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Generation Rap

At the Mt. Kisco Day Care Center in Westchester, N.Y., youth in the after-school program often prepare healthy snacks alongside senior citizens....

Youth Opportunity Boston

Boston, Mass.(617) 541-2602www.cityofboston.gov/bra/yoboston Objective: Connect youth who have been in the juvenile justice system with services that can help them succeed...

Everybody Talks about Evidence, but…

Evidence-based practices and programs (EBPs) are all the buzz these days: The phrase seems to be popping up with increasing frequency in...

Mud War @ Job Corps

“Two strong women mud wrestling.” That’s how one Capitol Hill Democratic staffer describes the match of wills between Emily Stover DeRocco, assistant...

Plugging In Disconnected Youth

The statistics can be depressing: One-third of all Americans drop out of school. Only half of African-American, Latino and American Indian youth...

The Temple Youth VOICES Project

Philadelphia, Pa. (215) 204-6276www.temple.edu/voices Objective: To help youth develop their capacity to advocate for issues of concern to themselves and their...

Service-Learning: What Have We Learned?

Youth volunteerism is being celebrated around the country in commemoration of National Service Day this month, but Andrew Furco recalls the resistance...

Love, Senator Stevens

On Jan. 10, it was daylight for fewer than four hours in Fairbanks, Alaska (area population: 80,000). But according to reports in...

Libraries Get a Read on Kids

It’s on the books: In January, Cleveland’s Wickliffe Public Library passed a rule that bans anyone under 14 from the library property...

Generation Engage

Washington, D.C.(202) 465-4807www.generationengage.org Objective: Engage young people in dialogues about political issues and events. In a Nutshell: Generation Engage operates independently...

Lessons from a Letdown

When youth-serving programs and their funders make their evaluations transparent, the entire field benefits from the lessons learned – even when...

By Their Earmarks Ye Shall Know Them

Nose Knows is miffed. Why should shyster lobbyist Jack Abramoff, felonious ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) get all...

Teaching Kids to Raise Their Kids

For years, the good news about teen pregnancy has been that it’s going down. The national teen birth rate fell from 61.8...

On The Verge

Napa, Calif.(510) 599-7786www.onthemovebayarea.org Objective: Recruit and support young leaders who are committed to building effective organizations for social change in the...

Measuring Effectiveness in the Real World

In a field of research seemingly obsessed with developing, cataloging and replicating evidence-based program models, one study has found a unique...

Faithful Partnerships

While the idea of churches working with secular organizations to provide social services often sparks public debate, the truth is that nonprofits...

The Atlantic Cup Winners

Once feared lost in the Bermuda Triangle of consultant-induced philanthropic anomie, the Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $4.3 billion) has sailed into port with...

Youth Build Immigrant Power

Oakland, Calif.(510) 268-0192www.aiwa.org Objective of the program: To develop the organizing and leadership skills of low-income Asian immigrant youth so they...