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Annotation: This report presents findings from a study that assessed the needs of infants, children, and adolescents in relation to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all hazards, including major disasters and emergencies. The report includes specific findings, conclusions, and recommendations relating to (1) child health, mental health, and trauma; (2) child care in all settings; (3) child welfare; (4) elementary and secondary education; (5) sheltering, temporary housing, and affordable housing; (6) transportation; (7) juvenile justice; (8) evacuation; and (9) relevant activities in emergency management. The report also provides specific recommendations on the need for planning and establishing a national resource center on children and disasters and discusses the coordination of resources and services, administrative actions, policies, regulations, and legislative changes.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Child care, Child health, Costs, Disaster planning, Disasters, Elementary education, Emergencies, Housing, Infant health, Juvenile justice, Legislation, Mental health, Public policy, Research, Secondary education, Service coordination, Transportation, Trauma

Annotation: This report provides an overview and examples of key Native Youth priorities, including health promotion, injury prevention, safety, education, and juvenile justice.

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Keywords: Alaska Natives, Education, Juvenile justice, Native Americans, Safety, Youth Health promotion

Annotation: This report provides recommendations for preparing to meet children's needs in the event of a disaster. The recommendations fall within these categories: (1) disaster management and recovery, (2) mental health, (3) child physical health and trauma, (4) emergency medical services and pediatric transport, (5) disaster care management, (6) child care, (7) elementary and secondary education, (8) child welfare and juvenile justice, (9) sheltering standards, (10) housing, and (11) evacuation.

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Keywords: Child care, Child health, Child welfare, Children, Disaster planning, Education, Emergencies, Emergency medical services, Housing, Juvenile justice, Mental health, Trauma

Annotation: This booklet focuses on disconnected youth—those in foster care, those involved in the juvenile justice system, those with children of their own, and those who never finished high school—and their transition to adulthood. The booklet discusses (1) each of these groups, (2) the importance of investing in these adolescents and young adults, and (3) crafting new connections for vulnerable adolescents and young adults. The booklet also offers conclusions. The booklet concludes with a list of endnotes.

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Keywords: Adolescent parents, Adolescents, Education, Foster care, High risk adolescents, High school, Juvenile justice, Transitions, Vulnerability, Young adults

Annotation: This bulletin reports the results of a study that used a computerized, self-administered version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) to screen for psychiatric disorders in youth newly admitted to juvenile assessment centers in Illinois and New Jersey. The study assessed rates of psychiatric disorders and tested the feasibility of using this assessment instrument among youth in the juvenile justice system. Recommendations are offered for best practices for mental health assessment in juvenile justice settings based on a comparison of the rates of psychiatric disorders identified in this study with those found in other studies in which earlier versions of the DISC were used in juvenile justice settings.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Computer assisted diagnosis, Diagnosis, High risk adolescents, Illinois, Juvenile justice, Mental disorders, New Jersey, Screening

Annotation: The purpose of this report is to assist states in implementing policy and program initiatives that can enhance their abilities to implement effective HIV and STD prevention education programs in juvenile justice facilities. The report identifies four areas of opportunity that states may pursue to improve HIV and STD prevention targeting incarcerated youth and describes the potential benefits of pursuing these areas of opportunity. The report also presents action steps that states may take toward improving the health of incarcerated youth. Acknowledgments and references are included.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Education, HIV, High risk adolescents, Incarcerated youth, Initiatives, Juvenile justice, Prevention, Public policy, Sexually transmitted diseases, State programs, Youth

Annotation: This resource guide is designed to provide clinicians and other professionals working with youth in the juvenile justice system with a range of best practice information that will help them more effectively identify youth with mental disorders, thus ultimately improving treatment for these youth. The guide reviews and synthesizes information about the most effective instruments for screening for and assessing mental disorders and substance use disorders among youth at various points in the juvenile justice system. Examples of a variety of models and approaches that have been developed to implement the tools are provided. Final comments, recommendations, and references are included.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Assessment, Juvenile justice, Mental disorders, Mental health, Models, Resource materials, Screening, Substance use disorders, Treatment, Young adults, Youth

Annotation: This guide is designed to provide judges, attorneys, and social workers with information on adolescent development and the issues relevant to adolescent health for youth under court supervision (including foster care and the juvenile justice system). It discusses normal adolescent development and includes information regarding the challenges for adolescents under court supervision that may affect their development. Additional sections include standards of care on a variety of health topics; checklists for those who must assure that appropriate care is provided; and information on planning for the transition to emancipation and adult life. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescents, Child welfare, Foster care, Juvenile justice, Planning

Annotation: This compendium of evaluations summarizes a variety of youth programs. Categories of programs include: education and career development; English learning development; building strong communities; youth serving organizations; juvenile justice and pregnancy prevention programs; and programs regarding adolescent health, Head Start, and predicting employment. Also included in this publication are a bibliography of evaluations and a summary of program characteristics.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Educational programs, Employment programs, Health programs, Juvenile justice, Prevention programs, Program evaluation, Youth services

Annotation: This report evaluates the shifting of funding and decision-making for programs affecting children from the federal government to the states. The Association's Children's Budget Watch Project examined the children's programs in state and municipal budgets from 1990-1995 in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The data collected focused on income support, child care, health, child abuse, juvenile justice, and nutrition. Appendices give the names of National Association of Child Advocates member organizations, the factors that were evaluated, and statistics.

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Keywords: Child care, Child nutrition programs, Child welfare, Health care reform, Juvenile justice, State programs, Statistics

Annotation: This issue of "The Future of Children" analyzes the role and procedures of the juvenile courts, including how they handle juvenile crime, status offenses such as truancy, and child abuse and neglect. Final chapters discuss current trends and make recommendations to improve the system.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Family support services, Juvenile courts, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile delinquents, Juvenile justice, Statistics

Annotation: This report documents a seminar where information was shared about existing violence prevention policies, legislation, resources, success stories, and state initiatives. Those attending developed a long-range, coordinated state policy agenda and action plan for safe schools. The keynote speech, Minnesota's plan of action, selected community examples, and the summaries of the attending states' action planning session are included in this report.

Keywords: Budgeting, Budgets, Iowa, Juvenile delinquents, Juvenile justice, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Regional programs, School safety, South Dakota, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report summarizes a research program exploring options in intensive community-based aftercare programs for paroled juveniles who initially require secure confinement. The report provides a theoretical background, assesses critical issues in intensive aftercare, and proposes a model for developing such programs. The authors consider future research topics and include a bibliography. A related publication, "Intensive Aftercare for High-risk Juveniles: Policies and Procedures, " includes an overview of the structure and function of key program elements and components.

Keywords: Adolescents, Community programs, Juvenile delinquents, Juvenile justice, Model programs, Prevention programs

Annotation: This report provides policies and procedures that are needed for establishing intensive community-based aftercare programs for paroled juveniles. These programs are run by public or private corrections agencies for juvenile offenders who initially require secure confinement. The authors provide an overview of an intervention model for juvenile intensive aftercare programs and suggest policies and procedures for developing such programs. Topics discussed include overarching case management, individual case planning, the integration of surveillance and services based on risk factors, providing balanced incentives and graduated sanctions, incorporating service brokerage and linkages to social networks, and managing information and program evaluation. A related publication, "Intensive Aftercare for High-risk Juveniles: A Community Care Model, " provides a theoretical background for the model.

Keywords: Adolescents, Community programs, Juvenile delinquents, Juvenile justice, Manuals, Model programs, Prevention programs

Annotation: This book is the consensus report of the National Research Council's Panel on High-Risk Youth. The report presents the panel's findings on deteriorating environmental factors that exacerbate adolescent risk behavior. The panel reviews the existing state of U.S. employment opportunities, family relations, neighborhood conditions, health care services, educational facilities, vocational counseling, and social systems as they impact on adolescents. The importance of community-based interventions and services is addressed in the context of the panel's findings.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Community based services, Cultural barriers, Culturally competent services, Education, Employment, Family economics, High risk populations, Intervention, Juvenile justice, Poverty, Socioeconomic factors, Statistics, Welfare services

Annotation: This book presents selected papers from a 1988 conference on the health care of incarcerated youth. The conference brought together groups who could make a difference with this high-risk population: state maternal and child health programs, juvenile justice agencies, and state advisory groups. Topics covered include the roles of the different groups, standards, financing, liability, the Ventura planning model, nutrition, health assessment, mental health, HIV seropositivity, and recommendations. This conference was sponsored by the Department of Maternal and Child Health, Johns Hopkins University, with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Incarcerated youth, Juvenile justice

Annotation: This document provides a framework for program evaluation that includes descriptive and evaluative elements. The description section defines the program in terms of its purpose, problem it is to address, operations, administrative structure, relationships with other programs, and recent funding levels. The evaluative portion is a set of 10 general criteria to assess the need for, implementation, and effects of the program. Evaluations are presented for five federally funded children's programs: Head Start, WIC Program, Medicaid Eligibility Extensions, Child Welfare Services Program, and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grants.

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Keywords: Child welfare agencies, Financing, Head Start, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile justice, Medicaid, Prevention, Program evaluation, Supplemental food programs, WIC Program

Annotation: This book is written for the nation's governors to provide the most recent information available about the status of America's children. It presents the condition of millions of children who by virtue of their age, health, financial status, or race are especially vulnerable and unusually dependent upon their parents and society. This is not a budget impact analysis. It presents data which were collected and assessed prior to 1981 when several billion federal dollars were eliminated from children's programs nationwide. It discusses children in poverty, family assistance, food and nourishment, shelter, child care, education, youth employment, childhood sickness and death, access to health care, non-disease deaths, special care, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, sexual exploitation, children without homes, runaways, juvenile justice, and adolescent pregnancy.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent employment, Adolescent pregnancy, Child abuse, Child care, Child death, Child neglect, Child sexual abuse, Children, Data, Education, Families, Food, Homeless persons, Juvenile justice, Poverty, Runaways, Substance abuse, United States

Annotation: This publication presents information about the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency based on the report of the delinquency committee of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection issued in 1932. Topics covered include the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency, prevention and treatment programs, and national, state, and local cooperation in the development of local resources. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

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Keywords: Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile justice, Reports