

Teens Making More Responsible Decisions: Fewer Teens Using Tobacco, Marijuana, Engaging in Risky Sexual Behavior — June 2002

Preventing Teenage Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: What the Research Shows — May 2002

Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low — July 2001

Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy — May 2001

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HEALTHY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Programs that Work


Across Ages

Aggression Replacement Training

Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence

Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices

All Stars

All Stars (Core Program)

Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids

Be Proud! Be Responsible!

Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Carolina Abecedarian Project

CASASTART

Child Development Project

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop

Child-Parent Centers

Children in the Middle

Class Action

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual Abuse (CBT-CSA)

Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)

Community of Caring

Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD)

Connect with Kids

Coping Power Program

Creating Lasting Family Connections

Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program

Facing History and Ourselves

Families And Schools Together (FAST)

Family Effectiveness Training (FET)

Family Matters

FAST Track

Focus on Families

Functional Family Therapy

Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)

Get Real About AIDS

Good Behavior Game

Growing Healthy

Guiding Good Choices

Healthy Start

Keep A Clear Mind (KACM)

Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)

Know Your Body

Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)

LifeSkills Training

Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT)

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

Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

Not On Tobacco

Nurse Family Partnership

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

Open Circle Curriculum

OSLC Treatment Foster Care

Parent Child Development Center

Parenting Wisely

Parenting With Love and Limits

PeaceBuilders

Peers Making Peace

Perry Preschool Project

Positive Action

Postponing Sexual Involvement/Human Sexuality Educational Series

Preventive Treatment Program

Primary Mental Health Project

Project ACHIEVE

Project ALERT

Project EX

Project Northland

Project STAR/Midwestern Prevention Project

Project SUCCESS

Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND)

Project Toward No Tobacco Use (Project TNT)

Project TRUST

Project Venture

Prolonged Exposure Therapy

Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies

Protecting You / Protecting Me

Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)

Reconnecting Youth (RY)

Reducing the Risk

Residential Student Assistance Program

Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)

Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways

Safe Child Program

Safe Dates

Say It Straight Training

SCARE Program

School Transitional Environmental Program

Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)

Seattle Social Development Project

Second Step Violence Prevention

Self Center (School-Linked Reproductive Health Services)

SNAP / Under 12 Outreach

Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families

Strengthening Families Program

Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14

Strong African American Families (SAAF) Program

Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together Team (SMART Team)

Syracuse Family Development Research Program

Teaching Students to be Peacemakers

Teen Outreach Program

Teen Talk

Teenage Health Teaching Modules

The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8

The Think Time Strategy

Too Good for Drugs

Too Good for Drugs and Violence

Too Good for Violence

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Who Do You Tell?

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Research in Brief


Healthy and Safe Children outcome area 

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YOUTH READY TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE

Programs that Work


Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program

Career Academies

Child-Parent Centers

Communities In Schools

Direct Instruction

Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School

I Have a Dream

Perry Preschool Project

Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)

Teen Outreach Program

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Research in Brief


Transition to Adulthood: Delays and Unmet Needs Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma — Apr. 2008

Disconnected Youth: Federal Action Could Address Some of the Challenges Faced by Local Programs That Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment — Feb. 2008

Adolescent Occupational Injuries and Workplace Risks: An Analysis of Oregon Workers' Compensation Data — Sep. 2007

2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 2006

Transition of Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants From Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Feb. 2006

College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2004 High School Graduates — Mar. 2005

What Is Happening to Youth Employment Rates? — Nov. 2004

Career Academies: Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attainment — Mar. 2004

Who Graduates? Who Doesn't? A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class of 2001 — Feb. 2004

Teens and TANF: How Adolescents Fare Under the Nation's Welfare Program — Dec. 2003

Teens Fare Poorly Under Welfare Reform Policies — July/Aug 2002

How Welfare and Work Policies for Parents Affect Adolescents — May 2002

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OTHER RESOURCES


State-Specific Data from State Tobacco Settlement — Dec. 2007

Reports from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook for Missouri — Oct. 2007