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Hooked:New Science on How Casual Sex Is Affecting Our Children

Joe S. McIlhaney, Freda McKissic Bush Northfield Publishing 163 pages. $17.99. Based on recent findings in neuroscience, obstetrician-gynecologists McIlhaney and Bush...

National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs 2008

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Free. This updated nationwide directory of more than 11,000 community substance abuse treatment...

The Cyberbullying Toolkit for Tutors & Mentors

Vanessa Van Petten and America Learns Free This online toolkit provides clear guidelines for tutors and mentors to help the one...

Katrina’s Children

Shadow Pictures 83 minutes. DVD. $20 for home use; $100 for schools/libraries/nonprofits/community organizations; $200 for universities/corporations. Nineteen child survivors of Hurricane...

Quality Matters Toolkit: Youth Voice and Engagement

Quality Matters Toolkit: Youth Voice and EngagementUniversity of Minnesota (UM) Extension – Youth Work InstituteFree, 15 pages.(612) 624-7139, http://www.extension.umn.edu/youth/00015.pdf. The Youth Work...

Every Child Matters

http://www.everychildmatters.org Every Child Matters’ overhauled website keeps users current on the presidential candidates’ positions on issues affecting children and youth. The...

Legal Center for Foster Care and Education (FCE)

http://www.abanet.org/child/education/home.shtml Through its website, the Legal Center FCE acts as a clearinghouse on legal and policy matters affecting the education of...

Campus Compact

http://www.compact.org Campus Compact is a growing national network of more than 1,100 post-secondary educational administrators dedicated to promoting community service, civic...

MinyanLand

http://minyanland.com This online community engages youth in interactive games that teach market concepts and financial basics. As players earn and spend MinyanDollars,...

It’s Your (Sex) Life

http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/lifeguide/ MTV has teamed with the Kaiser Foundation to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and offer teens a comprehensive...

National Youth Philanthropy Clearinghouse

http://yip.npgoodpractice.org Launched early in 2008 by Michigan’s Grand Valley State University, the site offers resources for the next generation of youth-focused philanthropists...

As Teenagers Leave Group Homes, a Challenge Placing Those Who Remain

New York Times Eight months into New York City’s initiative to move hundreds of troubled youth from group homes into foster care,...

To Keep Kids Safe, Chicagoans Join the Walk to School

The Christian Science Monitor After a shooting in March left one student dead and others fearing retaliation, West Side Chicago parents and...

Safety Nets Stretched Thin

The Boston Globe Nonprofit organizations, particularly charities and social service groups, are facing financial strains as the economy slows, jeopardizing the safety...

Internet Gives Graffiti Vandals a Global Audience

Los Angeles Times Having their “tags,” or graffiti signatures, viewed by a few thousand commuters each day apparently isn’t enough exposure for...

Teens Get More Exposure Than They Intended

San Francisco Chronicle Some youths are using their cell phone cameras to send nude photographs of themselves to boyfriends or girlfriends, occasionally...

School Buses with Old, Worn Tires Transporting Children

ABC-15 KNXV-TV Phoenix Tires are the only thing connecting vehicles to the road, and when they get old, they can be a...

Teaching Youths to Invest in Themselves

The Extra Mile: Foster youth Halston Green (right) is in the financial savings and education program at the Mile High United Way...

College Mentors for Kids

Indianapolis, Ind.(317) 921-1798http://www.collegementors.org Objective: Get disadvantaged youth excited about higher education and increase their opportunities to succeed. College Bound: Danae Beeler, a...

Robert Valencia

Robert Valencia Case ManagerNew Mexico Young Fathers ProjectSanta Fe, N.M.(505) 474-5435www.youngfathers.org Age: 19 Salary: $11 per hour. About the Program: The project...