This report of the "Listen '95: Kids Can't Wait" conference presents the lives and concerns of Minnesota youth as described by the youth who participated in it. The issues of alcohol and drug abuse, violence, and education were the top concerns of the youth that participated in the first statewide conference in 1994. In focusing on these…

This report of the "Listen '94: Kids Can't Wait" conference presents the lives and concerns of Minnesota youth as described by the 150 youth who participated in it. The purpose of the conference was to collect ideas about concerns of youth and to seek solutions, encourage youth to take action on issues concerning them, give youth ideas…

This report presents findings of a 1991 survey of 3,573 adolescents in Area Learning Centers and Alternative Schools, in Corrections and Detention Centers, and in Residential Treatment Centers in Minnesota. The study focused on six environmental stressors: family alcohol problems, family drug problems, experiencing or witnessing physical abuse,…