Resources

Kinship Care and Behavioral Outcomes for Kids in the Foster Care System

Evidence to Action: Securing Child Safety, Well-being and Permanency through Placement Stability in Foster Care

Evidence to Action, No. 1, Fall 2009.

Impact of Kinship Care on Behavioral Well-being for Children in Out-of-Home Care

Published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, June 2008, fellow Dr. David Rubin and co-authors present evidence that children placed into kinship care had fewer behavioral problems 3...

CSAW Newsletter

Children's Stability and Well-being Project Newsletter, June 2008.

Placement Changes and Emergency Department Visits in the First Year of Foster Care

Dr. David Rubin, Pediatrics, Vol. 114, No. 3, September 2004

The Impact of Placement Stability on Behavioral Well-being for Children in Foster Care

Dr. David Rubin, Pediatrics, Vol. 119, No. 2, February 2007

Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Youth

Dr. David Rubin's article published by Casey Family Programs, 2005

Placement Stability and Mental Health Costs for Children in Foster Care

Dr. David Rubin, Pediatrics, Vol. 113, No. 5, May 2004

Dr. David Rubin: Foster Children and the Health Care System

Testimony of David Rubin on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support Hearing, July 2007.

Special Health Care Needs Among Children in Welfare

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NCASW), Brief No. 7, 2005.

1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act

The 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act: The National Conference of State Legislatures has useful information at: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/ASFA97.htm

Multi-Problem Youth: A Growing Concern

Multi-Problem Youth: A Growing Concern by Bernardine H. Watson

Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Alabama

This 2008 publication from the Southern Poverty Law Center documents one state's effort to improve student and teacher dropout rates by using the evidence-based practice called Positive Behavior Support (PBS)...

Teachers Talk: School Culture, Safety and Human Rights

PBIS, the evidence-based practice which is the focus of Junior Fellow Kelly Siegel's work, is highlighted as a best practice in this fall 2008 report from the National Economic and...

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: A Plan for Pennsylvania

Learn more about PBS in this June 2008 report from the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania. School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is a research-based, effective approach...

Positive Behavioral Support: Spreading the Word

An article written by Junior Fellow Kelly Siegel was published in the October 2008 PCCY Childwatch Newsletter. The article outlines the successes of implementing Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) in Logan Elementary...

"The PBS Express": Philadelphia's Newsletter on Positive Behavioral Support

What is PBS? Junior Fellow Kelly Siegel's inaugural project newsletter, "The PBS Express", describes Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) and the effort towards its implementation in several Philadelphia schools.

Pilot Assessment of a School-Based Youth Court in a Resource-Poor African-American Urban School District

Juvenile and Family Court Journal 60, no.2 (Spring), 2009 National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Community Justice Video

Girls Health Screen: The Latest Results

Learn more about the health needs of girls in juvenile detention facilities by reading Leslie Acoca's most recent Key Findings.

National Girls Health Screen - A Presentation

In June 2008, Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca presented this summary of the National Girls Health Screen Project (GHS) and findings to date at the fourth meeting of the project's National Advisory...

Penn Academic and Career/Technical Training Project (PACTT): A Presentation

At the 2008 Pennsylvania Conference on Juvenile Justice, held November 5 - November 7, 2008 in Harrisburg, state leaders gave concerted attention to the academic and career/technical training of Pennsylvania's...

Locked Up By Language

Junior Fellow Sam George's research into how Spanish speaking parents participate in Philadlephia public school and Family Court systems--two places that have decision making roles in the lives of Latino...

PACTT Brief

Candace Putter is working to ensure that youth in juvenile delinquency placements get credit for academic courses taken and can find jobs with technical skills learned there. This one-page brief...

Listen to Our Souls Cry

Philadelphia youth wrote and produced this song as a means to express their feelings about the effect the stop snitching culture has on their lives.

The Commonwealth Verses

Produced by Sam George for the forum, this booklet contains an essay by renowned scholar Elijah Anderson, with samples of poetry, prose and music composed by young Philadelphians. Anderson's analysis...

The Muted Truth: Philadelphia's Stop Snitching Crisis

On May 16, 2008, Junior Fellow Sam George with the support of United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (UWSEPA) convened respected leaders from throughout Philadelphia's law enforcement, criminal justice, social services...

The Commonwealth vs. Mr. Browne: The Roots and Consequences of the Code of Silence in Inner City Philadelphia

Sam George's paper isolates a chronological progression of crises that have plagued inner-city Philadelphia's African American communities.

Investing in Girls: A 21st Century Strategy

Leslie Acoca's publication in the Journal of the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999.

"Are Those Cookies for Me or My Baby? Understanding Detained & Incarcerated Teen Mothers & Their Children"

Leslie Acoca's publication in the Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Spring 2004.

Justice by Gender: The Lack of Appropriate Prevention, Diversion, & Treatment Alternatives for Girls in the Justice System

Leslie Acoca's work: a report issued jointly by the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association, May 2001.

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