Fewer Foster Care Children Earns State High Praise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 2010

Regional Insights: High Black Poverty a Shame, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 4, 2010

Kids are not adults! And trying them as adults is both inhumane and ineffective, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 3, 2010

Kids for Cash Scandal Detailed, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 28, 2010.

Read the entire Interbranch Commission Report on Kids for Cash Scandal,(click here)

Impact of the Quality Early Care Persists into Adolescence, New American Foundation, May 24, 2010

Recent estimates on homeless children in the U.S., Child Trends May 24, 2010

Recently released reports on indicators of child well-being, Spring 2010 issue of the Child Indicator, by Child Trends

House Approves Bill Requiring Dropout Data Collection System, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, May CapWatch

Children in Foster Care Act Passes the House, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, May CapWatch

Dozens Stand Up for Needs of Foster Children,Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 12, 2010

Pennsylvania Budget Crisis Gets Worse by the Day, Public Citizens for Children and Youth E-Alert, May 7, 2010

Study Shows Children Suffer When Families Have to Choose, Voices for America's Children, Speaking Out!, May 11, 2010

Study Sees More Child Abuse in Recession, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 1, 2010

Welfare Rules a Catch-22?: 1996 overhaul requiring recipients to find work backfires in tough times, The New York Times, April 2010

Study Finds More Woes Following Foster Care, The New York Times, April 2010

What Works For Older Youth During the Transition To Adulthood:
Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions

Hardships Increase For Children:

Families of the Recession: Parents, and Their Children, First Focus

The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty, First Focus

GETTING IT RIGHT:

Do's and Don'ts for After School Programs, Childtrends.org, January, 2010

Promising Practices for Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect, Promising Practices Network

Early Childhood Programs Pay Off, GreatStartForKids.org

The Dropout Epidemic, PA "Graduation Gap" is 20%, Pennsylvania Partnerships For Children, Thursday, January 28, 2010

Survey Finds Gun Violence Affects Youth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Early Education Pays Off, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 3, 2010

Abuse of Children Plummets, Study Finds, Associated Press, February 3, 2010