The Nonprofit Career Guide

Shelly Cryer Fieldstone Alliance/American Humanics 284 pages. $18.95. This insightful handbook is for job seekers in all nonprofit fields who would like...

Teen Girls and Technology: What’s the Problem, What’s the Solution?

Lesley FarmerTeachers College Press/ALA Editions192 pages. $52, $21.95 paperback. “Digital native” teenage girls understand technology, don’t they? Not enough to handle the...

The Luzerne Scandal: More Questions for the Juvenile Justice Field

There’s so much to say about the judges’ scandal in Luzerne, Pa. Our front-page story in April focused on the most telling...

Resources: Curriculum Review

Real Stories, Real Teens Keith Hefner, with Development Without LimitsYouth CommunicationLeader’s Guide: $34.95, 286 pages.Anthology: $16.95, 188 pages.Full Program: $695, 20 anthologies,...

National Guard Youth-Reclamation Program Rises to the ChalleNGe

  The Basics Launched in 1993 as a small, five-year demonstration project designed by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Guard Bureau to...

Learning by Serving: Choosing Abstinence

Learning by Serving: Making a Difference Close to Home

By Melissa Etehad, 17L.A. Youth, Los Angeles One day, while watching TV, I came across a channel that showed a half-naked child...

Our Job: Dispel Myths about Homeless Youth

Every December, we hold a legislative open house in our drop-in center to which we invite Vermont legislators to come and learn...

The Problem with Sebelius: Tolerating Dishonesty, for Starters

Perhaps it’s inevitable with two wars and an economic crisis going on, but it is still disappointing that child welfare is not...

They Are Back! Summer Jobs Return for Poor Kids, and a Confession

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains good news about summer programs for disadvantaged young people preparing for jobs, higher...

Awards for April 2009

2009 SES Leadership Award Fred Cusimano (left) receives the SES (Supplemental Education Services) Leadership Award from Ray Huntington, founder of the Huntington...

Robert Roberson

Robert Roberson Youth Adviser Violence-Free Zone Milwaukee, Wis. (414) 294-2490 www.cneonline.org Age: 30 Salary: Between $30,000 and $35,000. My Organization: The Violence-Free...

The Memory Project

Madison, Wis.(608) 467-5706www.thememoryproject.org Lead Rosenblith painted a portrait of a girl named … Photo: The Memory Project Objective: To develop caring among...