The youth asleep on the park bench attracted Cop Lieu’s attention. Lieu, 22, a supervisor at the Work Group in Pennsauken, N.J.,...
Teen smoking is continuing to drop but at a slower rate than before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says...
A nearly two-year-old, federally-funded survey of teen and parent attitudes about sex has prompted new outrage among abstinence education supporters, just as...
Amid all the talk and new initiatives aimed at combating youth obesity, there’s been a trickle of evidence that obesity is declining...
With football practices at high schools and youth recreation leagues well underway this month, a new federal government report warns coaches, parents...
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows youths 18 to 24 who smoke cigarettes are more likely to use...
An Iowa child labor case that gained national attention because of the more than 9,000 violation allegations against a slaughterhouse manager...
A sound foundation: Children learn the basics of creating exhibit-worthy art. Photo: ArtHaus Foundation Port Orange, Fla.(386) 767-0076http://www.ArtHaus.org Objective: To support...
www.statehealthfacts.org A comprehensive online source of national health policy topics and data, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s StateHealthFacts.org has been enhanced...
The College Board, which first set the agenda to have 55 percent of America’s with a post-secondary degree by 2025, says the...
A lot of people wondered this summer why the YMCA, with about the most powerful name among nonprofits, decided to shorten its...
America’s governors – armed with statistics about poor college completion rates and a report outlining a methodology for improving the numbers –...
Two new reports – both from the youth advocacy group First Focus – present the prospect of a troubling future for the...
Thanks to Chicago’s failed Summer Olympics bid, $6.1 million in leftover corporate donations is being used to help sustain a youth...
Youths face off in ASAS-LA’s annual “March Madness” basketball tournament. Boys and girls teams scrimmage all year to qualify for the...
Washington, D.C., and Mali, West Africa(301) 929-8808 http://www.schoolgirlsunite.org Objective: For young women in America and Africa to collaborate as philanthropists and...
Dawn Folsom Executive DirectorProject United Alliance Fort Wayne, Ind.(260) 417-6510 Age: 22. Salary: $40,000. My Organization: Folsom began to design the...
Speak Out: An Oasis Center youth intern addresses a rally she helped organize against youth violence. Photo: Oasis Center Nashville, Tenn.(615) 327-4455http://www.oasiscenter.org...
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand California’s practice of counting juvenile court convictions when applying the three strikes law to adult...
The Federal Trade Commission announced a new advertising-literacy campaign for “tweens” ages 8 through 12 designed to teach kids how to understand...