State Partner Pages
New York
The New York State Office of Children & Family Services has identified the following priority issue areas for New York:
YOUTH and CHILD DEVELOPMENT
This topic area provides information about youth and child development, such as early childhood programs to promote cognitive and language development; child care; after school programs; services to promote protective factors and resiliency; community level supports and opportunities; and youth engagement or leadership in their families, schools and communities.
Programs that Work
Aggression Replacement Training
Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence
Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices
Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)
Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD)
Creating Lasting Family Connections
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Family Effectiveness Training (FET)
Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School
Infant Health and Development Program
Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program
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
Parenting With Love and Limits
Project STAR/Midwestern Prevention Project
Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND)
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)
Residential Student Assistance Program
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways
School Transitional Environmental Program
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Seattle Social Development Project
Second Step Violence Prevention
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
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8
TopResearch in Brief
Children Ready for School outcome area
See all research briefs in this outcome area
Long-Term Academic Effects of Child's ADHD May Extend to Siblings — Dec. 2008
News release at National Institute of Mental Health website
The State of America's Children 2008 — Dec. 2008
Report highlights at Children's Defense Fund website
Cumulative Violence Exposure and Self-Rated Health: Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in the United States — Nov. 2008
The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics — Nov. 2008
The Girls Study Group: Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls — Oct. 2008
Community Supports After Surviving Extremely Low-Birth-Weight, Extremely Preterm Birth — Aug. 2008
Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How? — Aug. 2008
Parental Involvement in Middle Childhood: Can It Protect Children from Harmful TV Viewing Habits and Behavior? — Aug. 2008
The Parent-Child Relationship: A Family Strength — Aug. 2008
School Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants: Special Needs and Challenges for Infants Born at 32 to 36 Weeks Gestation — July 2008
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime — June 2008
Prevalence of Developmental Delays and Participation in Early Intervention Services for Young Children — June 2008
Infant Television and Video Exposure Associated With Limited Parent-Child Verbal Interactions in Low Socioeconomic Status Households — May 2008
Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs — May 2008
Social-Emotional Screening Status in Early Childhood Predicts Elementary School Outcomes — May 2008
Talking to Children: Why Some Mothers Do It More — May 2008
First-Year Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups — Apr. 2008
Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing in Fragile Families — Apr. 2008
Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults — Mar. 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children — Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth — Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth — Feb. 2008
Early Childhood Health Problems and Prevention Strategies: Costs and Benefits — Jan. 2008
Preschoolers Benefit from Mental Health Screening — Jan. 2008
Social and Emotional Consequences of Refraining From Sexual Activity Among Sexually Experienced and Inexperienced Youths in California — Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth — Jan. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems — Jan. 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost? — 2008
Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel — 2008
Health Outcomes Related to Early Adolescent Depression — Sep. 2007
Neighborhood Support Index — Sep. 2007
Socioemotional Effects of Fathers' Incarceration on Low-Income, Urban, School-Aged Children — Sep. 2007
Changes in Family Functioning and Child Behavior Following Intensive In-Home Therapy — Aug. 2007
Trajectories of Socioeconomic Status Across Children's Lifetime Predict Health — Aug. 2007
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 — July 2007
Food Insecurity and Overweight Among Infants and Toddlers — July 2007
Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Father's Involvement, and the Trajectories of Child Problem Behaviors in a U.S. National Sample — July 2007
Obesity Risk for Female Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Study — July 2007
Young Latino Infants and Families: Parental Involvement Implications from a Recent National Study — June 2007
Can Child Care Impact Risk for Depression? — May 2007
Extensive Television Viewing and the Development of Attention and Learning Difficulties During Adolescence — May 2007
Maternal and Paternal Age and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders — Apr. 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
Emotional, Developmental, and Behavioral Health of American Children and Their Families — June 2006
Mental Health in the United States: Parental Report of Diagnosed Autism in Children Aged 4-17 Years — May 2006
Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond — Dec. 2005
Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions — Dec. 2005
State Approaches to Promoting Young Children's Healthy Mental Development — Dec. 2005
Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes for Families of Children Who Have Disabilities and Participated in Early Intervention — Dec. 2005
The Brookline Early Education Project: A 25-Year Follow-up Study of a Family-Centered Early Health and Development Intervention — July 2005
Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth — June 2005
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents — Oct. 2004
Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development — Oct. 2004
Randomized Trial of a Parent Intervention — Oct. 2004
Moving Forward: Head Start Children, Families, and Programs in 2003 — June 2004
Low Income and the Development of America's Kindergartners — Nov. 2003
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation — Oct. 2003
Severe Childhood ADHD May Predict Alcohol, Substance Use Problems in Teen Years — Aug. 2003
Child Care Linked To Assertive, Noncompliant, and Aggressive Behaviors — July 2003
Parental Involvement in Schools — 2003
The Effect of Volunteer Home Visitation for Adolescent Mothers on Parenting and Mental Health Outcomes — Dec. 2002
Building a Better Teenager: A Summary of "What Works" in Adolescent Development — Nov. 2002
Longitudinal Study of the Number and Choice of Leisure Time Physical Activities From Mid to Late Adolescence — Nov. 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
Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research — Sep. 2002
Helping Teens Develop Healthy Social Skills and Relationships: What the Research Shows about Navigating Adolescence — July 2002
Community Interventions to Promote Healthy Social Environments: Early Childhood Development and Family Housing — Feb. 2002
The Well-Being of Children Involved with the Child Welfare System: A National Overview — Jan. 2002
Child Care in the Era of Welfare Reform: Quality, Choices, and Preferences — Dec. 2001
Academic Effects of After-School Programs — Nov. 2001
Home Visiting: Recent Program Evaluations — Spring/Summer 1999
Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings — 1998
Data and Reports
Pathways to Success for Youth: What Counts in Afterschool: A Report of the Risks of the Massachusetts Afterschool Research Study — Nov. 2005
Beyond Safe Havens: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research on the Boys & Girls Clubs — Sep. 2005
Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain — Summer 2005
Evaluation of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): First Year Program Impacts — Feb. 2005
New York State Touchstones/KIDS COUNT 2005 Data Book — Jan. 2005
A Health Profile of Adolescent and Young Adult Males — 2005
Lifetime Effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project — 2005
Teens in the Library: Findings from the Evaluation of Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development — 2005
Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships — Summer 2004
Children's Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of their Brain — Winter 2004
Protective Factors in Individuals, Families, and Schools: National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health Findings — 2001
Implementation and Practice
Strengthening Youth Policy: Positive Youth Development: State Strategies — Oct. 2005
Adolescents, Maturity, and the Law: Why Science and Development Matter in Juvenile Justice — Aug. 2005
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development — Nov. 2004
Family Strengths: Often Overlooked, But Real — Aug. 2002
Elements of Youth Development Defined — 2002
Cornell ACT for Youth
ACT for Youth—Assets Coming Together for Youth—aims to strengthen community partnerships that promote positive youth development and prevent risky and unhealthy behaviors among young people, aged 10 to 19. The ACT for Youth initiative is a project of the New York State Department of Health, and was developed in cooperation with the Partners for Children, a collaboration of public and private sector organizations committed to improving the health and education of children and adolescents throughout New York State.
Cornell University's Family Life Development Center has formed a partnership with the University of Rochester Medical Center's Division of Adolescent Medicine and the New York State Center for School Safety to serve as the Upstate Center of Excellence (UCE). This partnership brings together professionals with expertise in child and adolescent development, child abuse and neglect, child and adolescent health, school safety, violence prevention, program development, research and evaluation, training, and community collaboration. ACT for Youth also encompasses a Downstate Center of Excellence which is located at Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center in New York City.
Recent relevant reports cover a range of topics including youth connectedness, immigrant youth, homeless youth, and engaging youth and their parents in community issues and decisions.
How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice
New York State Youth Development Indicators Symposium
The Youth Development Indicators Symposium was held in Albany in September 2004. The Symposium was intended to promote the use of youth development (YD) indicators across state agencies and counties for planning, evaluation and program implementation purposes. It was designed to explore population based data, community level data (including counties) and program level data. The objectives of the Symposium were to (1) identify key YD indicators; (2) operationalize YD indicators and identify examples of effective measurement tools; (3) identify examples of successful use of YD indicators in policy, funding, program evaluation, and planning; and (4) identify concrete steps that could be taken in NYS to support the use of core YD indicators. The 50 participants included staff from NYS, Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut agencies, Youth and Family Services Division — Administration for Children and Families, and Child Trends. Co-sponsored by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services and the ACT for Youth Centers of Excellence, with active input from the Department of Health, the Symposium provided a forum for an in-depth discussion on the current state of the art in measuring positive youth development and wellbeing.
View the Symposium proceedings, presentations, and results from a concept mapping activity online.
TRANSITIONS to ADULTHOOD
This topic area provides information about youth transitioning to adulthood, such as community reentry of adolescents from foster care and juvenile delinquents from juvenile facilities; programs for parents of returning youth; development of self-sufficiency, job readiness, and life skills; and outcomes in areas of self-sufficiency, employment, education, housing, health, mental health, substance abuse, parenting, and youth connectedness.
Programs that Work
Research in Brief
Evaluating the Impact of Interventions That Promote Successful Transitions From High School — Aug. 2008
Preparing High School Students for Successful Transitions to Postsecondary Education and Employment — Aug. 2008
Diplomas Count 2008: School to College, Can State P-16 Councils Ease the Transition? — June 2008
Effects of Enhanced Foster Care on the Long-Term Physical and Mental Health of Foster Care Alumni — June 2008
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
Unrealistic Fatalism in U.S. Youth Ages 14 to 22: Prevalence and Characteristics — Feb. 2008
Adolescent Occupational Injuries and Workplace Risks: An Analysis of Oregon Workers' Compensation Data — Sep. 2007
Diplomas Count: An Essential Guide to Graduation Policy and Rates — June 2006
Every Nine Seconds in America a Student Becomes a Dropout: The Dropout Problem in Numbers — Mar. 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
Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth — 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
Youth Who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects — Dec. 2002
Helping Teens Develop Healthy Social Skills and Relationships: What the Research Shows about Navigating Adolescence — July 2002
Data and Reports
Assessing Outcomes for Youth Transitioning from Foster Care — Sep. 2006
Diplomas Count: New York — June 2006
Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study — Apr. 2005
A Statistical Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood — Aug. 2004
Our Emerging Workforce in New York State — Mar. 2003
Implementation and Practice
Time for Reform: Aging Out and on Their Own — May 2007
Foster Youth: HHS Actions Could Improve Coordination of Services and Monitoring of States' Independent Living Programs — Nov. 2004
Serving Youth Aging Out of Foster Care — Oct. 2004
Connected at 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth — Mar. 2004
Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Conditions of Youth Preparing to Leave State Care in Illinois — 2004
Partnering With Youth: Involving Youth in Child Welfare Training and Curriculum Development — Sep. 2003
Independent Living for Children in Out-of-Home Care — 2003
Promising Practices: Supporting Transition of Youth Served by the Foster Care System — 2000
Annie E. Casey Foundation Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides tools and resources as part of their Family to Family initiative:
Moving Youth From Risk to Opportunity: A Resource Guide to the 2004 KIDS COUNT Data Book and Essay
This guide provides more information about the programs, policies, and publications referenced in the 2004 KIDS COUNT Databook essay, "Moving Youth from Risk to Opportunity". The essay discusses programs and policies designed to help with the difficulties of transitioning to adulthood experienced by a growing number of young people.
Promising Practices: How Foster Parents Can Support the Successful Transition of Youth from Foster Care to Self-Sufficiency
Resources from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
The National Resource Center for Youth Services provides a series of monographs as part of their John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program:
CHILD ABUSE and NEGLECT
This topic area provides information on child abuse and neglect, such as, prevention of abuse and neglect; incidence and nature of abuse and neglect; co-occurrence of abuse and neglect and substance abuse, domestic violence; Child Protective Services; risk assessment; parenting programs and community supports.
Programs that Work
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual Abuse (CBT-CSA)
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
Seattle Social Development Project
Second Step Violence Prevention
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Research in Brief
The State of America's Children 2008 — Dec. 2008
Cumulative Violence Exposure and Self-Rated Health: Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in the United States — Nov. 2008
From Suspicion of Physical Child Abuse to Reporting: Primary Care Clinician Decision-Making — Sep. 2008
Risk Factors for Paternal Physical Child Abuse — Sep. 2008
After Abuse: Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers — Aug. 2008
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005: Report to Congress — Aug. 2008
Childhood Victimization and Lifetime Revictimization — Aug. 2008
Evaluating Children's Advocacy Centers' Response to Child Sexual Abuse — Aug. 2008
Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics — Aug. 2008
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions — June 2008
Is Underimmunization Associated With Child Maltreatment? — May 2008
The Costs of a Public Health Infrastructure for Delivering Parenting and Family Support — May 2008
Child Abuse in Blended Households: Reports from Runaway and Homeless Youth — Apr. 2008
Importance of Early Neglect for Childhood Aggression — Apr. 2008
Parent Education — Apr. 2008
Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Family Connections — Mar. 2008
Does Substantiation of Child Maltreatment Relate to Child Well-Being and Service Receipt? — Mar. 2008
Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Childhood Abuse — Mar. 2008
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Randomized Trial: Effects on Early Child Abuse and Neglect — Mar. 2008
Past Child Abuse Plus Variations in Gene Result in Potent PTSD Risk for Adults — Mar. 2008
The Effect of Alaska's Home Visitation Program for High-Risk Families on Trends in Abuse and Neglect — Mar. 2008
Are Blogs Putting Youth At Risk for Online Sexual Solicitation or Harassment? — Feb. 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children — 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
More about the Dads: Exploring Associations Between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes — 2008
Maternal Depression, Child Behavior, and Injury — Dec. 2007
Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification — Nov. 2007
Child Maltreatment, Youth Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence: Developmental Relationships — Oct. 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, Families, and the Criminal Justice System — July 2007
Intensive Home Visiting Is Associated With Decreased Risk of Infant Death — June 2007
Fatal Injuries Among Children by Race and Ethnicity — May 2007
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Addressing the Mental Health of Sexually Abused Children — May 2007
Effect of Deployment on the Occurrence of Child Maltreatment in Military and Nonmilitary Families — Feb. 2007
Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls — Feb. 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
Bullying Victimization Uniquely Contributes to Adjustment Problems in Young Children — July 2006
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 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
Developmental and Behavioral Needs and Service Use for Young Children in Child Welfare — Oct. 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
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
U.S. Youth No More Likely to Engage in Violence Than Youth in Four Other Countries — June 2004
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: One Year in Foster Care Wave I Data Analysis Report — Feb. 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
America's Babies: First Ever Data Book on Babies and Toddlers — Nov. 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
Longitudinal Effect of Intimate Partner Abuse on High-Risk Behavior Among Adolescents — Sep. 2003
Violence in the Lives of Children — Aug. 2003
Bullies, Victims at Risk for Violence and Other Problem Behaviors — Apr. 2003
Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children — Apr. 2003
Childhood Abuse, Neglect, and Household Dysfunction and the Risk of Illicit Drug Use: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study — Mar. 2003
Source of Firearms Used by Students in School-Associated Violent Deaths — Mar. 2003
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
Child Neglect: Outcomes in High-Risk Urban Preschoolers — June 2002
Is Corporal Punishment An Effective Means of Discipline? — June 2002
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2001 — June 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
The Rise and Fall of American Youth Violence: 1980 to 2000 — Mar. 2002
Homicides of Children and Youth — 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
Youth Violence in Urban Communities — May 2000
Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence — Feb. 1999
Domestic Violence and Children — Winter 1999
Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect — Spring 1998
Youth Violence: A Public-Health Problem with Disturbing Correlates — 1998
Data and Reports
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
Evaluation of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): First Year Program Impacts — Feb. 2005
Monitoring and Analysis Profiles (MAPS)
Statistical reports at New York State Office of Children & Family Services website, which contain data on Child Protective Services reports, preventive services cases, children in foster care, and adoptions:
Implementation and Practice
Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention — Nov. 2005
FOSTER CARE and PERMANENCY OPTIONS
This topic area provides information on foster care and permanency options for children and youth, such as prevention of foster care placement; trends in placement rates; length of stay in foster care; stability of foster care placements; effects of substance abuse on permanency outcomes; reunification, adoption, kin care, guardianship; development of permanency resources; reentry into foster care; and disruption of adoptions.
Programs that Work
Research in Brief
Juvenile Delinquency in Child Welfare: Investigating Group Home Effects — Sep. 2008
Effects of Enhanced Foster Care on the Long-Term Physical and Mental Health of Foster Care Alumni — June 2008
Estimates of Supplemental Security Income Eligibility for Children in Out-of-Home Placements — Mar. 2008
Behavioral Problems Following Reunification of Children in Long-Term Foster Care — Feb. 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children — Feb. 2008
Foster Care and School Mental Health — Jan. 2008
More about the Dads: Exploring Associations Between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes — 2008
Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation — Oct. 2007
An Evaluation of Recovery Factors for Foster Care Alumni with Physical or Psychiatric Impairments: Predictors of Psychological Outcomes — Aug. 2007
The Impact of Placement Stability on Behavioral Well-being for Children in Foster Care — Feb. 2007
Foster Care Youth — Aug. 2006
Family Reunification: What the Evidence Shows — June 2006
A Study of Placement Stability in Illinois — Mar. 2006
Health Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Leaving Foster Care: Policy Options for Improving Access — Feb. 2006
Youth Who Run Away from Substitute Care — Mar. 2005
Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence — July 2004
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: One Year in Foster Care Wave I Data Analysis Report — Feb. 2004
Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring? — Dec. 2003
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry — Oct. 2003
Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Children in Grandparent Care — Aug. 2003
Who Will Adopt the Foster Care Children Left Behind? — June 2003
Where Children Live When Parents Are Incarcerated — 2003
Youth Who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects — Dec. 2002
Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know About Their Well-Being? — May 2002
Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren — 2000
Data and Reports
Offending During Late Adolescence: How Do Youth Aging Out of Care Compare with Their Peers? — Jan. 2007
Assessing Outcomes for Youth Transitioning from Foster Care — Sep. 2006
Children Adrift: Addressing the Educational Needs of New York's Foster Children — Feb. 2006
Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Waiver Demonstration: Final Report — Jan. 2006
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
JUVENILE JUSTICE, DELINQUENCY and VIOLENCE
This topic area provides information on juvenile delinquency and status offending behavior considered criminal when committed by a minor, but not an adult), such as prevention of juvenile crime, status offenses; incidence and nature of juvenile delinquency, status offenses; detention; prevention of placement in residential care; residential and community-based rehabilitative services; programs to reduce use of restraints; and programs to reduce recidivism.
Programs that Work
Aggression Replacement Training
Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence
Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Parenting With Love and Limits
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways
Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together Team (SMART Team)
The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8
Research in Brief
Resilient Girls—Factors that Protect Against Delinquency — Jan. 2009
The State of America's Children 2008 — Dec. 2008
Domestic Assaults by Juvenile Offenders — Nov. 2008
Juvenile Arrests 2006 — Nov. 2008
The Girls Study Group: Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls — Oct. 2008
Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison — Fall 2008
Juvenile Delinquency in Child Welfare: Investigating Group Home Effects — Sep. 2008
Juvenile Transfer Laws: An Effective Deterrent to Delinquency? — Aug. 2008
The Evaluation of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: A Meta-Analysis — Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008 — July 2008
Highlights of the 2006 National Youth Gang Survey — July 2008
Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities 2005-2006 — July 2008
Gender Differences in Dating Aggression Among Multiethnic High School Students — May 2008
Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004 — Feb. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004 — Feb. 2008
Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004 — Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System — Jan. 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost? — 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
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
Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth — Nov. 2007
Adolescent Bullying Involvement and Perceived Family, Peer and School Relations: Commonalities and Differences Across Race/Ethnicity — Sep. 2007
Public School Practices for Violence Prevention and Reduction: 2003-2004 — Sep. 2007
Youth Under Age 18 in the Adult Criminal Justice System — June 2006
Juvenile Offenders and Victims 2006 National Report — Mar. 2006
Co-Offending and Patterns of Juvenile Crime — Dec. 2005
How the Justice System Responds to Juvenile Victims: A Comprehensive Model — Dec. 2005
Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California and Their Effect — Aug. 2005
Major Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Comorbidity, and HIV-AIDS Risk Behaviors in Juvenile Detainees — July 2005
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents — Oct. 2004
Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2004 — Nov. 2004
Toward Safe and Orderly Schools: The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools — Nov. 2004
Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers — Oct. 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
Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools — Jan. 2004
Bullying in Schools Pervasive, Disruptive and Serious — Dec. 2003
Juvenile Arrests 2001 — Dec. 2003
Bullies, Victims at Risk for Violence and Other Problem Behaviors — Apr. 2003
Prevalence and Development of Child Delinquency — Mar. 2003
Treatment, Services, and Intervention Programs for Child Delinquents — Mar. 2003
Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities — May 2002
Teen Court Could Be Promising Alternative to Traditional Juvenile Justice System — Apr. 2002
The Rise and Fall of American Youth Violence: 1980 to 2000 — Mar. 2002
Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2002 — 2002
Homicides of Children and Youth — Oct. 2001
Nation's Schools Experience Drop in Crime and Victimization — Oct. 2001
Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying — June 2001
School Violence: Prevalence, Fears, and Prevention — 2001
Diverting Children From a Life of Crime: What Are the Costs and Benefits? — May 1996
Can the Military Help Prevent Drug Use Among Youth? — 1994
Data and Reports
Offending During Late Adolescence: How Do Youth Aging Out of Care Compare with Their Peers? — Jan. 2007
Juvenile Offenders and Victims 2006 National Report — Mar. 2006
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
Economic Benefits of Drug Treatment: A Critical Review of the Evidence for Policy Makers — Feb. 2005
Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth — Sep. 2004
Outcome Evaluation of Washington State's Research-Based Programs for Juvenile Offenders — Jan. 2004
Youth in Care: 2004 Rehabilitative Services Annual Report — 2004
Statistical report at New York State Office of Children & Family Services website, which contains data on juvenile delinquents and offenders placed in the custody of OCFS.
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General — 2001
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook
Provides national and state-level data detailing the characteristics of youth in residential placement facilities. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics: 1994-2002
Provides access to juvenile arrest statistics at the national, state, and county level. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2003
Provides national, state, and county level population data detailed by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, on the national, state and county level. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
National Center on Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) — New York State Profile
The state profile provides a clear, precise explanation of how the state's juvenile justice system is structured and operates.
The Burns Institute State Info on Disproportionate Minority Confinement
The W. Haywood Burns Institute provides information for each state on the proportion of youth of color detained or committed to facilities. (The tool does not show the rate per 100,000, so it under-represents the scale of what is happening to youth of color.)
Implementation and Practice
Building Blocks for Youth — New York State Information — Apr. 2005
Building Blocks for Youth focuses on the disproportionate minority representation within the justice system. Information specific to New York is provided, including fact sheets for different areas of the state, and links to juvenile justice policy reform groups.
What Works, Wisconsin: What Science Tells Us About Cost-Effective Programs for Juvenile Delinquency Programs — 2005
How Good Are the Best Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatments? — Oct. 2004
Panel Finds that Scare Tactics for Violence Prevention are Harmful — Oct. 2004
Successful Program Implementations: Lessons from Blueprints — July 2004
Recommended Quality Control Standards: Washington State Research-Based Juvenile Offender Programs — Dec. 2003
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
This topic area provides information on the intersection of substance abuse and mental health as it relates to the lives of children, youth and families.
Programs that Work
Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)
Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD)
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
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)
Project Toward No Tobacco Use (Project TNT)
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Residential Student Assistance Program
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Seattle Social Development Project
Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14
Strong African American Families (SAAF) Program
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
Research in Brief
Downward Trend in Teen Marijuana Use Slows; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High — Dec. 2008
Effects of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign on Youths — Dec. 2008
The State of America's Children 2008 — Dec. 2008
Co-Occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth — Nov. 2008
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Longitudinal Alcohol Use Patterns Among Adolescents — Nov. 2008
Trends in HIV- and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — Aug. 2008
Alcohol Binges Early in Pregnancy Increase Risk of Infant Oral Clefts — July 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008 — July 2008
Cigarette Use Among High School Students — June 2008
Developmental Trajectories of Substance Use from Early to Late Adolescence: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Youth — May 2008
Long-Term Trends in Adolescent and Young Adult Smoking in the United States: Metapatterns and Implications — May 2008
Effect of a Pediatric Practice-Based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Intervention for Adolescents — Apr. 2008
Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana — Apr. 2008
Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults — Mar. 2008
School Effects on Young People's Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies — Mar. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004 — Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth — Feb. 2008
Receptivity to Alcohol Marketing Predicts Initiation of Alcohol Use — Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth — Jan. 2008
A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Nine Years Later — Dec. 2007
Smoking Rates Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs — Dec. 2007
Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification — Nov. 2007
NIDA Survey Shows a Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders — Dec. 2007
Prevalence of Positive Substance Abuse Screen Results Among Adolescent Primary Care Patients — Nov. 2007
A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts — Oct. 2007
Youth Tobacco Sales: State Synar Enforcement Efforts and SAMHSA's Synar Regulation Monitoring — Oct. 2007
It Can Be Done: Reductions in Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines — Aug. 2007
Underage Drinking Starts Before Adolescence — Aug. 2007
Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines — Aug. 2007
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 — July 2007
Crystal Methamphetamine Use in Young Adults Higher than Previously Reported — June 2007
Using the "Getting To Outcomes" Approach to Help Communities Prevent Underage Drinking — June 2007
Who Needs Liquor Stores When Parents Will Do? The Importance of Social Sources of Alcohol Among Young Urban Teens — June 2007
The Impact of Retail Cigarette Marketing Practices on Youth Smoking Uptake — May 2007
Assessing Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners — Mar. 2007
New Perspectives on Marijuana and Youth: Abstainers Are Not Maladjusted, But Lone Users Face Difficulties — 2007
Prevention Programs for Young Rural Teens Can Reduce Methamphetamine Abuse Years Later — Sep. 2006
Depressive Symptoms as a Longitudinal Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Middle and High School Students — July 2006
Early Drinking Linked to Higher Lifetime Alcoholism Risk — July 2006
National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (1991-2005): Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Behaviors — June 2006
Major Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Comorbidity, and HIV-AIDS Risk Behaviors in Juvenile Detainees — July 2005
Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth — June 2005
Classroom Drug Prevention Works: But Left Unchecked, Early Substance Use Haunts Older Teens and Young Adults — Apr. 2004
Project ALERT Helps Even High-Risk Teens Curb Substance Abuse — Oct. 2003
Longitudinal Effect of Intimate Partner Abuse on High-Risk Behavior Among Adolescents — Sep. 2003
Severe Childhood ADHD May Predict Alcohol, Substance Use Problems in Teen Years — Aug. 2003
Psychiatric Disorders Common Among Detained Youth — Dec. 2002
Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research — Sep. 2002
Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health Services for Foster Youth — Mar. 2002
The Health Behaviors of American Parents: Implications for Children — Sep. 1999
Data and Reports
State-Specific Data from State Tobacco Settlement — Dec. 2007
Reports from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Waiver Demonstration: Final Report — Jan. 2006
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA)
The Office of Applied Studies provides estimates for 2003 of various aspects of substance use by age group (age 12-17 and older) and by each state. An example of one table shows estimates of youth aged 12-17 needing, but not receiving treatment for an illicit drug.
CROSS-SYSTEMS INVOLVEMENT and COLLABORATION
This topic area provides information on cross-systems involvement and collaboration, such as involvement of children in child welfare system with other service systems (e.g., mental health, mental retardation, special ed, substance abuse); involvement of youth in juvenile justice system with other service systems (e.g., child welfare, mental health, mental retardation, special ed, substance abuse); and collaboration between different service systems.
Programs that Work
Research in Brief
Colocating Health Services: A Way to Improve Coordination of Children's Heath Care? — July 2008
The Successful Integration of Health and Health Care into Broader Early Childhood Initiatives — Apr. 2008
Does Substantiation of Child Maltreatment Relate to Child Well-Being and Service Receipt? — Mar. 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children — Feb. 2008
Foster Care and School Mental Health — Jan. 2008
Medicaid-Based Child Restraint System Disbursement and Education and the Vaccines for Children Program: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness — Jan. 2008
Vulnerable Infants and Toddlers in Four Service Systems — Sep. 2007
Children, Families, and the Criminal Justice System — July 2007
Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend and Neighbor Care — Sep. 2006
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Troubling Child Well-Being Indicators — June 2006
Community Partnerships for Protecting Children: Challenges and Results — Dec. 2005
Effects of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansions on Children with Chronic Health Conditions — July 2005
Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers — Oct. 2004
Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence — July 2004
What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five Cities — Mar. 2004
Low Income and the Development of America's Kindergartners — Nov. 2003
Psychiatric Disorders Common Among Detained Youth — Dec. 2002
Youth Who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects — 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
Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment — Nov. 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
Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities — May 2002
Housing Strategies to Strengthen Welfare Policy and Support Working Families — Apr. 2002
Teen Court Could Be Promising Alternative to Traditional Juvenile Justice System — Apr. 2002
The Importance of Housing Benefits to Welfare Success — Apr. 2002
Welfare Reform and Child Care Options for Low-Income Families — Winter/Spring 2002
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk — Mar. 2002
Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health Services for Foster Youth — Mar. 2002
The Well-Being of Children Involved with the Child Welfare System: A National Overview — Jan. 2002
Child Care in the Era of Welfare Reform: Quality, Choices, and Preferences — Dec. 2001
Symptoms of Depression Among Welfare Recipients: A Concern for Two Generations — Dec. 2001
Data and Reports
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
Implementation and Practice
The Best Beginning: Partnerships Between Primary Health Care and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Young Children — Aug. 2005
Integrating the Human Service System: Final Evaluation of the NYS Integrated County Planning Initiative — May 2005
Working Together: Health Services for Children in Foster Care — Jan. 2004
Beyond the Tunnel Problem: Addressing Cross-Cutting Issues that Impact Vulnerable Youth
This briefing series from the Youth Transition Funders Group has developed the following papers:
NEW YORK DATA and REPORTS
Public Housing and Public Schools: How Do Students Living in NYC Public Housing Fare in School? — Nov. 2008
Unrealized Health Potential: A Snapshot of New York — Oct. 2008
Health Department Reports Largest Decline in Infant Deaths Since 2001 — Sep. 2008
Diplomas Count 2008: New York State Highlights — June 2008
Childhood Obesity State Report Cards: New York — 2008
Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook for New York — Oct. 2007
Teen Sexual Activity and Birth Control Use in New York City — Aug. 2007
Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2007: New York Profile — June 2007
Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Adolescents in New York — Apr. 2007
2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results for New York — June 2006
Diplomas Count: New York — June 2006
The Obesity Epidemic and New York Students — June 2006
2005 State Preschool Yearbook: New York Profile — Mar. 2006
More Hard Times for New York's Working Families — Mar. 2006
Obesity in Early Childhood: More Than 40% of Head Start Children in NYC are Overweight or Obese — Mar. 2006
State Differences in Rates of Overweight or Obese Youth — Mar. 2006
Children Adrift: Addressing the Educational Needs of New York's Foster Children — Feb. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Jan. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — New York Fact Sheet — Jan. 2006
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education (New York) — 2006
New York State Juvenile Justice Profile — 2006
Obesity Report Card — 2006
Losing Ground in New York Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry — Sep. 2005
Preliminary Report to the Governor and Legislature on the Implementation of Child Welfare Financing (CWF) Initiative — Aug. 2005
Integrating the Human Service System: Final Evaluation of the NYS Integrated County Planning Initiative — May 2005
Prekindergartners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems (New York) — May 2005
Building Blocks for Youth — New York State Information — Apr. 2005
Building Blocks for Youth focuses on the disproportionate minority representation within the justice system. Information specific to New York is provided, including fact sheets for different areas of the state, and links to juvenile justice policy reform groups.
Evaluation of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): First Year Program Impacts — Feb. 2005
New York State Touchstones/KIDS COUNT 2005 Data Book — Jan. 2005
Keeping Track of New York City’s Children — 2005
Fact sheets and a searchable database about the well-being of New York City's children are available from the Citizens' Committee for Children website.
Education Watch: New York — Key Education Facts and Figures for the Nation — Spring 2004
Youth in Care: 2004 Rehabilitative Services Annual Report — 2004
Statistical report at New York State Office of Children & Family Services website, which contains data on juvenile delinquents and offenders placed in the custody of OCFS.
Our Emerging Workforce in New York State — Mar. 2003
Grandparents as Caregivers — 2003
Tracking Recent Teenage Pregnancy and Birth Rates: New York State and the United States — May 2001
Annie E. Casey Online Databases — New York
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides several online databases that allow people to create customized reports about children and about issues affecting children in different geographic areas. The links below provide information specific to New York:
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook
Provides national and state-level data detailing the characteristics of youth in residential placement facilities. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Community Health Assessment Clearinghouse
This database at the New York State Department of Health website provides access to community health data, guidance on conducting community health assessments, and other related resources.
Cornell ACT for Youth
ACT for Youth—Assets Coming Together for Youth—aims to strengthen community partnerships that promote positive youth development and prevent risky and unhealthy behaviors among young people, aged 10 to 19. The ACT for Youth initiative is a project of the New York State Department of Health, and was developed in cooperation with the Partners for Children, a collaboration of public and private sector organizations committed to improving the health and education of children and adolescents throughout New York State.
Cornell University's Family Life Development Center has formed a partnership with the University of Rochester Medical Center's Division of Adolescent Medicine and the New York State Center for School Safety to serve as the Upstate Center of Excellence (UCE). This partnership brings together professionals with expertise in child and adolescent development, child abuse and neglect, child and adolescent health, school safety, violence prevention, program development, research and evaluation, training, and community collaboration. ACT for Youth also encompasses a Downstate Center of Excellence which is located at Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center in New York City.
Recent relevant reports cover a range of topics including youth connectedness, immigrant youth, homeless youth, and engaging youth and their parents in community issues and decisions.
Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics: 1994-2002
Provides access to juvenile arrest statistics at the national, state, and county level. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2003
Provides national, state, and county level population data detailed by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, on the national, state and county level. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online — New York Profile
The Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online web site provides profiles of all 50 states and allows for comparison of information across all the states and compared to the country as a whole. The web site provides information on a state's demographic and economic profile; health care coverage; health status; participation and costs in the Medicaid, S-CHIP and Medicare programs; as well as health issues for specific groups (Minority Health, Women's Health, HIV/AIDS).
Local Labor Market Information in New York State
Monitoring and Analysis Profiles (MAPS)
Statistical reports at New York State Office of Children & Family Services website, which contain data on Child Protective Services reports, preventive services cases, children in foster care, and adoptions:
National Center for Children in Poverty — New York State Profile
The National Center for Children in Poverty provides access to state-specific data regarding demographics, economic conditions and child-related policies.
National Center on Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) — New York State Profile
The state profile provides a clear, precise explanation of how the state's juvenile justice system is structured and operates.
New York State Kids' Well-Being Indicators Clearinghouse (KWIC)
This database available at the New York State Council on Children and Families website, provides access to data for indicators on children's health, education, and well-being. The database allows users to view profiles of each indicator, or to create customized profiles by selecting the indicators, geographic regions within the state, and time periods for which the user is interested in. The data can be displayed in different formats, including graphs, tables and maps.
New York State Youth Development Indicators Symposium
The Youth Development Indicators Symposium was held in Albany in September 2004. The Symposium was intended to promote the use of youth development (YD) indicators across state agencies and counties for planning, evaluation and program implementation purposes. It was designed to explore population based data, community level data (including counties) and program level data. The objectives of the Symposium were to (1) identify key YD indicators; (2) operationalize YD indicators and identify examples of effective measurement tools; (3) identify examples of successful use of YD indicators in policy, funding, program evaluation, and planning; and (4) identify concrete steps that could be taken in NYS to support the use of core YD indicators. The 50 participants included staff from NYS, Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut agencies, Youth and Family Services Division — Administration for Children and Families, and Child Trends. Co-sponsored by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services and the ACT for Youth Centers of Excellence, with active input from the Department of Health, the Symposium provided a forum for an in-depth discussion on the current state of the art in measuring positive youth development and wellbeing.
View the Symposium proceedings, presentations, and results from a concept mapping activity online.
No Child Left Behind Database
The Education Commission of the States offers the No Child Left Behind Database on their website. The database provides state-specific information about how states are meeting the No Child Left Behind requirements.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA)
The Office of Applied Studies provides estimates for 2003 of various aspects of substance use by age group (age 12-17 and older) and by each state. An example of one table shows estimates of youth aged 12-17 needing, but not receiving treatment for an illicit drug.
The Burns Institute State Info on Disproportionate Minority Confinement
The W. Haywood Burns Institute provides information for each state on the proportion of youth of color detained or committed to facilities. (The tool does not show the rate per 100,000, so it under-represents the scale of what is happening to youth of color.)
Vital Statistics of New York State
Workforce New York
Descriptions of Promising Practices and a link to the Workforce Excellence Network Promising Practices Website.
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