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Double jeopardy: how third-grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation by Donald J. Hernandez. April 2011. Keywords: graduation, reading proficiency, poverty, third grade, high school.
KIDS COUNT 2010: The Education Connection. Jackson County Trends. Jackson County Profile.
- 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.
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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.
- Double jeopardy: how third-grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation by Donald J. Hernandez. April 2011. Keywords: graduation, reading proficiency, poverty, third grade, high school.
- 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.
- Monitoring the future 2009. National results on adolescent drug use.
- 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.
- Right Start 2010. 2009: Maternal and Infant Well-being in county groups. The Right Start in Michigan, a review of maternal and infant well-being, is based on eight indicators of maternal and infant well-being. Kids Count in Michigan annually updates these measures for the state, its 83 counties, and the 69 communities with population over 25,000. These measures are all related to the life prospects for a newborn.
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Planning. United Way of Jackson County.
- 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.
