High-quality preschool is the gift that keeps on giving. At least that’s what Nobel Prize-winning economist Jim Heckman’s research shows. The IQ...
United Way of Central Maryland (UWCM) has expanded its work in the area of education through the implementation of On Track 4 Success (OT4S), a collaborative approach among...
Seeking more professional development in the grant industry but don’t want to make the commitment of attending a four-day conference with travel?...
“Stay behind this line,” said an elementary school teacher preparing students for a school drill. “I’ll grab some dark paper to cover...
Land remains the starkest turf of bigotry in American life. Blacks have been kept out, locked in, preyed upon and segregated by...
Though mentoring has existed in my community of Dickinson, North Dakota for the past 23 years, youth in foster care, although most...
Adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system are commonly referred to mental health services in order to address the behaviors that led...
In its final report, the White House Council for Community Solutions cites a statistic worth noting: 6.7 million young adults (aged 16...
Job Title: Juvenile Justice Youth Advisory Council Department: The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group
As practitioners and researchers, our emphases on evidence-based practices often focus our attentions on services and systems.
In between wilderness hikes and zip lining, teens attending the weekend Camp Mariposa® addiction prevention and mentoring program learn to recognize signs...
As the holidays approach, we often forget there are so many youth who are detained, in placement or simply away from their...
Manuel Dircio’s success story is a prime example of what YOW was designed to accomplish: promoting the positive development of juvenile offenders...
My mind is somewhat of a junkyard, full of twisted metal and lost souls, and I sweat as I run from demons...
“I didn’t know how to be a mom,” Lisa Galvan said. “I was used to being by myself. It was really hard...
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