John Kelly

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

The study, based on a survey of 72,000 junior high and high school students, draws two conclusions regarding the significance of class...

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The Women’s Health Data Book

The lengthy report on the status of women's health in the U.S. shows that two serious health concerns – obesity and HIV/AIDS...

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Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect In the United States

Child abuse and neglect cost the U.S. more than $94 billion annually, or $258 million per day.

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Interacting Effects of Depression and Tobacco Advertising Receptivity on Adolescent Smoking

This analysis of media receptivity finds that adolescents who suffer from feelings of depression are more likely to be affected by tobacco...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Trailblazers Academy

Stamford, Conn.(203) 977-5690mgd4271213@aol.com Objective: Provide education and other services to at-risk middle school youth. In a Nutshell: Trailblazers Academy is a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for May 2002

Civic Engagement Suitcases for Kidswww.suitcasesforkids.orgis the website for the group founded by then-10-year-old Aubyn Burnside to collect suitcases for foster care...

News

Hale to the Thief?

New York City—Want to divert a million dollars from a nonprofit agency that serves children? That’s what prosecutors say the recently indicted...

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Newsmakers for April 2002

Feds After languishing in the Senate for 10 months, the appointment of John Robert Flores as administrator of the Office of Juvenile...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

H.O.T. Salsa Project

San Antonio, Texas (210)-335-1727gfaulk1960@yahoo.com Objective: To provide valuable workforce knowledge to at-risk youth in a residential setting with hands-on learning experience. In...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

More Meal Money for Youth Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is trying to get more youth organizations to take its money to feed kids this summer....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for April 2002

Child Welfare "Quotas alleged for child-abuse caseworkers"The Miami HeraldA company hired by the state of Florida to help administer child welfare...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Will Drug Ads Bowl Kids Over?

Aside from watching football, humorous beer commercials and Britney Spears, Super Bowl fans were the first to glimpse the Office of National...

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Newsmakers for March 2002

Nonprofits After almost 30 years in operation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) has decided to plunge into the media game. The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for March 2002

Child welfare nonprofit says give it timeTampa Tribune An experiment to privatize child welfare in two Florida counties isn’t going so well,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

AIDS Awareness In Madison County (AAIM)

Alton, Ill.(618) 463-1906nayturMS@aol.com Objective: Promoting AIDS Awareness in the St. Louis area through hip-hop culture and youth-run media campaigns. In a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for March 2002

Teen Hoopla: Say What?www.ala.org/teenhoopla/saywhat/index2.htmloffers a forum for youths to express their views on issues ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to school...

News

Detention Chief Quits Over Restraint Charges

When Joe Clark came on as director of the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in 1995, he committed to staying until he...

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Newsmakers for February 2002

Foundations The New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s policy shift to focus on strengthening urban youth service agencies in the Northeast has...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for February 2002

AdvoCasey This special edition (fall 2001) of the Annie E. Casey Foundation magazine – titled, “Fostered or Forgotten? A Special Report on...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Civic Education Project

Evanston, Ill.(847) 467-2572www.ctd.northwestern.edu/cep Objective: To promote civic responsibility among young people. In a Nutshell: CEP staff members work with teachers and...