Adolescents

CURRENT NEWS

Annual Report. 2009. Catholic Charities of Jackson County.

Kids Count 2010. Michigan Profile.  Jackson County. Jackson Community.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 2009. Michigan Department of Education.

• Adolescents. Guttmacher Institute. "Advancing sexual and reproductive health worldwide through research, policy analysis and public education." Includes fact sheets on sex education in the United States, minor's rights in different states and other related issues.

• By the numbers: the public costs of teen child-bearing in Michigan. 2006. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

• CDC report finds increase in births to unwed.  "All measures of childbearing by unmarried women rose to historic levels in 2007, with the number of births, birth rate, and proportion of births to unmarried women increasing 3 to 5 percent."

• Child and Adolescent Health Care Centers Combined Report. 2007. Michigan Department of Community Health.

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health. National Institute of Mental Health.

• Community Report Card. 2008. United Way of Jackson County.

• Highfields. Annual Report 2009. Technology Plan 2009-2012. 990. Audit 2009. Consumers served. Continuous quality improvement.

• Jackson Police discuss gangs. October 5, 2009. Jackson Citizen Patriot.

• Kids Count 2010. Michigan Profile.  Jackson County. Jackson Community. Kids Count 2009. Jackson 2009. Jackson 2008.  Michigan League for Human Services. Includes data on economic support and security, special needs, child care & early education, access to health care, child safety (e.g., child abuse & neglect), and child health.

• Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth, 2010: Jackson County Schools

Alcohol and Other Drugs:    High Schools        Middle Schools

Community Domain:          High Schools        Middle Schools

Family Domain:                 High Schools       Middle Schools

Individual/Peer Domain:    High Schools        Middle Schools

Physical Activity:               High Schools        Middle Schools

Sex:                                  High Schools        Middle Schools

Tobacco:                          High Schools        Middle Schools     

Violence:                         High Schools        Middle Schools

Weight:                           High Schools        Middle Schools

• Jackson School of the Arts. The Jackson School of the Arts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the arts accessible and affordable to youth in Jackson County Michigan.  We offer high quality low cost programs in dance, theater and art at our site on 634 N. Mechanic Street and in the community. 

• National Gang Threat Assessment.  2009. FBI. Includes regional maps with Michigan county-level information.

• Parents and teens attitude tracking study report. March 2, 2010. Partnership for a Drug-free America.

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Planning. United Way of Jackson County. 

•  Teen Pregnancy Rates, 1989-2006, Estimated. Jackson County. Michigan Department of Community Health.

• Teen Pregnancy Rates, 1989-2006, Estimated.  Statewide. Michigan Department of Community Health.

• Tobacco Priority Area: a tobacco-related statistical report for Jackson County, Michigan. June 2009. Jackson County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition.

• Trends Report. 1996-2007. Children's Protective Services. Michigan Department of Human  Services. 2007 Statistics. Includes child abuse & neglect case breakdown by age and race of child, types of perpetrators, complaint sources, and also includes changes to laws, policies & procedures.

• Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 2009.  2007. Michigan Department of Education.