Youth Today
Posts By Bill Alexander
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Youth Golf: On the Green and in the Rough
Shippen: African-American golfer who played in first U.S. Open, in 1895. Correction: This version corrects two errors from the printed article: Andrew...
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News
Wanted: More Black Leaders
A critical shortfall in African-American leadership at nonprofits compelled more than 100 people to meet in October at a first-ever conclave to...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for June 2007
Nonprofits Eckerd Youth Alternatives, a major provider of services to troubled youth, recently filled two of its top spots. David Dennis was...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Infection Kills Youth, Closes Program
Several youths have died at wilderness and boot camps in recent years because of alleged abuse, but a Colorado program was shut...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Dropout Summit Produces a Plan
More than 100 organizations representing foundations, government policymakers and education and community leaders endorsed a 10-point plan last month to reduce the...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for May 2007
Horn Government Wade Horn stepped down last month as head of the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF), and it’s...
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A Critic Joins the System
After 20 years of slugging it out with police, prosecutors and bureaucrats, juvenile justice reformer Vincent Schiraldi has joined their ranks. “If...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Conservation Corps’ Winding Trail
President Franklin Roosevelt was not the first to see the many benefits of giving youths the opportunity to work in the great...
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Federal Funding
President Bush rolled out a $2.4 trillion budget request last month that drew a response from the youth field that was seemingly...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for February 2004
Alcohol Alternate Routes: An Alcohol Diversion Program, by Laura Burney Nissen, is a strength-based model to be used with youth going through...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Faith-Based Organizations Reaching Troubled Kids Without Pitching the Faith
Wayne Gordon, pastor of the Lawnside Community Church ministries in Chicago, tells a story that epitomizes how some faith-based organizations work with...
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A Kinder, Gentler Shock Program?
“You either love this program or you hate it,” Charlie Stancil says of his creation, a shock regimen for disruptive youth that...
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Marriage Policies, Poor Economy Shift Funders’ Priorities
Is the effort to reach out to young, unmarried fathers being trampled by the Bush administration’s drive to get them married? Some...
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Turbulent Re-Entry
When it comes to reducing recidivism among convicted juveniles, few programs show as much promise as the Oregon Youth Authority’s Project Support....
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As $300m Disappears, Legacy Glides Off Its Financial Cliff
The American Legacy Foundation – one of the country’s biggest forces behind youth anti-tobacco campaigns – is approaching the financial cliff that...
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Prosecuter’s Database of ‘Future Criminals’ Draws Fire
Boasting that he could readily supply the names, addresses and phone numbers of “future criminals,” Mobile County, Ala., District Attorney John Tyson...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for March 2003
AdolescenceThe Changing Adolescent Experience: Societal Trends and the Transition to Adulthood, edited by Jeylan T. Mortimer and Reed W. Larson, examines the...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
NAACP Youths Lead Hotel Boycott
The NAACP youth unit pledged to involve 5,000 youngsters in a 23-city boycott of the Adam’s Mark Hotel chain, kicking off the...
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Satcher’s Sex Ed Prescription Hits ‘Wall of Ideology’
Will the United States ever reach a consensus on how to teach its youth about sex? It’s hard to see hope through...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
CBO Access to Funds is Key in Education Bill
While the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) squeezes into a House-Senate conference committee with wildly disparate authorization levels,...
