The Urban Institute’s Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development: Understanding How Place Matters for Kids

This paper provides an overview of The Urban Institute's Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development. The program focuses on understanding the relationships between neighborhood-level factors and the well-being and development of children and youth by identifying and evaluating place-based, community-wide strategies to help children grow up to reach their full potential as adults. It includes a section focusing on adolescent girls and coercive sexual environments based on findings from the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration.