2004

To deepen and forge communications between and across research, policy, practice, and media within the allied youth fields.

What organizational practices appear to have the best payoff in terms of improving the quality of after-school program implementation? Which practices are not promising?

Investigators examine the social and economic characteristics of never-married mothers.

What caused the California Youth Authority – regarded as the most enlightened juvenile corrections system in the country as recently as the mid-1970s – to become the focus of national publicity on the widespread abuse of its young inmates?

How do state adolescent health coordinators impact their state’s adolescent health programs and policies?

What factors predict how well youth with disabilities will do after high school?

A study that compares young couples who will have broken up 50 months after the birth of their child to those who stay together.

The Afterschool Alliance will convene a group of 15-20 key Latino leaders to discuss the relevance and importance of after-school to the Latino community.

To support the 19th Annual Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF) Conference.

Can the school-wide implementation of the 4Rs curriculum intervention–focusing on reading, writing, respect, and resolution–improve student outcomes?