Teen Report Card published by UHLICH

                                  NRS Frontline member is interviewed at the

                                  UHLICH press conference

NRS Youth Volunteers Present Grades at Press Conference on June 16th

American adults brought home a disappointing report card today from the country’s youth.  Results from the eighth annual UCAN (Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network) Teen Report Card, in partnership with National Runaway Switchboard (NRS), reveal  more "F" grades for adults across the board than ever before, with only two of the 24 “life subjects” included in the survey showing improvement.  The UCAN Teen Report Card annually reaches more than 1,000 American teens, ages 12 to 19, asking youth to give an “A” through “F” grade to the adults in their lives.  The study evaluates the day-to-day performance of adults in important areas like honesty, leadership and listening, and provides an outlet for teens to turn the tables and pass grades on the individuals who are traditionally grading them.   High school students, including; NRS front line team members: Sophie Patterson and Joe Rubin spoke passionately about adults’ performances during the school year.  View Teen Report Card

NRS promotes the results of the Teen Report Card and encourages utilization of its accompanying study guide to help create a forum for open dialog between youth and their parents and youth and other adults.  Because of NRS' involvement, questions related to adults understanding why teens leave home and how adults are doing in stopping teens from running away have been included in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 report cards.

Press conferences were held in Chicago, Washington DC and in California on June 16th to release the 2006 Teen Report Card results.

UCAN Teen Report Card garners support from NRS board members and of

frontline team members