Youth Today is the only independent, nationally distributed newspaper that is read by thousands of professionals in the youth service field.

Some of the issues covered include:

• Youth development
• Juvenile justice
• Gang and violence prevention
• Adolescent health
• Teen pregnancy, sex, and parenting
• After-school programs and mentoring
• Job training and school-to-work
• Best practices

The newspaper is full of resources including:

• An extensive calendar of workshops and conferences related to professional development, youth issues and working with youth;
• Contact information for foundations interested youth development issues and listings of recent grant awards to youth-serving organizations;
• Book and video reviews for use with staff and kids;
• Analysis of groundbreaking research in the youth services field; and
• Coverage of federal and state legislative issues concerning youth.