Research

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Youth Counts Provide Critical Information About the Number and Characteristics of Youth Experiencing Homelessness
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Challenges, Benefits Found in Providing Home Visiting Services for Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth
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One Summer Chicago Qualitative Study Explores What Makes Youth Summer Jobs Programs Effective
2018
Report
Challenges, Benefits Found in Providing Home Visiting Services for Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth
A preliminary evaluation finds a home visiting program targeted at serving pregnant and parenting foster youth faces ongoing...
2018
Report
Youth Counts Provide Critical Information About the Number and Characteristics of Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Communities can only make progress toward preventing and ending homelessness among youth if they have data on the size and composition of the local...
2018
Research Collection
Early Home Visiting
Since the early 1970s, home visiting programs have proliferated in the United States. They have been promoted as a strategy to engage parents in their young...
July 19, 2018
Report
Community Building Contributes to Children’s Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten
The Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten Transition Project (PKTP) is a teacher co-designed, community-wide approach to strengthening early educational...
2018
Report
Many California Foster Youth Have Inadequate Social Support and Need More Support From Adults
This memo investigates the types and sources of social support for young people in extended foster care....
2018