Adolescents

CURRENT NEWS

New report from UM on their Black Male Project:Michigan has larger black/white male education gap than any other state.

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

• 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.

• Jackson County not immune to gangs. November 2, 2008. Jackson Citizen Patriot.

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

• Kids Count. 2009 (Jackson County Profile). 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, 2008: 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. 2007. Michigan Department of Education.