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Anthony Bates

Anthony Bates Teen SpecialistZanewood Recreation Center, Brooklyn Park Recreation & ParksBrooklyn Park, Minn.(763) 585-7286http://www.brooklynpark.org Age: 25 Salary: $16.42 per hour My...

The Last to Know

Anonymous, 17New Youth Connections, New York (Names have been changed.) I first started talking to Jay online more than a year...

Dying to Leave the Gang Life

By Anonymous, 16Vox Teen Communications, Atlanta (Names have been changed.) One day during ninth grade, my friend Amber and I were...

N.Y. Out-of-School Time Program Shows Sharp Improvement

Bottom Line Studies have repeatedly shown that youth benefit in myriad ways by participating in out-of-school time programs. However, as youth...

Corporation for National and Community Service

http://www.Servir.gov The Corporation for National and Community Service’s online database of service work opportunities is now available in Spanish. http://Servir.gov, the Spanish...

Camp Fire USA

http://www.campfireusa.org Camp Fire USA has launched its newly designed and formatted website to mark its 100th anniversary celebrations next year. The site...

Resource Center

http://www.fosteringconnections.org Implementation at the state and local level of new federal foster-care reform legislation will receive a boost from this new site,...

Library of Congress

http://www.read.gov The Library of Congress is attempting to encourage reading and to spark interest about authors and illustrators through the creation of...

World Flix

http://www.worldflix.org Nonprofits from across the globe can raise awareness of their issues – and potentially increase funding – by posting videos about...

Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids

Edited by Waln K. Brown and John R. SeitaWilliam Gladden Foundation Press 175 pages. $27.95. It’s a “lofty goal” to protect the...

Leaders’ Guides

Real Jobs, Real Stories: Stories by Teens About Succeeding at WorkEdited by Laura LonghineYouth Communication 179 pages. $16.95. A Leader’s Guide to...

Student Workbook: Real Jobs, Real Stories

Youth Communication32 pages. $8. Resource Kit with one Leader’s Guide, 20 anthologies, 20 workbooks: $450 + $45 shipping. These 33 true stories...

My American Dream: Stories of Immigration

John C. Williams, Stephanie Walter Williams Reel Works Teen Filmmaking77 minutes. DVD $75. These 11 short films in the “By Teens for...

Unfolding Lives: Youth, Gender and Change

Rachel ThomsonThe Policy Press, distributed by International Specialized Book Services202 pages. $89.95. In 1996, the 10-year “Inventing Adulthoods” longitudinal study began following...

Awards for November 2009

National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge For: High school students who have completed a semester or year-long course designed by the Network of Teaching...

… Run Home Visitation Programs

Based on growing evidence that both intellectual and emotional development begin at, if not before, birth, voluntary home visitation programs for pregnant...

Youth Ambassadors (YA)

Street-level diplomacy: Fanon Hill and his Youth Ambassadors pound the Baltimore pavement to develop and promote ideas to help the community....

Kyle Ozechowski, Program Supervisor, Youth Counselor

Kyle Ozechowski Friends of Youth – Griffin HomeRenton, Wash.(425) 228-5776http://www.friendsofyouth.org Age: 27 Salary: $30,000 My Organization: Friends of Youth provides services...