There’s this guy, a writer. Coaches a boys’ baseball team. He sees the kids three times a week; they have a great...
Taking over the Child Welfare League of America after David Liederman retired in 1999 was never going to be easy. The...
When Marguerite Sallee became CEO of America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth a little more than a year ago, she saw...
The Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana (CCNL) is based in Monroe, safely tucked away from the winds of Hurricane Katrina and the...
The Impact: Buildings lost, staff and kids scattered The executive director of the Youth Empowerment Project was trying to hold her...
Throughout the year, first lady Laura Bush has traveled the country touting programs that the White House says do everything from steering...
Chicago The Southwest Youth Collaborative is housed in a corner building covered by graffiti murals and perched at the junction of several...
John Graham admits that when he first heard about the Giraffe Project, which inspires kids with stories about heroes who stick their...
The Bronx, N.Y.—Belinda Passafaro arrives at Public School 79 dressed like she’s here to run a business seminar: heels, crisp slacks and...
For the past several years, Dr. David Fassler has enjoyed putting his plastic brain through x-ray machines at airports. At an airport...
Every year, the release of the president’s proposed budget sets off a ritual of sky-is-falling wails from youth advocates and people who...
Chicago, Ill.—Former congressional staffer Ron Haskins stood before a gathering here last month of some of the most notable researchers and advocates...
Duluth, Minn.—Two huge metal storage sheds went up on a chunk of empty land just off a highway here a few months...
During oral arguments before the Supreme Court last month over whether the execution of juveniles is unconstitutional, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy offered...
Chicago, Ill.—Former congressional staffer Ron Haskins stood before a gathering here last month of some of the most notable researchers and advocates...
After years of trying just about everything to get young people to vote, only to see their participation in elections continue to...
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.—Like many youth-serving agencies, Children’s Village struggles to recruit and keep qualified mentors to guide its troubled kids. But mentor...
Philadelphia—Like everyone who runs a youth-serving agency, Simran Sidhu believes her YouthBuild program here improves lives. But like most program managers and...
Staffers at the Chaddock residential program for troubled youth in Quincy, Ill., were walking around campus one day last year when they...
If a “morning-after” birth control pill becomes available without a prescription, should teenagers be able to buy it? That question has stalled...