Activities conducted during the calendar year 1985 by the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families focused on (1) Alcohol Abuse and Its Implications for Families; (2) Families with Disabled Children: Issues for the 80s; (3) Tax Policy: What Do Families Need? (4) Prevention of Alcohol Abuse in American Families; (5) Emerging Trends in Mental Health Care for Adolescents; (6) Learning from the Private Sector: A Dialogue with Foundation Executives; (7) Child Care: The Emerging Insurance Crisis, Parts I and II; (8) Melting Pot: Fact or Fiction? (9) Child Victims of Exploitation; and (10) Children and Families in Poverty: Beyond the Statistics. In addition, the Committee was involved in a joint hearing concerning sudden infant death syndrome. Following the listing of activities are summaries of the major findings of each hearing, their corresponding fact sheets, and a list of witnesses and those who submitted testimony for the record in 1985. Also provided are excerpts from three of the reports issued by the Committee in 1985: "Opportunities for Success: Cost-Effective Programs for Children"; "Tax Policy: How Do Families Fare?" and "Teen Pregnancy: What is Being Done? A State-By-State Look." A report of dissenting minority views concludes the volume. (RH)