PPN Newsletter May 2010
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
WHAT'S NEW
Expert Perspectives: Child policy experts respond to your questions about Head Start research
PPN is pleased to announce that we have posted answers from our experts in response to the questions recently submitted by PPN site visitors. This Expert Perspectives feature allowed visitors to ask leading child policy experts their questions on the topic of Head Start research. Visitors submitted questions related to the Head Start Impact Study, Head Start "fade out", and other topics. Many thanks to our PPN visitors who participated!
Read the answers from the experts about Head Start See all Expert Perspectives topics
New resources related to Service Delivery added to PPN's Resources and Tools section
Visit PPN's all-new Resources and Tools page on the topic of Service Delivery. On this page you will find high-quality, credible resources on community assessment, program development and implementation, evaluation, and other topics. This new Service Delivery page includes links to seminal reports, evaluation tools, fact sheets, and a variety of other resources that are among the best research-based materials available on this topic.
See the new Service Delivery Resources and Tools See all Resources and Tools topics
PPN launches new Research in Brief topic page: Childhood Obesity, Nutrition and Physical Activity
Please visit PPN's new Research in Brief page devoted to the topics of Childhood Obesity, Nutrition and Physical Activity. This new page pulls together all of the research briefs on these related topics in one place. This topic page will be regularly updated with new research as it becomes available.
See the Childhood Obesity, Nutrition and Physical Activity Research in Brief page See all Research in Brief topics
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all in this area » Healthy and Safe Children
Child Welfare Caregivers: An Evaluation of Access to Pediatric Health Care
— May 2010
Journal abstract at Children and Youth Services Review website
Food Stamp Program Participation, Informal Supports, Household Food Security and Child Food Security: A Comparison of African American and Caucasian Households in Poverty
— May 2010
Longitudinal Outcomes of an Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program for Urban Adolescents
— May 2010
The Relative Influence of Different Domains of Social Connectedness on Self-Directed Violence in Adolescence
— May 2010
Sports Participation and Problem Alcohol Use: A Multi-Wave National Sample of Adolescents
— May 2010
Timely Identification of Mental Health Problems in Two Foster Care Medical Homes
— May 2010
AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
— Apr. 2010
Executive summary at Public/Private Ventures website
Births: Preliminary Data for 2008
— Apr. 2010
Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency
— Apr. 2010
Child Maltreatment 2008
— Apr. 2010
Domestic Food Assistance: Complex System Benefits Millions, but Additional Efforts Could Address Potential Inefficiency and Overlap among Smaller Programs
— Apr. 2010
Examination of Shared Risk and Protective Factors for Overweight and Disordered Eating Among Adolescents
— Apr. 2010
Preventing Adolescent Injury: The Role of Health Plans
— Apr. 2010
U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession
— Apr. 2010
Youth's Needs and Services: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Apr. 2010
Are Teenage Criminals Getting Younger and Younger? Exposing another Urban Legend
— Mar. 2010
Shaping a Healthier Generation: Healthy Kids, Healthy America State Profiles of Progress
— Mar. 2010
Child Welfare Outcomes 2003-2006: Report to Congress
— 2010
Cyberbullying and Suicide
— 2010
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
— Apr. 2010
Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency
— Apr. 2010
Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: Findings After the First Year of Implementation
— Apr. 2010
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 6: Has Progress Been Made in Raising Achievement for English Language Learners?
— Apr. 2010
Teacher Quality Moderates the Genetic Effects on Early Reading
— Apr. 2010
Youth's Needs and Services: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Apr. 2010
Programs and Policies to Assist High School Dropouts in the Transition to Adulthood
— Spring 2010
Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative
— Feb. 2010
See all in this area » Strong Families
Food Stamp Program Participation, Informal Supports, Household Food Security and Child Food Security: A Comparison of African American and Caucasian Households in Poverty
— May 2010
Domestic Food Assistance: Complex System Benefits Millions, but Additional Efforts Could Address Potential Inefficiency and Overlap among Smaller Programs
— Apr. 2010
The Importance of Context in Fostering Responsive Community Systems: Supports for Families in Systems of Care
— Apr. 2010
U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession
— Apr. 2010
Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative
— Feb. 2010
Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay More Disproportionately for Child Care
— Winter 2010
Child Welfare Outcomes 2003-2006: Report to Congress
— 2010
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Colorado Trust
The Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Family Communications, Inc. (FCI)
Family and Community Trust
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Hands On Mississippi
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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