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The Value of Relationships: Improving Human

The Value of Relationships: Improving Human Services Participant Outcomes through Social Capital

This handbook is a go-to resource for human services providers looking for practical ways to implement social capital building practices to improve participant outcomes.
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Core Components Approaches to Building Evidence

Core Components Approaches to Building Evidence of Program Effectiveness

Recent focus on evidence-based decision-making has led to multiple federal efforts to determine the evidence behind various programs, particularly those seeking federal funding. This has led to the development of multiple evidence-based registries, most of which are based on “model programs”.
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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheets

These Fact Sheets offer facts about boys in seven research areas, or domains: victimization and mortality, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, mental health, education, employment, and constructive use of time. Also included are risk and protective factors that influence outcomes for boys in these domains.
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Sources

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Sources

Statutes from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia were the primary sources of information for this report. Each state’s statutes were accessed via the Internet—usually through the state legislature’s Website. As of this writing, all of the statutes were current through at least 2003. This report is not intended to be a legal
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Types of Laws

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Types of Laws

This report focuses on laws that criminalize voluntary sexual acts involving a minor that would be legal if not for the age of one or more of the participants. The report does not include laws where the legality of the sexual acts is dependent on the relationship of the participants (e.g., incest, sex between teachers and students or doctors and p
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Terminology

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Terminology

Unlike most rape laws, in which force is a key element of the offense, statutory rape laws assume that all sexual activities with individuals below a certain age are coercive, even if both parties believe their participation is voluntary. Generally, statutory rape laws define the age below which an individual is legally incapable of consenting to
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Endnotes

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Endnotes

[2] The Alan Guttmacher Institute (1994). Sex and America’s Teenagers. New York.
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Methodology

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Methodology

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Project Description

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Project Description

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is concerned about the health of adolescents, including unwanted sexual contact at a young age. For example, research finds that:
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Introduction

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Introduction

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Acknowledgements

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Acknowledgements

Work on this project was funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a contract to The Lewin Group.  This report benefited greatly from the oversight and input of Jerry Silverman, the ASPE Project Officer.
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Summary of Current State Laws

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Summary of Current State Laws

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Family Interventions for Youth Experiencing or at

Family Interventions for Youth Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness

Family conflict is a key driver of youth homelessness, and most programs serving youth experiencing homelessness use some form of family intervention to address conflict and help reconnect youth when appropriate. This report summarizes existing evidence on family intervention strategies for youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness gathered th
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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Victimization and Mortality

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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Constructive Use of Time

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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Mental Health

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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Employment

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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Education

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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood

Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Multiple Pathways Connecting to School and Work

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Endnotes

The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting. Endnotes

1 We have had a challenging time obtaining good funding information from some of the homes in this program. Therefore, these per-resident-family costs should be viewed only as approximate. 2 Inwood House officially has a capacity to serve 36 residents. However, the home has been operating below this capacity for some time, due primarily to a

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