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The Impact of State Safe Routes to School-Related Laws on Active Travel to School Policies and Practices in U.S. Elementary Schools
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Walking or biking to school provides opportunities for children to increase physical activity. However, rates of active travel to school have decreased while rates of car-to-school travel have increased. This article explores the relationship between state laws and active travel to school policies.
How Residential Mobility and School Choice Challenge Assumptions of Neighborhood Place-Based Interventions
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study specifically looked at cross-sectional data of teens aged 10 to 18 from Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Richmond, Va. SAY sampling generated 1,723 telephone interviews with parents in the four cities.
The Impact of State Laws and District Policies on Physical Education and Recess Practices in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Public Elementary Schools
December 5, 2011 | Journal Article
Both physical education and recess time need to be increased for young students to achieve national standards for physical activity.
Introduction to the Special Issue on Reclaiming Futures
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Looking back, looking ahead to a second decade of an RWJF national program to reshape services to young people served by juvenile justice, and drug and alcohol treatment programs.
Helping Substance-Involved Young People in Juvenile Justice Be Successful
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The RWJF Reclaiming Futures national program engaged communities to reinvent the way substance abuse treatment services were conceptualized and delivered in juvenile courts.
The Development and Evolution of Reclaiming Futures at the Ten-Year Mark
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A systems change model to transform how youth with substance use disorders in the juvenile justice system receive services.
Toward an Effective Treatment System for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Federal grants helped 16 states create system change in their adolescent substance abuse treatment programs.
Community-Directed Engagement and Positive Youth Development
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Program creates positive relationships in the community for young people previously involved in crime and drugs.
Reclaiming Futures Initiative from a Sicangu Lakota Tribal Perspective
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Tribal grantee strengthens and coordinates services for troubled youth and their families.
Reclaiming Futures
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A comprehensive communications strategy helps a national program office and demonstration sites advance program goals.