Financing Services for Children and Youth

Big Ideas for Children: Investing in Our Nation’s Future
First Focus

Children's Budget 2009
First Focus

Kids’ Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008
The Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute

Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
The Urban Institute and the New America Foundation

Public Financing of Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Selected State Strategies
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

IDEA

Twenty-Eighth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parts B and C
U.S. Department of Education

Immigration

Legal Issues for School Districts Related to the Education of Undocumented Children
National School Boards Association and National Education Association

Juvenile Justice

Blueprint for Change: A Comprehensive Model for the Identification and Treatment of Youth with Mental Health Needs in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice

From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System
University of Texas at Austin

Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency
National Association of State Directors of Special Education and the Disability Rights Network

Youth Under Age 18 in the Adult Criminal Justice System
National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Mental Health

Children's Mental Health: What Every Policymaker Should Know
National Center for Children in Poverty

The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile, 2008
National Adolescent Health Information Center

New Nationwide Report Estimates One in Every 12 Adolescents Experienced Major Depression in the Past Year
The NSDUH Report

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
Board on Children, Youth, and Families

Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health: Strengthening Parenting and Enhancing Child Resilience
Center for Mental Health Services

Mental Health Services

Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Four State Case Studies
National Association of State Directors fo Special Education

Mental Health Service Use Among Youth Aged 12 to 17: 2005 and 2006
The NSDUH Report

Mental Health, United States, 2004
Center for Mental Health Services

National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Treatment, 1993-2003
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Role of Mental Health Services in Promoting Safe and Secure Schools
Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children Aged 4-17 Years: United States, 2005-2006
National Center for Health Statistics

Minority Populations

Minority Population Growth: 1995-2050
Minority Business Development Agency

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
National Center for Education Statistics

No Child Left Behind

Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the Promise to Our Nation’s Children
The Commission on No Child Left Behind

Rewards & Roadblocks: How Special Education Students are Faring Under No Child Left Behind
National Center for Learning Disabilities

Obesity

Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, Trends 1963-1965 Through 2007-2008
National Center for Health Statistics

Prevention

Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth
Washington State Institute for Public Policy 

Blueprints for Violence Prevention
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence

Impacts of a Violence Prevention Program for Middle Schools
National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
Board on Children, Youth, and Families

Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health: Strengthening Parenting and Enhancing Child Resilience
Center for Mental Health Services

Standards of Evidence: Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination
Society for Prevention Research

Suicide Prevention in the Schools
Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action

Privacy and Confidentiality

Forum Guide to the Privacy of Student Information: A Resource for Schools
National Forum on Education Statistics

Private School Voucher Programs

Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years
Institute of Education Sciences

Psychotropic Drugs

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
The National Academies

Psychotropic Drugs and Children: A 2007 Update
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Pupil Services Personnel

Effective Pupil Services: Research, Data, and References
National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations

Rural Education

Status of Education in Rural America
National Center for Education Statistics

School Climate

From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America: A Survey of Students and Teachers
Harris Interactive, Inc.

2007 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network

School Connectedness

School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Case for School-Based Integration of Services: Changing the Way Students, Families and Communities Engage With Their Schools
Public/Private Ventures

School Crime and Safety

Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
U.S. Department of Justice

Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007
U.S. Department of Justice

Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools
National Center for Education Statistics

Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (Second Edition)
Bureau of Justice Assistance

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009
National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics

Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence: Information Students Learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack
U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education

Protect Children, Not Guns
Children's Defense Fund

Safe With Dignity: Alternatives to the Over-Policing of Schools
New York Civil Liberties Union and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform

School Associated Violent Deaths
National School Safety Center

School Survey on Crime and Safety
National Center for Education Statistics

Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results From the 2005 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
National Center for Education Statistics

Surveillance for Violent Deaths, National Violent Death Report System, 16 States, 2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

School Health

Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap
Campaign for Educational Equity

School Health Policies and Programs Study
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

School Health Profiles
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

School Mental Health

Children’s Mental Health: Facts for Policymakers
Mailman School of Public Health

School-Based Mental Health: An Empirical Guide for Decision-Makers
Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health

School Mental Health Services in the United States: 2002-2003
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Sexual Minority Youth

A Report on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People in Education
National Education Association

From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America: A Survey of Students and Teachers
Harris Interactive, Inc.

2007 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network

Stigma

Mental Health America Attitudinal Survey, Part IV: Understanding of and Attitudes Towards Mental Illness
Mental Health America

Youth and Mental Health Stigma
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health at Portland State University and Harris Interactive, Inc.

Technology

Technology Counts: STEM: The Push to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Education Week

Testing Accommodations

State Testing Accommodations: A Look at Their Value and Validity
National Center for Learning Disabilities

Transitioning to the Workforce

Tunnels & Cliffs: A Guide for Workforce Development Practitioners and Policymakers Serving Youth with Mental Health Needs
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth

Youth Risk Behaviors

Significant Multiple Risk Factors Among U.S. High School Students
National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zero Tolerance

Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effectives in the Schools: An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations
American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force

Beyond Zero Tolerance Policies: A Reality-Based Approach to Drug Education and School Discipline
Drug Policy Alliance

Test, Punish, and Push Out: How "Zero Tolerance" and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School-To-Prison Pipeline
Advancement Project