Research
Children and Youth
2013
2012
2011
- 2007 National Survey of Children's Health Child Health and System Performance Profile
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
- 2009 Teen Pregnancy and Birth in Travis County
Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department
- 2010 Childhood Obesity Forum City of Austin
- 2010 NRS Call Statistics National Runaway Switchboard
- Adolescent Substance Use in the U.S.: Facts for Policymakers
National Center for Children in Poverty
- America's Diverse Future: Initial Glimpses at the U.S. Child Population from the 2010 Census
Brookings
- Bullying: Impact on Victims, Bullies, Bystanders and Schools
Safe Place
- CDC Grand Rounds: Childhood Obesity in the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Characteristics of Young Adult Sexual Relationships: Diverse, Sometimes Violent, Often Loving
Child Trends
- Childbearing Outside of Marriage: Estimates and Trends in the United States Child Trends
- Childcare in Travis County
E3 Alliance
- Children of Immigrants: Economic Well-Being
The Urban Institute
- Children of Latino Immigrants and Out-of-School Time Programs Child Trends
- Children's Food Environment State Indicator Report, 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Disproportionality in Child Protective Services: Updated Results of Statewide Reform Effort
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Early Childhood Community Initiative
United Way Capital Area: Success by 6
- Education Equals Economics: Ready or Not? Assessing Kindergarten Readiness in Central Texas — Executive Summary
E3 Alliance
- Education Equals Economics: Ready or Not? Assessing Kindergarten Readiness in Central Texas — Presentation
E3 Alliance
- Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
Wallace Foundation
- Family Finding: Does Implementation Differ When Serving Different Child Welfare Populations?
Child Trends
- Gains for Children: Increased Participation in Medicaid and CHIP in 2009
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Urban Institute
- A Half-Empty Plate: Fruit and Vegetable Affordability and Access Challenges in America Food Research and Action Center
- The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation 2007
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010
Bureau of Justice Statistics National Centers for Education Statistics U.S. Department Of Education U.S. Department Of Justice Office Of Justice Programs
- Joint Subcommittee of Austin Independent School District, City of Austin, and Travis County: Housing and School Stability Work Group Report
ACCESS Project
- Juveniles in the Adult Criminal Justice System in Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
- Legislative Update
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Map the Meal Gap: Food Insecurity
Feeding America
- Maximizing the Impact of State Early Childhood Home Visitation Programs
NGS Center for Best Practices
- Municipal Leadership for Afterschool: Citywide Approaches Spreading Across the Country
National League of Cities
- Parental Relationship Quality and Child Outcomes Across Subgroups
Child Trends Research Brief
- Poor Children by Parents' Nativity
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-Emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Ready or Not?: Assessing Kindergarten Readiness in Central Texas
E3 Alliance
- A Report on the Bottom Line: Conditions for Children and the Texas of Tomorrow
Texans Care for Children
- Results of the 2011 Substance Use and Safety Survey
Austin ISD
- A Session Recap on the Bottom Line: Children and the 82nd Texas Legislature
Texans Care for Children
- The State of Preschool 2010
The National Institute for Early Education Research, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
- State Report Card on Child Homelessness: America's Youngest Outcasts 2010 The National Center on Family Homelessness
- Student Climate Survey Results Summary for 2008-2009 through 2010-2011
Austin ISD
- Thinking Outside the Cell: Alternatives to Incarceration for Youth with Mental Illness
Disability Rights Texas, National Center for Youth Law, Texas Appleseed
- Transportation Related Child Injury Children's Optimal Health
- Understanding a Diverse Generation: Youth Civic Engagement in the United States Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Tufts University
- Under Pressure: What African-American Teens Aren't Telling You About Sex, Love, and Relationships
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
- Vital Signs: Teen Pregnancy – United States 1991-2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Voices of Experience: Improving Mental Health Supports for Homeless & Transitioning Youth
Texas Network of Youth Services
- What are the afterschool resources for children in 17 targeted Central Texas zip codes?
Children's Optimal Health, Central Texas Afterschool Network
- Who Are America’s Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
- Who Are America’s Poor Children? The Official Story
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Young and Vulnerable: Children Five and Under Experience High Maltreatment Rates
ChildTrends
2010
- 2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI)
Foundation for Child Development
- Adolescent Obesity in the United States: Facts for Policy Makers
National Center for Children in Poverty
- AISD Strategic Plan: 2010 Scorecard
Austin Independent School District
- America After 3PM: From Big Cities to Small Towns
Afterschool Alliance
- America's Tomorrow: A Profile of Latino Youth
National Council of La Raza
- Are All America's Children Really Above Average?: A comparison of state and national reading assessments
Voices for America's Children
- Building Better Beginnings: Improving Texas Child Care Standards
Texas Association for Infant Mental Health
- The Child Indicator
Child Trends
- Child and Youth Mental Health Indicators/A Mental Health Panel Presentation to the CAN Community Council
Austin Travis County Integral Care, Child and Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership (Represented by Austin ISD and Austin Child Guidance Center), Mental Health Task Force
- Children of Immigrants Data Tool
Urban Institute
- Children's Exposure to Violence
Child Trends Data Bank
- Children's Mental Health: What Every Policymaker Should Know
National Center for Children in Poverty
- DFPS 2009 Data Book
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Diploma Attainment Among Teen Mothers
Child Trends
- Drivers Aged 16 or 17 Years Involved in Fatal Crashes
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Effect of Recession on Child Well-Being: A Synthesis of Information by PolicyLab, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
First Focus, PolicyLab, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Foundation for Child Development
- The Face of Childhood Poverty: A Growing Problem in Central Texas
I Live Here, I Give Here
- Families of the Recession: Unemployed Parents and Their Children - State-by-State
First Focus
- Families of the Recession: Unemployed Parents & Their Children
The Brookings Institution
- Family Structure and Children’s Health in the United States: Findings From the National Health Interview Survey, 2001–2007
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
- Fragile Families Journal: Fall 2010
The Future of Children
- Frequently Asked Questions About Basic Needs: A Focus on Childhood Poverty
Community Action Network, Basic Needs Coalition of Central Texas
- Hours of Opportunity: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer School, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs
RAND Education, The Wallace Foundation
- Issue Brief: The Importance of Literacy for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk
- Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, and Youth of Color: A Framework for Action in Texas
The University of Texas at Austin - School of Social Work, Southwest Key Programs
- Mapping Data Shape Community Responses to Childhood Obesity
Children's Optimal Health
- The Mental and Emotional Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007
Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Children's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Survey of Children's Health
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
- The Nation's Children 2010
Child Welfare League of America
- A Next Social Contract for the Primary Years of Education
New America Foundation
- Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 2005-2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- An Online Guide to Statistics for Education and Schools in the US
Online Schools
- Poverty Awareness Month Presentation
Community Action Network, Basic Needs Coalition
- Practices to Avoid in Out-of-School Time Programs
Child Trends
- Practices to Foster in Out-of-School Time Programs
Child Trends
- A Profile of Disconnected Young Adults in 2010
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Promoting Children's Social and Emotional Development
Texans Care for Children
- Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation
White House Task Force Report on Childhood Obesity to the President
- State Child Care Assistance Policies 2010: New Federal Funds Help States Weather the Storm
National Women's Law Center
- State Disparities in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- The State of Texas Children 2009-2010
Center for Public Policy Priorities
- Texas School Ready! Summit Presentations
Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition
- Treatment, Not Punishment: Untangling the Mental Health—Juvenile Justice Knot
Texans Care for Children
- U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births, and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity
Guttmacher Institute
- What's the Story Behind the Metrics?
E3 Alliance
- What Works for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity Among Children: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
Child Trends
- Young Children by Physical and Social Environment
Children’s Optimal Health
2009
- 2009 State Autism Profiles: Texas
Easter Seals
- The ABCD's of Texas Education: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Reducing the Dropout Rate
Texas A&M University - The Bush School of Government and Public Service
- Achieving Graduation for All: A Governor's Guide to Dropout Prevention and Recovery
NGA Center for Best Practices
- Adolescent Behavioral Health In Brief: Texas
Office of Applied Studies
- AISD Enrollment and Other Statistical Maps
Austin Independent School District
- Basic Needs Coalition – Food Security Committee: Report to the Community Action Network
The Basic Needs Coalition of Central Texas
- Brief Overview of Findings from the CDC's 2008 National Immunization Survey
Center for Disease Control
- Building a High-Quality Education Workforce: A Governor’s Guide to Human Capital Development
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
- Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in Texas
Center for Public Policy Priorities
- Child and Youth Mental Health Issues FAQ
Community Action Network, Austin/Travis County Child and Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership
- Child and Youth Mental Health Issues: Presentation to the CAN Community Council
Community Action Network, Austin/Travis County Child and Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership
- Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options
Child Trends
- Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents: 2002 to 2007
National Survey on Drug Use and Health
- Children's Exposure to Violence: A National Comprehensive Survey
U.S. Deparment of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Compact for Children and Youth: Presentation to the CAN Resource Council
Ready by 21Austin/Travis County
- A Developmental Perspective on Workplace Readiness: Preparing High School Students for Success
Child Trends
- Expanding the Reach of the Summer Food Program
Center for Public Policy Priorities
- Findings from 2008 Senior Surveys
Central Texas Student Futures Project
- Geography Matters: Child Well-Being in the States
Every Child Matters Education Fund
- Homeless Children and Youth: Causes and Consequences
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Non-participation of Children and Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Child, Family, and Neighborhood Factors
Child Trends
- Post-High School Outcomes of Youths with Disabilities up to 4 Years After High School
National Center for Special Education Research
- The Price of Persistance: Barriers to Post Secondary Success for Low Income and First-Generation Students
College Forward
- Ready by 21 Continuum of Youth Development: Priority Outcomes for Child and Youth Well-Being Travis County 2009
Ready by 21 Coalition, Community Action Network, Workforce Solutions - Capital Area, United Way Capital Area
- Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger in America by 2015
National Anti-Hunger Organizations
- The Quality Imperative: A State Guide to Achieving the Promise of Extended Learning Opportunities
Council of Chief State School Officers, National Governors Association Center of
- Results of the 2009 High School Student Substance Use and Safety Survey
Austin Independent School District
- Results of the 2008 Middle School Student Substance Use and Safety Survey
Austin Independent School District
- The State of Children and Youth in Travis County
Community Action Network, United Way Capital Area
- The State of City Leadership for Children and Families
National League of Cities: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
- The State of Latino Children and Youth in the United States
National Council of La Raza
- State Report Card on Child Homelessness: America’s Youngest Outcasts
The National Center on Family Homelessness
- The Status of Child Care in Travis County, TX
FamilyConnections
- The Strengths of Poor Families
Child Trends
- Success by 6: The 2009 Report Card on Child Well-Being for Austin/Travis County
United Way Capital Area, United Way Success by 6
- Teens Who Believe They’ll Die Young are More Likely to Engage in Risky Behavior
Science Daily
- Ten Reasons to Still Keep the Focus on Teen Childbearing
Child Trends
- Texas School-Based Behavioral Health Survey: Results and Recommendations
Texas Mental Health Transformation: Transformation Working Group
- Transitions to Adulthood for Texas Foster Youth
Texans Care for Children
- Why Are Young Children Missed So Often in the Census?
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Why Teens Are Not Involved in Out-of-School Time Programs: The Youth Perspective
ChildTrends
- Youth who are “Disconnected” and Those who then Reconnect: Assessing the Influence of Family, Programs, Peers and Communities
Child Trends
2008
- 2008 Data Book
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- 2008 Kids Count Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-Being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- After-School Programs and Academics: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research
Society for Research in Child Development
- Arrests for School-Age Youth (10-20) for Index Crimes Against Persons in Travis County, Texas – 1997 Through 2006
Council on At-Risk Youth
- Austin ISD Homeless Student Count Reported in 2007—2008
Austin Independent School District
- Austin ISD Mobility Information for the 2006—2007 School Year
Austin Independent School District
- Child Food Insecurity: The Economic Impact on our Nation
Feeding America, The ConAgra Foods Foundation
- Children in Immigrant Families – The U.S. and 50 States: Economic Need Beyond the Official Poverty Measure
Child Trends
- The Child Tax Credit Gap: A Snapshot of Families Left Out
First Focus
- Early Learning Matters: A Presentation to the CAN Community Council
City of Austin, Travis County and United Way Capital Area, CAN Early Childhood Issue Area Group
- The Economic Impact of Formal Childcare in Travis County
United Way Capital Area
- The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children
Rand Labor and Population, Casey Family Programs
- Families and Children Task Force Report Recommendations
City of Austin Families and Children Task Force
- Family Security: Supporting Parents’ Employment and Children’s Development
The Urban Institute – "A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data"
- Hope for the Future: Toward an Action Agenda for Child/Youth Mental Health – Results of a Local Provider Survey
Dr. Susan Millea of the Child and Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership
- How Does Employment Affect the Timing of Time with Children?
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Impact of School Breakfast on Children’s Health and Learning: An Analysis of the Scientific Research
The Sodexo Foundation
- The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children and Their Education
First Focus
- Lifting Teen Families: Strengthening Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Teens
St. David’s Community Health Foundation
- Mental Health Service Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2005 and 2006
National Survey on Drug Use and Health
- Metro Area Data on Total Poverty, Child Poverty, and Median Income
Center for Public Policy Priorities
- The State of Texas Children 2008
Center for Public Policy Priorities
- The State of Texas Children 2008: Travis County
Center for Public Policy Priorities
- Supporting Schools and Communities in Breaking the Prison Pipeline: A Guide to Emerging and Promising Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth
National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase
Child Trends
- Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth, and Their Families: Financing that Supports Knowledge
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Transitioning Youth with Mental Health Needs to Meaningful Employment and Independent Living
National Collaborative on Workforce & Disability for Youth
- Travis County Auditor’s Office Economic Outlook
Travis County Health and Human Services & Veteran Services Department – Research and Planning Division
- Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the U.S. (Presentation)
National Center for Children in Poverty
- Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the United States National Center for Children in Poverty
2007
2006
2003
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