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

Maternity group homes offer an innovative and intensive approach to addressing the needs of an extremely vulnerable population — teenage mothers and their children who have no other suitable place to live. Interest in these homes has increased in recent years, due in part to recent welfare reform rules that require minor parents to live in an a

The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting. Recommendations for Further Research

By systematically examining the implementation of maternity group home programs in 22 different homes, this report fills some of the gaps in the existing literature. However, much remains to be learned about the operation and effectiveness of maternity group homes. For one thing, this study examined only 7 of the more than 100 maternity group

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

Management. Maternity group homes are often operated by larger organizations with broader social service missions. In some cases, a single parent organization — such as St. Andre Home, Inc. in Maine or Friends of Youth in Washington — operates multiple maternity group homes.

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

This study examines maternity group home programs in seven states. In this study, a maternity group home is defined as a residential program providing substantial supervision and other services primarily to pregnant and/or parenting teenagers. Because one main goal of the current study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a more rigorous

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

Maternity group homes offer an innovative and intensive approach to addressing the needs of an extremely vulnerable population — teenage mothers and their children who have no other suitable place to live. Interest in these homes has increased in recent years, due in part to recent welfare reform rules that require minor parents to live in an

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

This report, which presents implementation lessons learned from visits to several maternity group home programs, has benefited from the efforts and contributions of many people. Appreciation goes first of all to efforts of people in the sites who are working hard to implement maternity group home programs. Many of these individuals also played

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

Prepared by: Lara K. Hulsey, Robert G. Wood, and Anu Rangarajan Mathematica Policy Research April 22, 2005 ASPE Project Officer: Brenda Benesch Contract No: 233-02-0086

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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse*. Conclusion

Given the serious consequences of substance abuse among young people, researchers have made considerable efforts to understand what factors make young people more or less likely to use drugs and alcohol.

What Factors Increase or Decrease the Risk of

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse*. What Factors Increase or Decrease the Risk of Substance Abuse?

While the proportion of boys using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs has risen and fallen over time, researchers have learned valuable lessons about risk factors — those traits and life experiences that can jeopardize a person’s healthy development — and protective factors — the characteristics and life experiences that can increase a p

Some Facts about Boys and Substance Abuse

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse*. Some Facts about Boys and Substance Abuse

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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse*

David was looking forward to some Friday night fun. A starter on his high school basketball team, he had practiced hard every evening that week for the big game against a crosstown rival and still had to make time to study for his first period geometry test. After dinner with his family, he headed over to a party at the house of a schoolmate

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Best Intentions are Not Enough: Techniques for Using Research and Data to Develop New Evidence-Informed Prevention Programs

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

9 Although the federal government’s jurisdiction is limited, the United States Code does include statutory rape laws. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 2241 and § 2243.

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

Each state summary highlights the required response of the state and local agencies that receive reports of suspected child abuse. State statutes vary in the level of detail they provide. Generally they include requirements addressing which entities, if any, the agency receiving the initial report must notify, the timeframe for this notification,

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

To varying degrees of specificity, all state statutes provide mandated reporters with instructions for the reporting process. 34 States generally require that mandated reporters notify the appropriate authorities within one to three days of encountering a case of suspected abuse. Mandated reporters can usually make an initial report orally, via t

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

Each state’s reporting requirements identify certain individuals who are required to notify the authorities of suspected abuse. Although it varies by state, mandated reporters are typically individuals who encounter children through their professional capacity . In Pennsylvania, the statute requires all individuals who encounter a case of abu

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

State statutes vary in the extent to which statutory rape is included in the reporting requirements. In approximately one-third of the states, mandated reporting is limited to those situations where the abuse was perpetrated or allowed by a person responsible for the care of the child. 26 Consider the example of Virginia. Child abuse, a reportabl

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

Statutory rape reporting requirements are generally found in the sections of states’ codes that deal with juveniles, children and families, domestic relationships, or social services, whereas the criminal or penal codes address the legality of specific offenses. This section of the report summarizes states’ child abuse reporting requirements a

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

States’ laws addressing sexual activity involving minors are usually included in the section of the criminal code devoted to sexual offenses. Each state summary ( Section III ) includes a table detailing all of the offenses in the statute that deal with statutory rape.

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements. Sexual Intercourse with Minors

States’ statutory rape offenses detail the age at which an individual can legally consent to sexual activity. This section focuses on laws addressing sexual intercourse . 10 Table 1 summarizes, where applicable, each state’s:

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