Youth

By virtue of their developmental stage, it is the adolescents of incarcerated parents who have the potential to have the greatest impact on society at large, and in this paper, we focus on the most powerful problem that they can exhibit, antisocial behavior.

This paper first summarizes programs that provide support during the school-to-work transition period, and how they have evolved in recent years. It then presents findings from focus groups conducted with individuals who acquired a significant disability during childhood or prior to gaining significant employment experience and who subsequently achieved a measure of employment success.

Statement of the Problem The course of human development is not a series of random events. The lives of adults at any point in time are the result of previous choices and environmental influences.

Submitted by: Michael R. Pergamit, Ph.D. Lynn Huang, Ph.D. Julie Lane, Ph.D. National Opinion Research Center (NORC) University of Chicago

Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin-Madison December 2000

Second Chance Homes U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Second Chance Homes: Providing Services for Teenage Parents and Their Children U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation October 2000

IntroductionIn this 1999-2000 Annual Report, after three years of a National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to report that teen pregnancy and birth rates in this country have declined to record low levels.

Teen Risk-Taking: A Statistical Portrait by Laura Duberstein Lindberg Scott Boggess Laura Porter Sean Williams June 2000