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)
Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School
HighScope Perry Preschool Program
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
Midwestern Prevention Project/Project STAR
Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
Parenting With Love and Limits
Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND)
Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS)
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)
Residential Student Assistance Program
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP)
School Transitional Environmental Program
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Seattle Social Development Project
Second Step Violence Prevention
SMARTteam (Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together)
SNAP (Stop Now And Plan) Under 12 Outreach Project (SNAP ORP)
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
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
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Physical Violence in Adolescent Dating Relationships — Nov. 2011
Journal abstract at Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health website
Effectiveness of Interventions Aimed at Reducing Screen Time in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials — Nov. 2011
Is Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy a Causal Environmental Risk Factor for Adolescent Antisocial Behavior? Testing Etiological Theories and Assumptions — Nov. 2011
Birth Weight and Health and Developmental Outcomes in U.S. Children, 1997-2005 — Oct. 2011
Family Structure and Adolescent Physical Health, Behavior, and Emotional Well-Being — Sep. 2011
Apgar Scores at 5 Minutes After Birth in Relation to School Performance at 16 Years of Age — Aug. 2011
Schools' Mental Health Services and Young Children's Emotions, Behavior, and Learning — Oct. 2010
Foundations of Lifelong Health — July 2010
Interpersonal Relationships and the Development of Behavior Problems in Adolescents in Urban Schools: A Longitudinal Study — June 2010
Enduring Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Home Visiting by Nurses on Maternal Life Course and Government Spending: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Among Children at Age 12 Years — May 2010
Link Between Child Care and Academic Achievement and Behavior Persists Into Adolescence — May 2010
Poverty, Food Insecurity, and the Behavior for Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders — May 2010
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Early Developmental Prevention Programs in At-Risk Populations on Non-Health Outcomes in Adolescence — Apr. 2010
AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs — Apr. 2010
Executive summary at Public/Private Ventures website
Risk and Protective Factors for Psychological Adjustment Among Low-Income, African American Children — Apr. 2010
Adolescents' Perceived Risk of Dying — Mar. 2010
Identifying Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence in Childhood that Jeopardize Mental Health in Adulthood — Mar. 2010
Significant Multiple Risk Behaviors Among U.S. High School Students — Mar. 2010
Improving Early Identification & Treatment of Adolescent Depression: Considerations & Strategies for Health Plans — Feb. 2010
Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative — Feb. 2010
Long-Term Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation on the Life Course of Youths: 19-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial — Jan. 2010
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Adolescents: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions — Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Children: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions — Dec. 2009
Birth Weight Effects on Children's Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data — Nov. 2009
Motor Development in Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Children From Birth to Adolescence — Nov. 2009
High School Mentors In Brief: Findings from the Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study — Oct. 2009
Impact of Teen Depression on Academic, Social, and Physical Functioning — Oct. 2009
Early Emergence of Behavior and Social-Emotional Problems in Very Preterm Infants — Sep. 2009
Innovative Community-Based Prevention System Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds — Sep. 2009
Promoting Social-Emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services: A Fifty-State View — Sep. 2009
Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know — Aug. 2009
Depression, Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Adults in the United States — July 2009
Health Status and Behavioral Outcomes for Youth Who Anticipate a High Likelihood of Early Death — July 2009
NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth-Graders by Half — June 2009
Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents — June 2009
Early Care and Education Quality and Child Outcomes — May 2009
Early Childhood Health Promotion and Its Life Course Health Consequences — May 2009
Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Among Fifth-Grade Students and Its Association With Mental Health — May 2009
Early School-Age Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants — Apr. 2009
Exploring the Links Between Family Strengths and Adolescent Outcomes — Apr. 2009
Follow-up Outcomes at 1 and 2 Years of Infants Born Less Than 32 Weeks After Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program — Apr. 2009
Findings from the ABCD Screening Academy: State Policy Improvements that Support Effective Identification of Children At Risk for Developmental Delay — Mar. 2009
Household Language, Parent Developmental Concerns, and Child Risk for Developmental Disorder — Mar. 2009
Television Viewing in Infancy and Child Cognition at 3 Years of Age in a U.S. Cohort — Mar. 2009
Adverse Childhood Events and Lifetime Alcohol Dependence — Feb. 2009
Long-Term Academic Effects of Child's ADHD May Extend to Siblings — Dec. 2008
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
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
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
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
The Changing Faces of America's Children and Youth — Spring 2010
New York State Touchstones/KIDS COUNT 2008 Data Book — Dec. 2008
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
A Health Profile of Adolescent and Young Adult Males — 2005
Lifetime Effects: The HighScope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40 — 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
Teens in the Library: Findings from the Evaluation of Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development — 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
HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Research in Brief
Today's Promise, Tomorrow's Future: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Hispanics in Urban Schools — Nov. 2011
Adolescents' Expectations for the Future Predict Health Behaviors in Early Adulthood — Aug. 2011
Prevalence and Timing of Diagnosable Mental Health, Alcohol, and Substance Use Problems Among Older Adolescents in the Child Welfare System — Apr. 2010
Programs and Policies to Assist High School Dropouts in the Transition to Adulthood — Spring 2010
Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative — Feb. 2010
Long-Term Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation on the Life Course of Youths: 19-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial — Jan. 2010
Understanding Links Between Adolescent Health and Educational Attainment — Nov. 2009
Seven Years Later: Developmental Transitions and Delinquent Behavior for Male Adolescents Who Received Long-Term Substance Treatment — Sep. 2009
Effects of a Prekindergarten Educational Intervention on Adult Health: 37-Year Follow-Up Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial — Aug. 2009
College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2008 High School Graduates — Apr. 2009
New Indicators of High School Career/Technical Education Coursetaking: Class of 2005 — Apr. 2009
Every Student Counts: The Role of Federal Policy in Improving Graduation Rate Accountability — Mar. 2009
Transforming Disability Policy for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities — Mar. 2009
Taking a Chance on College: Is the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program a Winner? — Winter 2009
Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study — Dec. 2008
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
Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Age 21 — Dec. 2007
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
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
Making the Transition: Interim Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation — May 2010
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
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
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
Seattle Social Development Project
Second Step Violence Prevention
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Research in Brief
Child Abuse and Neglect topic area
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
Foster Care and Permanency Options topic area
Impact of a Mentoring and Skills Group Program on Mental Health Outcomes for Maltreated Children in Foster Care — Aug. 2010
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.)
HighScope Perry Preschool Program
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 (PATHS)
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP)
SMARTteam (Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together)
SNAP (Stop Now And Plan) Under 12 Outreach Project (SNAP ORP)
The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8
Research in Brief
Juvenile Justice/Delinquency/Violence topic area
Data and Reports
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010 — Dec. 2010
Conditions of Confinement: Findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement — May 2010
Long-Term Consequences of Delinquency: Child Maltreatment and Crime in Early Adulthood — Mar. 2009
Effects of Healthy Families New York on Maternal Behaviors: Observational Assessments of Positive and Negative Parenting — July 2008
Effects of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) on Recidivism Among Juvenile Delinquents in New York State — June 2008
Offending During Late Adolescence: How Do Youth Aging Out of Care Compare with Their Peers? — Jan. 2007
Youth in Care: 2007 Annual Report — 2007
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.
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 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
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
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
Substance Abuse topic area
Data and Reports
2010 Monitoring the Future Survey — Dec. 2010
Binge Drinking Among High School Students and Adults — Oct. 2010
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students in the United States, 2000-2009 — Aug. 2010
Cigarette Use Among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2009 — July 2010
2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — June 2010
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
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Research in Brief
Antipsychotic Treatment Among Youth in Foster Care — Dec. 2011
AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs — Apr. 2010
Youth's Needs and Services: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement — Apr. 2010
State-Based Home Visiting: Strengthening Programs Through State Leadership — Mar. 2009
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
Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend and Neighbor Care — Sep. 2006
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
Children and Welfare Reform — 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
Symptoms of Depression Among Welfare Recipients: A Concern for Two Generations — Dec. 2001
Data and Reports
The New York State Care Coordination Pilot Project: Process and Impact Evaluation Study Findings — Mar. 2007
2006 State Fact Sheets: New York's Children — 2006
Implementation and Practice
Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression: Strategies & Considerations for Health Plans — June 2010
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
7th Annual AP Report to the Nation: State Supplement — New York — Feb. 2011
Adding Up The Spending: Fiscal Disparities and Philanthropy Among New York City Charter Schools — Jan. 2011
Exposure to 9/11 Among Youth and Their Mothers in New York City: Enduring Associations With Mental Health and Sociopolitical Attitudes — July 2010
Impact of Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Following Exposure to the September 11 Attacks on Preschool Children's Behavior — July 2010
National Assessment of Educational Progress State Profiles — New York — Mar. 2010
Toward Reduced Poverty Across Generations: Early Findings from New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program — Mar. 2010
Trends in Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight Among Children Enrolled in the New York State WIC Program, 2002-2007 — Mar. 2010
Mind the (Other) Gap: The Growing Excellence Gap in K-12 Education — Feb. 2010
Mind the (Other) Gap: The Growing Excellence Gap in K-12 Education — New York State Profile — Feb. 2010
New York City's Changing High School Landscape: High Schools and Their Characteristics, 2002-2008 — Feb. 2010
Parents and Professionals Identify Post Adoption Service Needs in New York State — Feb. 2010
State Facts Sheets on Child Welfare Funding 2010 — New York Profile — Jan. 2010
Ending Social Promotion in New York City Public Schools Without Leaving Children Behind — Oct. 2009
America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness — Mar. 2009
Managed Care Quality of Care and Plan Choice in New York SCHIP — Feb. 2009
The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 — New York Profile — 2009
New York State Touchstones/KIDS COUNT 2008 Data Book — Dec. 2008
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
2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — Comparison Between New York City Students and U.S. Students — 2008
2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — Comparison Between New York Students and U.S. Students — 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
The Needs and Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP): Findings from OCFS's LEP Survey — June 2007
Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Adolescents in New York — Apr. 2007
Youth in Care: 2007 Annual Report — 2007
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.
Final Report to the Legislature on Child Welfare Financing — Dec. 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
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
Losing Ground in New York Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry — Sep. 2005
Integrating the Human Service System: Final Evaluation of the NYS Integrated County Planning Initiative — May 2005
Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Programs — 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
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
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).
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
Vital Statistics of New York State
Workforce New York
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