Publications

This report (PDF, 30 pages) uses data from the 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to examine the prevalence of homelessness and housing instability among LGBTQ youth and their mental health symptoms. It also examines rates of homelessness and housing instability among various subgroups within the LGBTQ community ...

This report (PDF, 93 pages) describes the experiences of 2015–16 bachelor’s degree earners during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 4 years after graduation. Findings include professional and personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal student loan repayment, employment status and characteristics, changes to work arrangements, and unemployment compensation during the COVID-19 ...

This article raises awareness about the conditions that children incarcerated with adults endure and urges action on their behalf. It discusses the lack of age-appropriate services–such as therapy and educational and vocational training–accessible to youth placed in adult facilities. Learn more.  ...

This article highlights Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), youth involvement in OJJDP’s Youth Hate Crimes & Identity-Based Bullying Initiative, and the Office’s support of efforts to prevent and respond to violence by youth. It discusses current services and support mechanisms to prevent gang violence, reduce youth involvement in gangs, and ...

This list contains products and their source countries which the Department of Labor has a reasonable basis to believe are produced by forced or indentured child labor. The list is intended to ensure that U.S. federal agencies do not procure goods made by forced or indentured child labor. Federal contractors ...

This report (PDF, 116 pages) outlines a list of goods and their source countries which the Department of Labor has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor. The list comprises 158 goods from 77 countries, as of September 28, 2022.  The list is maintained to raise public ...

This report (PDF, 1332 pages) focuses on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries and territories to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement mechanisms, policies and social programs.    The report presents:  Findings on the prevalence and sectoral distribution of the worst forms of child labor in each ...

This report (PDF, 18 pages) uses data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, a national study of more than 23,000 ninth-graders. It shows differences in postsecondary enrollment and employment outcomes from those who earned traditional high school diplomas and those who had not completed high school as of ...

This report (PDF, 67 pages) presents outcomes of 2015–16 bachelor’s degree earners 4 years after graduation. It uses data from the 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study and includes information on enrollment and employment status, federal student loan debt and repayment, earnings and other job characteristics, financial well-being, and teaching ...

This article describes the promising effects of the SOARS (Student Ownership, Accountability, and Responsibility for School Safety) project, which seeks to address school safety concerns. The goal of SOARS is to create a student-centered and technology-driven comprehensive school safety framework to promote students’ ability to communicate their peers’ violent intentions ...