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Describes findings from the High School Youth Risk Surveillance Survey (YRBSS). Includes data from 47 state surveys, five territorial surveys, two tribal government surveys, and 22 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9–12 during October 2010–February 2012.
Looks at the factors that lead youth who have committed serious offenses to continue or desist from offending, including individual maturation, life changes, and involvement with the criminal justice system.
Provides a unifying framework for schools, families, and communities to understand, select, and organize their learning supports (i.e., strategies, programs, and practices used to create conditions to enhance learning).
Provides context to existing data regarding higher education and its impact on the finances and wealth-building abilities of Latinos and their families. UnidosUS partnered with the UNC Center for Community Capital to conduct 30 in-depth interviews across six different cities.
Examines low-income and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their interactions with human service agencies. The briefs are separated into three topic areas: 1) Low-income and at-risk LGBT populations; 2) The child welfare system and LGBT youth and LGBT adults; and 3) LGBT youth (particularly runaway and homeless youth and sexual health).
Summarizes what is currently known about the nation’s military children and families and presents ideas and proposals pertinent to the formulation of new programs and the policies that would create and sustain these initiatives. Findings suggest that such programs should build on the resilience of military children and families in order to best maintain and enhance their health and positive development.
Explains the history of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month and ways in which parents, youth, and communities can get involved. This website include activities for each week of Prevention Month, targeting parents, youth, communities, and workplaces.
Highlights strategies for improving meaningful student participation in the classroom. Provides a number of evidence-based recommendations for school staff, parents and community members to strengthen student engagement