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Awards for July-August 2007

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) congratulates Greg Cendana. Photo: Ralph Alswang Campus Progress For: College students who have shown a successful and...

Crazy for Psychology

New Youth Connections, New York (Note: Names have been changed for this story) I went to a psychologist when I was 12....

Gay Youths Find Place to Call Home in Specialty Shelters

The New York Times Responding to the needs of a high number of gay youths in the homeless population, several specialty shelters...

Prescription for Depression

LA Youth, Los Angeles I was assigned a therapist when I was 12. Because I was in foster care, the system thought...

Tipping Point for City DHS Reform?

The Philadelphia Inquirer In an extensive investigation last year of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), the Inquirer reported that several children...

Sex Ed Landscape Shifting in States

Stateline.org After the April release of a congressionally authorized study showing that youth who took abstinence-only classes were just as likely to...

School’s Caring Helps Students Beat Odds

The Boston Globe Boston International High, created in 2003 to educate recent immigrants, graduated its first class in June, and all 35...

Clearinghouse on Expanding and Sustaining Youth Programs and Policies

www.financeproject.org/irc/youth/index.asp This new, growing database launched by The Finance Project and The Forum for Youth Investment contains nearly 400 searchable resources to...

Keeping Siblings Together in Foster Care

Best practice theories hold that foster children should maintain contact with their biological parents unless there’s strong reason not to. Until recently,...

STEP-UP

Minneapolis, Minn. (612) 455-1530 Working on It: Local business volunteers conduct mock interviews to help Minneapolis teens obtain summer jobs and...

Summer O’Malley

Summer O’Malley Leader G.E.M. Living Classrooms Foundation (410) 685-0295 www.gemmaryland.org Age: 31. Salary: $13 per hour. About the Program: G.E.M. (Girls Empowerment...

Money Madness and Butler Service

Flores: The attorney general’s butler, and the national juvenile justice field’s maximum minimum leader. Thank you, Jack Abramoff and your congressional pals...

Kids Get Money-Smart

The Washington Post A growing number of parents are realizing the importance of teaching children financial responsibility, and a variety of programs,...

More Kids Raiding Medicine Cabinets to Get High

The Herald (Everett, Wash.) More communities are trying to confront prescription drug abuse among teens. Teens have relatively easy access to prescription...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

www.aecf.org The foundation’s new and improved website provides easier access to “information about Casey’s work, approach to philanthropy and lessons learned about...

Ending the Silent Epidemic

www.silentepidemic.org Launched as part of a new national movement to curtail the number of high school dropouts, this site offers resources to...

The Lingle Directory

www.lingledirectory.org This directory profiles alternative, privately owned juvenile residential facilities for youth at risk of confinement in prisons, jails and detention centers....

Various Media Rating Sites

Youth workers interested in learning more about the films, video games, music and television shows capturing the attention of teens can use...

Tools for Mentoring Adolescents

www.mentoringworks.org/Training_Institute_Tools_and_Resources.html The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota and the Search Institute have partnered to create this set of free tools to support and...