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Building Resident Power and Capacity for Change

April 9, 2009

A 2009 report that captures funder reflections on investing in neighborhood-based community organizing initiatives.

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Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood

April 5, 2009

This paper takes a hard look at how America’s juvenile justice and child welfare systems are faring—and where they are failing—in helping at-risk youth successfully transition...

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Getting Back on Track

April 1, 2009

This report examines the findings of an evaluation of two community college programs – Opening Doors and Enhanced Opening Doors – at Chaffey College in Southern California.

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Mental Health Practice

April 1, 2009

This publication shares guidelines for improving the behavioral health of youth in state custody. Child welfare experts, behavioral health leaders, and child and youth advocates...

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Feeding Our Future

March 15, 2009

This brief highlights the impact of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on very young children.

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The Forgotten Fifth

March 2, 2009

This report takes a hard look at poverty in urban and rural communities. It makes a clear case for why policymakers should look beyond the urban landscape — and to the American...

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A young Black father stands with his young son sitting atop his shoulders. The two are smiling with their arms in the air.

Ranking States on Improvement in Child Well-Being Since 2000

March 1, 2009

This report uses the 10 KIDS COUNT indicators to assess increases and decreases in absolute child well-being. View the data for each state since 2000.

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Youth Violence Myths and Realities: A Tale of Three Cities

February 13, 2009

This report examines the youth perspective on violence, life circumstance, and the response of the justice system to a supposed growth of violence among troubled youth.

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Reports on America

February 1, 2009

The vast majority of the 16 million children in America's immigrant families are U.S. citizens who were born in the United States to foreign-born parents. The well-being of...

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