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Cameron, Gary; Karabanow, Jeff – Child Welfare, 2003
Compares rationales and outcome research for five areas of programming for maltreated and other at-risk adolescents: adolescent competence and skills development programs, family- and parent-focused programs, social integration programs, multiple component programs, and neighborhood transformation programs. Finds that several program models have…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse
Kaplan, Jan – Issue Notes, 2001
Older teens living in families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) face serious sociodemographic disadvantages. When combined with the characteristic risk-taking behaviors of adolescence, these disadvantages pose a threat to TANF teens' immediate and future physical, psychological, and emotional health and to their long-term…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Career Academies, Community Programs