Audio Recording: Juvenile Justice and Drug Treatment for Teens
The December 6 Thursday's Child public policy forum in Washington, D.C., explored the issue of providing substance abuse treatment for youth through the juvenile justice system. Chapin Hall Research Fellow Jeffrey Butts discussed the risks involved when administering drug treatment through the juvenile justice system. Other speakers discussed the effectiveness of such treatment programs, drug and arrest patterns among youth, and comparisons of American practices to those in Europe.
Listen to the audio recording.
Read the related reports from the Urban Institute-Chapin Hall national evaluation of the Reclaiming Futures Initiative.
Audio Recording: Child Welfare and Child Well-Being
Chapin Hall hosted a November 29 panel discussion in Chicago featuring the co-editors of Child Protection: Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice. This book draws on data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the first nationally representative sample of children who come to the attention of the child welfare system. Panelists discussed medical interventions and other services for at-risk infants and young children, and evidence-based parenting programs for families in the protective services system.
Listen to the audio recording.
Read about the book, Child Protection: Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice, edited by Ron Haskins, Mary Bruce Webb, and Fred Wulczyn.
Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration: March 31-April 4
Child welfare managers are invited to apply for Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration, from March 31-April 4, 2008, in
Chicago. The purpose of the course is to enable participants to become critical consumers of child welfare administrative data as a means toward making continuous quality improvements in their organizations.
The course is limited to 15 participants, who will receive full support for tuition, room, and most meals. Candidates must complete an application form, submit a resume or CV, and include a recommendation from a supervisor at their current organization. Applications are
due January 21.
Read complete information on the course and download application materials.
Study Shows Extending Care Past Age 18 May Benefit Foster Youth
Foster youth allowed to remain in care past age 18 are more likely to go to college than those who exit at 18, according to a new
Chapin Hall study. The most comprehensive examination of youth leaving foster care since the passage of the 1999 Foster Care Independence Act, the study found that extending care might also increase earnings and delay pregnancy. However, when compared to adolescents not in foster care, youth aging out of the child welfare system are faring poorly as a group.
When Should the State Cease Parenting? Evidence from the Midwest Study, by Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, and Harold Pollack, discuses how extending foster care past age 18 can benefit young adults.
Evidence that many former foster youth face significant hardships when compared to adolescents in the general population is described in Midwest
Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Age 21, by Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Gretchen Ruth Cusick, Judy Havlicek, Alfred Perez, and Tom Keller.
For more information contact:
Jelene Britten
Public Affairs Associate
Chapin Hall Center for Children
1313 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773.256.5138
jbritten@chapinhall.org
