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Announcing the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent’s 2024 Annual Report
Our 2024 annual report highlights impact, research, news, and projects over the past year of working to improve adolescent health, education, and well-being through developmental science

2024 Annual Report
We are pleased to announce the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent’s 2024 Annual Report!
This past year has been our busiest yet, and we wanted to highlight the wide range of activities, projects, and partnerships we undertake in our ongoing work to use science to better support youth throughout the country.
As we begin the new year, we look forward to continuing our collective work to improve the way we support the health, education, and well-being of our young people.
Highlights from the report include:
- 35,000 new website users in 2024
- 11,175 podcast downloads
- 2.3M+ views on CDA and CDA-supported videos
- 200+ young people serving life sentences now eligible for parole as a result of the Commonwealth v. Mattis decision
- 40+ federal and state legislative offices briefed
- The launch of STEPS for Youth