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Pervert Priests

Prominent in the shameful child abuse scandal that has humiliated U.S. Catholic bishops are several priests who spent significant parts of their...

Splitsville, Ohio

One of the nation’s most respected child advocates, Mark Real, is jumping ship – or is he changing horses in midstream? Real...

Press Watch for May 2002

After School "Child centers balk at policy"The Sacramento BeeA new regulation issued by Gov. Gray Davis requires childcare providers to inform...

Pubs and Videos for May 2002

Activities Art for the Heart: Creative Art Expression for You and Your Friends, by Mary Wallace, is a fun book for any...

Trailblazers Academy

Stamford, Conn.(203) 977-5690mgd4271213@aol.com Objective: Provide education and other services to at-risk middle school youth. In a Nutshell: Trailblazers Academy is a...

Web Watch for May 2002

Civic Engagement Suitcases for Kidswww.suitcasesforkids.orgis the website for the group founded by then-10-year-old Aubyn Burnside to collect suitcases for foster care...

Honors for April 2002

HASBRO Teens With the Courage to Give Award For: Young people who have “faced physical and/or emotional obstacles, reached out to make...

H.O.T. Salsa Project

San Antonio, Texas (210)-335-1727gfaulk1960@yahoo.com Objective: To provide valuable workforce knowledge to at-risk youth in a residential setting with hands-on learning experience. In...

Youth Summit Looms

Pine for the days of old with their summits with the Soviets? Despair not. The departments of Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban...

Parental Guidance Suggested

Shot down by Congress during last year’s budgeting, the Bush administration-proposed Parent Drug Prevention Corps lives in his FY ’03 budget request...

Single Parent Missing

The 16-member Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse, established by Congress in 1998, has yet to meet. It was set up...

Press Watch for April 2002

Child Welfare "Quotas alleged for child-abuse caseworkers"The Miami HeraldA company hired by the state of Florida to help administer child welfare...

Connecting With a Caring Adult

A caring adult can make a huge difference in a teen’s life. Here, two young writers describe how this kind of relationship...

More Kids Insured; Trouble Ahead?

Health coverage for children in the United States reached a four-year high in the first half of 2001, the Centers for Disease...

USA Recycle Corps

In the beginning there was compassionate conservatism, which begat the Armies of Compassion, which begat the faith-based initiative, which begat the USA...

Not Quite Expired

Another life-after-death tale is taking wing among the former affiliates of Children’s Express (CE). The 26-year-old youth journalism enterprise’s D.C. headquarters crashed...

Expiration Expected

Hometown-girl-made-good Marian Wright Edelman, 62, is far from dead. But that hasn’t deterred Congress from approving two earmarks for the planned Marian...

Press Watch for March 2002

Child welfare nonprofit says give it timeTampa Tribune An experiment to privatize child welfare in two Florida counties isn’t going so well,...

Pubs and Videos for March 2002

Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is a valuable tool for those who work in social services as well...

AIDS Awareness In Madison County (AAIM)

Alton, Ill.(618) 463-1906nayturMS@aol.com Objective: Promoting AIDS Awareness in the St. Louis area through hip-hop culture and youth-run media campaigns. In a...