Youth Today
Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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Mi Casa
Standing on their own: Youths at Mi Casa, where those aging out of foster care develop skills to make it on their...
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Fred Long
Fred Long Youth Leader IIUCAN (Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network)Chicago(773) 588-0180http://www.ucanchicago.org Age: 29 Salary: $31,000 About UCAN: The organization is a multiservice nonprofit...
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Awards for November 2008
Nonprofit Partner of the Year Award Karen Pittman (left) receives her award from CVWF President Donna Klein. For: Nonprofit organizations successful in partnering...
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Seeing Beyond Ourselves
Age 20NEW YOUTH CONNECTIONS, NEW YORK American history lessons teach us that presidential candidates have, until now, always been white men. So...
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Substance, Not Superficiality
Age 20NEW YOUTH CONNECTIONS, NEW YORK I’m proud to say I voted in my first presidential primary in February. And even though...
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Youth Measure Youth Impact
Program: Camden Youth Engagement Project (YEP), in Minnesota. Organization: The Cleveland, Lind-Bohannon, Shingle Creek and McKinley neighborhood associations in the Camden area...
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Tracking Mentors Made Easy
Innovative MentoringInnovative Technology SolutionsBase packages start at $2,150. Annual hosting charges: about $650.(612) 221-7019 (new client inquiries), http://www.innovativementoring.net. Target Audience Youth mentoring...
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Peacemaking Circles & Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home
Carolyn Boyes-WatsonLiving Justice Press288 pages. $20. “How can we live in a good way with each other?” This question is addressed by...
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Been There, Survived That: Getting Through Freshman Year of High School
Edited by Karen MacklinZest Books96 pages. $9.95. Four survivors of the freshman minefield offer social, academic and practical tips. In “Learn How...
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Red: The Next Generation of American Writers – Teenage Girls – on What Fires Up Their Lives Today
Edited by Amy GoldwasserHudson Street Press267 pages. $21.95 ($14 paperback). Full of heart, sass and energy, these personal essays by 58 girls...
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Childhood Onset Schizophrenia: A Life Interrupted
Aquarius Health Care Media26 minutes each. DVD $145 each. From the Keeping Kids Healthy series, these DVDs offer intimate views into the...
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Juvenile Placement Manual, 2008-09 Edition
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice122 pages. $20. In 2002, the Sentencing Service Program of California’s Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice...
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College Access & Opportunity Guide
Center for Student Opportunity304 pages, $24.95 This is the first comprehensive college guidebook for the underserved, which reviews over 225 colleges and...
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The Nonprofit Almanac 2008
Kennard T. Wing, Thomas H. Pollak, Amy BlackwoodUrban Institute Press270 pages. $39.50. Growing faster than American business or government, the nonprofit sector...
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AfterSchool Professional Network
http://www.afterschoolpro.net AfterSchool PRO is a portal to millions of after-school resources available on the Internet. The site offers directories, descriptions and links...
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Publicolor
http://www.publicolor.org Publicolor, a nonprofit, engages at-risk youth by teaching them commercial painting so they can renovate their schools and community centers. More...
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STD Wizard
http://www.stdwizard.com STD Wizard’s free, confidential, five-minute quiz helps youth determine if they are at risk for a sexually transmitted disease. At the...
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Teen Talk
http://www.teentalk4u.org This free national service provides e-mail counseling by a licensed clinical social worker to troubled teens. Participants’ identities are kept confidential....
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MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org The site features guidelines on how to be a quality mentor and how to start a mentoring program. It also includes...
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National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
http://www.nationaldec.org This nonprofit organization was founded in 1993 to assist and care for children who are in danger because their parents or...
