Did you know?

• Each year, 30,000 Minnesota children are placed in foster care, treatment, correctional facilities, or a shelter.
• An estimated 5,500 children and youth in Ramsey County have difficulty at home, at school and in the community due to severe or long-term problems with mental health, substance abuse or delinquency.
• Without help, these troubled youth often become troubled adults. Many will drop out of school and serve time in a corrections facility.
• These issues often do not have any single cause, but are due to a combination of factors such as genetics, early exposure to violence, neglect or abuse, family difficulties, troubled peer relationships and negative school experiences.
• With early identification and intervention, and using proven practices, most children can be helped.
• Many troubled children do not receive adequate help, or receive it late when it much more difficult to change things.

Wilder Research Reports

A selection of Wilder's most relevant recent research on troubled youth and families.

Research on other topics.

Related Links

Child Abuse and Neglect General Information Packet, National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information.

Children's mental health data in Minnesota, Children's Defense Fund Minnesota.

Community Guide to Helping America's Youth.

Mental health treatment for youth in the juvenile justice system: A compendium of Promising Practices, National Mental Health Association.

Minnesota KIDS COUNT Databook 2005.

Promising Practices Network.