Youth Today
Posts By Sharon Choi
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The Rug Rat Race
For much of the 20th century, there had been a steep decline in the amount of time parents in the United...
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Shaping a Healthier Generation: Healthy Kids, Healthy America State Profiles of Progress
This report on the National Governors Association’s Healthy Kids, Healthy America grant program profiles progress made by states on children’s obesity...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Want to Reach a Teen? Try Texting
Mobile texting has become the primary source of communication for 88 percent of teen cell phone users in the United States,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Young Mothers @ The Margin
http://www.atthemargin.org Every page has links to the organization’s “Get Involved” YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and store pages. The home page allows viewers to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Workforce3 One
http://www.workforce3one.org/page/grants_toolkit Grant applicants can use the tools on this website for guidance when applying for grants from the Labor Department’s Employment and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Fostering Media Connections
http://www.fosteringmediaconnections.org/ Site visitors can follow the Fostering Media Connections blog, updated with stories, articles and videos related to the organization’s events and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Office of Urban Affairs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oua/ The White House offers a new page for its Office of Urban Affairs website that chronicles the office’s activities. Users will...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Iaam.com
http://www.iaam.com Described by its creators as a “teen entertainment and life skills multimedia network,” this site provides information to youth about careers,...
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News
One Way to Stop Disruptive Sports Parents: Ban Them
A Massachusetts YMCA took an extreme step last week in response to the problem of disruptive parents at sports events: It banned...
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Conceptualizing Juvenile Prostitution as Child Maltreatment: Findings from the National Juvenile Prostitution Study
University of New Hampshire, Sage Publications While juveniles involved in prostitution were previously viewed as adolescent runaways and “street youth” engaging...
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Diploma Attainment Among Teen Mothers
Child Trends This Child Trends report, based on recently released data from a national survey, addresses whether teen mothers go on...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Baseball Tax a Hit for Youth Programs
Photo: Photo by Brandt Williams, MPR NewsQ.org The residents of Minneapolis have found an intriguing way to expand youth programs: Build...
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College- and Career- Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
This report focuses on a new way of determining which high schools are turning out the students best prepared to take on...
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Understanding Donors’ Motivations
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University This new Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University report concludes that the motivations of...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Leaders Unite to Implement Fostering Connections Act
Nine nonprofits have joined to support a new nationwide effort to carry out the Fostering Connections Act, which serves to meet...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Surdna Foundation Switches from Youth Development to the Environment
The New York-based Surdna Foundation is refocusing its grant making to concentrate on fostering just and sustainable communities across the nation...
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News
Three Jurisdictions Get Funds for Reclaiming Futures
Three jurisdictions are being awarded nearly $3.7 million in federal funding so they can establish the Reclaiming Futures program. Reclaiming Futures...
