Sources
This is the citation backbone for EDORA. Each article, dashboard, and brief links back to the materials below or to subpages that curate source sets for a topic.
Core Portals & Datasets
- OJJDP: juvenile justice indicators, court and system metrics.
- HUD AHAR & Selected Evaluations — homelessness context, plus program evals/audits and policy materials.
- CDC / KFF: population denominators, health context, and teen birth trends.
- SAMHSA: behavioral health indicators and service capacity context.
State & Local Materials
- State agency annual reports: youth services, juvenile probation, detention/commitment.
- Court administrative data: filings, timelines, counsel appointment, case processing.
- Education materials: exclusion (suspensions/expulsions), re-enrollment, McKinney–Vento.
- Child welfare: entries/exits, placement stability; crossover notes where available.
Program Evaluations, Audits & Legislative Records
- Provider evaluations: outcome snapshots for diversion, reentry coaching, therapeutic homes.
- Audits/Oversight: compliance findings that inform counterexamples and caveats.
- Legislative timelines: bill histories, implementation memos, and rules changes.
How We Cite
- In-page citations: each topic/brief lists specific sources and dataset vintage (e.g., 2015–2025).
- Dashboards: footers include data vintage, pooling flags, and series-break notes.
- Exports: TSV headers carry schema version and vintage; see Data Dictionary.
Provenance & Quality Notes
- We normalize to appropriate denominators (youth 12–17; or enrolled students for school metrics).
- Small-n values are pooled across 2–3 years and flagged; privacy protections apply to tiny cells.
- When definitions or systems change, we mark breaks in series rather than stitching incompatible trends.
Subpages (Growing Library)
Contribute Sources
Have a report, dataset, or evaluation to include? Send it via Contact. We’ll review for scope, documentation, and comparability before adding it.
Transparency note: We prefer primary sources and reproducible datasets. Where only secondary summaries exist, we annotate limitations and trace the original where possible.