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ASPE Releases Series of Briefs Focused on Evidence

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) within the U.S.

One Text or call could Wreck it all

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month so educate yourself and your family, friends, and peers about the danger it poses.

National School Breakfast Week

Today marks the beginning of National School Breakfast Week (March 4-8), which serves as a tremendous opportunity to raise awareness of the many ways in which the School Breakfast Program (SBP) improves the health and nutrition of America’s schoolchildren.  The program provides nearly 13 million...

September 2013 Summit on Preventing Youth Violence

On September 26 and 27, representatives from the Administration, Congress, local authorities, community advocacy groups, grantees, and youth from 10 cities participated in the 2013 Summit on Preventing Youth Violence in Arlington, Virginia.

National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Working Session 2012

On December 10 and 11, representatives from the ten cities in the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (Forum) met together in Washington, DC. This was the first time representatives from all ten cities in the Forum – Boston, Camden, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans,...

Online Safety for Youth: Working to Counter Online Radicalization to Violence in the United States

On February 5, the White House released a policy statement to counter violent extremist use of the Internet to recruit and radicalize to violence in the United States.

Attorney General Eric Holder Expands National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention to Ten Cities

Attorney General Eric Holder and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Mary Lou Leary today announced that four new cities would join a White House initiative to prevent youth violence.

Highlights from the 2012 Summit on Preventing Youth Violence

Representatives from Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Salinas, and San Jose gathered in Washington, DC on April 2 and 3, 2012 for the second Summit on Preventing Youth Violence.

Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

In his Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month Proclamation President Obama called on all Americans “to stand against dating violence when we see it.” At a time when an estimated 1 in 10 teens will experience dating violence we all must take this opportunity to amplify our efforts...

National Drug Facts Week

National Drug Facts Week (NDFW) is a health observance, held this year from January 28th to February 3rd, for teens that aims to shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse.  Through community-based events and activities on the Web, on TV, and through contests, the National Institute on Drug...