This report from the Government Accountability Office reviews how States are preparing youth in foster care for independent living. In 1999, the funding for independent living programs was increased to $140 million. GAO evaluated the funding…

The Department of Mental Health in Massachusetts is committed to preventing homelessness for people with serious mental illness. From the Urban Institute, this report is the beginning of an evaluation of the Homelessness Initiative, and provides…

Strategies to engage youth transitioning to adulthood is crucial to addressing needs such as education, employment, and mentoring. This report from the National League of Cities describes cross-system initiatives from eight cities across the…

This report is from the GAO and identifies services provided to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking and the demographics of victims receiving services. GAO reviewed grantee data to determine what kind of…

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics seeks to enhance and improve consistency in data collection and reporting on children and families. This 2007 resource provides a set of key indicators that measure important aspects of…

From the Journal of Contemporary Social Services, this newsletter includes a variety of relevant topics for low-income families. The feature topic of this issue is fathering and fatherhood, and authors also include articles on an upcoming…

This research, from the National Center for Children in Poverty, looks at the role of trauma long- and short-term for children. Trauma not only can cause physical and emotional health conditions, but can cause difficulties in learning, ongoing…

Mental health-related emergency department visits range from two percent to five percent of all hospital emergency department visits for children and youth. This brief is from the National Center for Children in Poverty and outlines mental health…

In 1999, the Foster Care Independence Act doubled the Federal funds for independent living programs. This research paper is from the Government Accountability Office and provides an overview of each State’s funding allocation, services provided,…

From the National Institute of Drug Abuse within the National Institutes of Health, this press release reports that crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the United States has considerably increased. A reported 2.8 percent of adults…