This report is the first in a series of reports growing out of Chapin Hall's 9-year evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family Initiative.

This study examines violent crime in 100 U.S. cities and reviews the direction and magnitude of crime trends between the years 1985 and 2007.

This study examines Illinois, one of the few states that extends foster care up to age 21, to identify the major factors that influence whether young people remain in care beyond 18.

This paper provides an overview of the current juvenile justice system and offers suggestions for a new model using a positive youth development approach.

This report explores the potential benefits of a major shift in children’s policy, from a focus aimed almost exclusively at reacting to problems to a focus that would both enhance child development and family functioning and respond appropriately to problems as they arise.

 

This study evaluates a program that provides legal representation to children who have been placed in substitute care as a result of child abuse or neglect.