Portland, Ore.—Life for homeless teens here hasn’t been the same since the day a brawny bully dragged some scrawny youth agencies out...
Buddy the Foster Care Bear works the crowd like a pro. His birthday cake and balloons brighten the lobby of a Trenton,...
Burlington, Vt.—Could youth workers have saved chronic runaway Christal Jones? She was a headache familiar to many agencies that house kids who...
When it comes to how foundations fund youth work, Gary L. Yates is a lonely guy. When Yates’ The California Wellness Foundation...
The Commonwealth Fund1 E. 75th St.New York, NY 10021(212) 606-3800www.cmwf.org • Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, $595,698...
The Netherlands—When youth workers here teach the Quest life skills curriculum that they’ve adapted from the United States, they do not preach...
Public Welfare Foundation1200 U St. NWWashington, DC 20009-4443(202) 965-1800www.publicwelfare.org • Advocates for Justice and Education, Washington, DC, $45,000 for general support.• Allen...
No one pries money from the federal government for youth programs like Wintley Phipps. He sings. He sings to presidents. He...
First, the scourge was smallpox: In 1729, it brought women and their children to the nation’s first orphanage and...
Lincoln, Nebraska Marilyn Perez sometimes struggles to sleep in her own bed, ever since that terrorizing night last year when a...
They had sparred long distance through newspapers and on TV, but they met for the first time over coffee and bagels in...
Amid all the rhetoric about separation of church and state, one of the most crucial battles brewing over President George Bush’s faith-based...
Position wanted: Working with kids. Education: High school dropout. Honors: Top drug salesman for street gang. Convicted of drug trafficking and weapons...
While researchers unveiled more evidence last month that welfare reform helps poor parents and children in many ways, a dark cloud stands...
The federal government’s biggest after-school initiative dangles over the heads of youth-serving organizations like a pi-ata gorged with cash but hung too...
The American Correctional Association’s policies say that youths should not be confined in adult facilities, but the ACA has just put out...
While debate rages over youth-serving agencies and faith-based groups receiving 21st Century Community Learning Center grants, one fact is not much discussed:...
Efforts to involve more young people in last month’s elections reaped some moderately good results: The precipitous decline in voting among young...
“Let me tell you something, honey. You’re a big queen yourself and you need to come out of the closet.” A fine...
Getting arrested for violating the curfew here earns kids a police escort to court – a huge one, with a shiny wood...