President Bush has signed the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, one of a cluster of youth-directed bills...
This “McCain Report” widget is available at www.widgetbox.com Trying to keep up with what is being said during this election campaign...
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Defense lawyers in Travis County, Texas, are channeling Tim Gunn for their clients. After becoming increasingly frustrated with young defendants’...
http://www.youthoutlook.org Youth Outlook’s site is a virtual collection of all that this Bay Area-based youth literary journal has to offer: magazine...
http://www.search-institute.org The Search Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that promotes healthy youth and communities, has launched a new Web site featuring...
http://www.innovationincompassion.hhs.gov A comprehensive guide to faith-based and community groups, the site posts articles about how these groups have partnered with federal, state...
www.aecf.org The grant-making organization’s revamped website features the latest news about AECF’s philanthropic efforts in the family- and child-welfare field, and...
http://www.aypf.org This nonprofit professional development organization’s website includes briefs, reports and publications on contemporary youth issues, such as education, community involvement and...
THE NEW YORK TIMES Punishments such as time-outs, yelling, spanking and removing privileges don’t reinforce positive behavior in children and youth, say...
NEW YORK TIMES As the election season heats up, so do voter-registration controversies. Virginia Tech’s registrar of elections in Montgomery County, Va.,...
The founder of a community basketball league in Philadelphia was shot and killed on Sept. 11, along with one of his players,...
Hurricane Ike left youth service organizations across parts of the South scrambling to reopen storm-damaged facilities last month and to re-establish contacts...
Current illicit drug use among youth ages 12 to 17 is continuing to decline, according to this 2007 survey.
In this first study to describe college students' beliefs about the risks of recreational use of prescription painkillers and stimulants, researchers find...
Warrenton, Mo. (636) 456-3115http://www.amendogs.org Objective of the program: Helping youth develop life skills through animal therapy. Furry staffers: Faun Collett with...
The Eisenhower Foundation From 1968 to 2006, the child poverty rate rose from 15 percent to 17 percent, four times the rate...
USA Swimming Foundation Nearly 60 percent of African-American and Hispanic youth ages 6 to 16 are unable to swim – nearly twice...
Lupe Tovar Program CoordinatorIn My ShoesTucson, Ariz.(520) 747-1533www.inmyshoesinc.org Age: 25 Salary: $25,000 to $30,000 About In My Shoes: This nonprofit provides one-on-one...
Senate Democrats last month tried new legislation and nasty words (“fatwa”) to stop the White House from limiting enrollment in the federal...
Can faith-based child welfare organizations that receive state funds fire someone based on her sexual orientation? A Kentucky judge says yes, depending...