Youth Today
Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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Kuo Vadis: The Path to Nowhere, Faithfully
In 1896, when Polish patriot Henryk Sienkiewicz published his epic historical novel Quo Vadis, the devout Catholic knew where he was going....
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Youth Find Treasure in Mapping
Back in 1992, Richard Murphy guided 2,100 youth in plotting some 7,000 resources in their New York City neighborhoods – everything from...
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Arts
H’art WorksLong Beach, Calif.(562) 438-2931www.icclb.org Objective: Provide opportunities for creative expression to youth in Long Beach. In a Nutshell: H’artWorks is...
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H’artWorks
Long Beach, Calif.(562) 438-2931www.icclb.org Objective: Provide opportunities for creative expression to youth in Long Beach. In a Nutshell: H’artWorks is a nonprofit...
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Getting It Together for Abused Kids
The number of child advocacy centers (CACs) in the United States today is 12 times as high as it was 12 years...
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Have You Seen Me?
Rarely has a special interest group and its Capitol Hill supporters been hoisted higher on its own sanctimonious petard than the National...
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Hugo Classes for Kids
Seattle, Wash.(206) 322-7030www.hugohouse.org Objective: Give young writers opportunities to develop their writing skills and expand their imaginations. In a Nutshell: Hugo...
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Literacy Programs Rewrite the Book
The advent of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and first lady Laura Bush’s emphasis on literacy has been a good-news, bad-news scenario...
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Uh-Oh: What to do When a Study Shows Nothing?
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) got some good news last month: Drug use is down for the...
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Another Disconnect for Kids
Now comes the demise of the Washington-based Connect for Kids. CFK was born in 1991 as a communications arm of the now-defunct...
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Health Care on Wheels
While youth advocates have successfully lobbied in recent years for programs to expand health insurance coverage for poor children, insurance is not...
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Safe Sitter
Indianapolis, Ind.(800) 255-4089www.safesitter.org Objective: Improve the welfare of young children by increasing the number of young adolescents instructed in safe child-care...
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Anti-Gun Programs: Where’s the Bang?
Recent reports about an alleged surge in youth violence have officials in cities throughout the country looking for ways to clamp down...
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Nose Knows for September 2006
Never Focused The premise for FirstFocus, a public policy adjunct to America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth, is sensible enough: Provide what FirstFocus...
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Prison Break
As mentoring’s popularity continues to soar, perhaps no one is getting more attention than children of prisoners. Programs for those youth have...
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Chess for Pittsburgh Youth
Pittsburgh, Pa.(412) 422-1770www.youthchess.net Objective: Use chess to help youth improve their thinking, analytical abilities and grades. In a Nutshell: Jerry Meyers,...
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After-School Programs Learn to Tutor
Not long ago, after-school programs were specifically not school; they were places for kids to unwind and play. “There was always a...
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Pioneers for Peace
Detroit, Mich.(313) 745-5053www.pioneersforpeace.org Objective: To increase awareness about the impact of violence and to help reduce violence among youth. In a...
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Don’t Be Scared — It’s Just an EBP
Youth-serving programs are told that there are lots of good reasons to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs). But mandating that agencies adopt...
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Another DeLay Casualty
The precipitous collapse of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s political career is reverberating in national child welfare policy circles. The Hammer,...
