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Critical Condition: African-American Youth in the Justice System

Publisher: 
The Campaign for Youth Justice

This policy brief looks at why and how we can stop the harsh and unequal treatment of African-American youth by the justice system versus white youth, for the same offenses, at all stages in the ju

Resilience in African American Children and Adolescents: A Vision for Optimal Development

Publisher: 
American Psychological Association

This report encourages a paradigm shift from an emphasis on risk to exploring the complex interactive process of resilience in African American youth.

Creating a Front Porch: Strategies for Improving Access to Mental Health Services

Publisher: 
Research and Training Center for Children

This report shares results of interviews conducted with personnel from selected organizations and focuses on key practices that were reported to increase accessibility of mental health services for

Racial-Ethnic Inequality in Child Well-Being from 1985-2004: Gaps Narrowing, but Persist

Publisher: 
Foundation for Child Development

This report analyzes child well-being trends through the lens of race and ethnicity to better understand how differences between White and Black children and between White and Hispanic children hav

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

This report examines the educational progress and challenges that racial and ethnic minorities face in the United States, including school enrollment trends, education outcomes, and rates of substa

Office of Minority Health

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) works to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that eliminate health d

Children Left Behind: How Metropolitan Areas Are Failing America's Children

Publisher: 
Harvard School of Public Health

This report examines 100 of the largest metro areas in the U.S. and how inequalities in neighborhoods and school environments affect children.

Delaying Second Births Among Adolescent Mothers: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Home-Based Mentoring Program

Publisher: 
American Academy of Pediatrics

This American Academy of Pediatrics study examines whether home-based interventions are effective in reducing rapid repeat births (second birth within two years of first birth) among low income, bl