A new study may have debunked the notion that adolescent sex offenders are usually socially inept, calling into question widely accepted treatment...
An Iowa child labor case that gained national attention because of the more than 9,000 violations brought against a slaughterhouse manager has...
Hamel, Minn.(952) 288-3364http://www.sajaifoundation.org Objective: To teach children why to value and how to live a healthier life by encouraging them to...
Pew Charitable Trusts The rate of unemployment for college graduates ages 20-24 in 2008 was 7.6 percent; it rose to a...
Urban Institute Federal expenditures on children dropped from approximately 20 percent of domestic spending in 1960 to 15 percent in 2008....
California Endowment The California Endowment has compiled information about obesity prevention programs that work and found that the successful initiatives included after-school...
Pew Charitable Trusts A 2009 telephone survey of 800 teens between the ages of 12 and 17, as well as a series...
Public/Private Ventures Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) draws six recommendations from its seven years of working with the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania....
American Youth Policy Forum & Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention This report on Tribal Youth Programs (TYPs), which help...
Brookings Institution and First FocusU.S. Census Bureau Two new research reports provide evidence of the impact of the recession on child...
Rachel Lloyd, a hero for youth HEROES for Youth For: Individuals who dedicate their work to providing services nationally to at-risk...
Kyle Ozechowski Friends of Youth – Griffin HomeRenton, Wash.(425) 228-5776http://www.friendsofyouth.org Age: 27 Salary: $30,000 My Organization: Friends of Youth provides services...
Street-level diplomacy: Fanon Hill and his Youth Ambassadors pound the Baltimore pavement to develop and promote ideas to help the community....
Binghamton, N.Y., which a couple of years ago cut a police-organized youth basketball program when a federal grant ran out, now...
Walking into a group discussion at the White House about fatherhood last month, it took President Barack Obama only a few...
Nancy Morales UCLA-Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program – Young Workers Project Los Angeles(310)794-5964http://www.losh.ucla.edu/youngworkers Age: 26 Salary: Around $35,000 annually. My...
Allegheny County Department of Human ServicesPittsburgh, Pa.(412) 350-5701http://www.alleghenycounty.us/dhs Objective: To provide assistance to youth aging out of the child welfare system...
The 2009 Kids Count Data Book, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual statistical analysis of children’s well-being released today, showed a...
The 2009 Kids Count Data Book, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual statistical analysis of children’s well-being released today, showed a...
Young voters – specifically blacks and Hispanics – were the only demographic group to show a significantly higher voting percentage in...