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Family PLUS

http://familyplus.bgca.org Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving) offers information and resources on children’s social and emotional growth, advice on education and safety...

National Center on Sexual Behavior and Youth

http://www.ncsby.org NCSBY, which provides information and training about the management of adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems, uses its...

Model Website for Foster Kids

New York City’s foster youth and those who have aged out of care now have a home of their own on the...

Teachers Take After-School Tutoring Closer to Kids’ Homes

The Columbus Dispatch Some elementary school teachers in Ohio are riding buses home with their students and tutoring them in their own...

Area Schools Set to Lose Millions under Medicaid Policy Changes

The Washington Post Educators nationwide are protesting a Bush administration rule that would cut about $3.6 billion over the next five years...

Child Protection: Through the Eyes of a Social Worker

Wisconsin State Journal As part of a series examining Wisconsin’s child protection system, the State Journal profiles social worker Lisa Hankes, who,...

Foster Kids Seek Sibling Contact

Rocky Mountain News Colorado foster children will be allowed to visit their brothers and sisters regularly under a bill that easily passed...

Learning to Lie

New York Times Magazine When a 3-year-old fibs, parents typically assume the child is too young to understand that lying is wrong...

Some States Reconsider Youth Sex Laws

Stateline States throughout the nation have stopped sentencing youths who are convicted of having consensual sex to the same punishments as sexual...

Congratulations for Reading a Winner

Jim Myers Silver, Case History American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2007 “Then La Paloma [Family Services] did something unusual: It turned...

Anti-Drug Programs Get Off Drugs

Dando Furenza a la Familia: Only one session focuses on substance abuse and its effect on the body. Every now and then...

Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE)

Stand-up Kids: The PRAISE Academy helps boys lift themselves. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore(410) 467-1605www.paulrobesonacademy.org Objective: Develop the academic and social skills of...

Ingrid Dahl

Ingrid Dahl, Editor EditorYouth Media ReporterNew York(212) 367-4623www.youthmediareporter.org Age: 27 Salary: $44,000-49,000 About Youth Media Reporter: This website and professional journal serves...

Awards for March 2008

CWLA National Conference Awards For: Individuals who have worked to improve the lives of children and families. By: Child Welfare League of...

Teens at Work: My First Job

VOX, Atlanta When I turned 15, it seemed like everyone my age had money – except me. On Mondays at school, I...

Teens at Work: Paycheck for a Cause

New Youth Connections, New York I first learned the distinction between a Democrat and a Republican in second grade, when my teacher...

The Picture of Success

Healthy lines: This graphic of the network in Santa Cruz in 2006 shows many agencies, with arrows indicating helpful interactions among them....

Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilities

Laudan Y. Aron, Pamela J. LoprestUrban Institute Press129 pages. $26.50. Although federal programs spend $60 billion a year to help more than...

Children’s Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp

Leslie ParisNew York University Press364 pages. $39. America’s summer camp movement started in the late 1800s, when private and religious camps for...

Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals

Edited by Mark S. Kiselica, Matt Englar-Carlson, Arthur M. HorneRoutledge304 pages. $34.95. In response to the recent explosion of public concern about...