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Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Conduct basic and applied scientific
Programs: Conduct basic and applied scientific research in the social, behavioral, health, and public policy sciences. Research focuses on social problems of adolescents, and on evaluating those programs & activities to alleviate or minimize such problems. The institute consults with and/or does research for the department of education, the department of health and human services, the us senate committee on labor and human resources, state offices of education, state departments of social services, and several private agencies which sponsor programs for teenagers. Organization has also developed a character education curriculum for grade school age children to help students become better citizens.