http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/lifeguide/ MTV has teamed with the Kaiser Foundation to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and offer teens a comprehensive...
http://yip.npgoodpractice.org Launched early in 2008 by Michigan’s Grand Valley State University, the site offers resources for the next generation of youth-focused philanthropists...
This study of six juvenile justice programs describes the factors that facilitate the adoption of positive youth-development principles in a juvenile justice...
Rogers: “This is very much directing our programming.” Photo: Sherwood Forest Camp Evaluations don’t have to be rigid and stodgy in order...
Girls Study Group/U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionAvailable at http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/218905.pdf Despite widespread media reports that today’s girls have gone “wild”...
Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)Available at http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/databook.jsp The 19th KIDS COUNT Data Book continues the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual state-by-state tracking...
www.servenet.org Youth workers are being asked to help beta-test an updated version of Servenet, the online network for volunteers that is run...
www.deepfun.com Finger jousting, anyone? Staffers looking for fun youth activities can find descriptions, “how-tos,” reviews and rules for traditional and nontraditional games....
www.knowhow2go.org Using teen-friendly language and formatting, the site provides tips on how to prepare for and get into college. By clicking on...
www.thinkfinity.org A growing collection of lesson plans and activities is aimed at youth workers engaged in education or literacy endeavors. The site...
www.theoneminutesjr.org This online collection of 60-second videos made by 12- to 20-year-olds from all over the world promotes creative expression by youth....
In what is being billed as a first for any state, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has signed a law requiring state...
The New York Times Responding to state and federal attendance mandates, including those of the No Child Left Behind Act, Bryan Adams...
The Wenatchee (Wash.) World According to youth pastors in North Central Washington, prayer, follow-up and ownership are key aspects of outreach and...
Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Despite what Jay Haugen, superintendent of West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan schools, calls a “preponderous amount of evidence...
U.S. News & World Report In the wake of last year’s shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech, more colleges and...
StateLine.org When a Spartanburg High School student made a game-winning basket with less than a second left in a South Carolina 4A...
The Baltimore Sun By cross-referencing health department and school system records for 520 youths who were murdered or non-fatally shot in Baltimore...
Rockway Institute In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers have found that many lesbian and gay...
The number of state-reported fatalities of youth in residential facilities, by agency and facility type. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Federal investigations...