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New Program Accredits Eight Youth Employment Agencies

Eight youth employment agencies recently received accreditation through the National Youth Employment Coalition Promising and Effective Practices Network (NYEC PEPNet) accreditation...

Stimulus Funds Fuel Summer Jobs

It’s not easy to spend $1.2 billion quickly and well – as people who provide summer jobs for youth are about to...

Robert Roberson

Robert Roberson Youth Adviser Violence-Free Zone Milwaukee, Wis. (414) 294-2490 www.cneonline.org Age: 30 Salary: Between $30,000 and $35,000. My Organization: The Violence-Free...

They Are Back! Summer Jobs Return for Poor Kids, and a Confession

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains good news about summer programs for disadvantaged young people preparing for jobs, higher...

Information for Practice (IP)

http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/gh5/ip Formerly “World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers,” IP helps social service professionals throughout the world maintain their awareness of breaking...

Labor Releases Rules to Get Stimulus Funds

Guidelines released today for spending the $1.2 billion provided by the federal stimulus bill for summer job programs spell out the jobs,...

Serving for Life

In the parlance of the field, they are called “lifers.” They are people who as children joined youth organizations and basically never...

Putting Her Faith in Youth Work

Sheavaun Malone When Sheavaun Malone was 11, her best friend invited her to summer vacation Bible school at the Salvation Army in...

Traveling the World to Come Home

Paco Fuentes Paco Fuentes has traveled the country and halfway around the world, only to wind up back in his old...

She Went for Free, and Now Works for Little

Carla Shelton Carla Shelton’s mother was a single mom who worked several jobs to make ends meet and pay Catholic school...

Military Life Leads to Youth Work Career

De’Janaria Austin De’Janaria Austin moved from one military youth program to another as his Air Force father moved the family from Myrtle...

Staffers Sentenced in Boy’s Death

Three former employees of a Louisiana youth residential treatment center received three years in prison for their role in the death of...

Green Jobs: Good Work If Youth Can Find It

THE NATION Young community activists nationwide are organizing efforts to solve two of the nation’s pressing problems at once: reducing the unemployment...

Provide Summer Employment

Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP) Summer youth employment programs face uncertain prospects this year. The economy is shedding jobs and...

Most Stimulus Jobs Require College Experience

A little more than half of the 3.7 million jobs expected to be created by the new economic stimulus package will require...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Employment and Training Administation (Updated June 30)

UPDATE, June 30: Jane Oates has been confirmed by the Senate. UPDATE, Apr. 10: President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jane...

Youth Worker Jobs at MySpace.com

http://jobs.myspace.com/a/ms-jobs/list/q-Youth+Worker A new feature on the popular MySpace website allows users to search for jobs by description and location in a database...

The Future is Green for Community Colleges

If you’re searching for a place to get training for a job in America’s burgeoning “green economy,” then consider a community college...

Job Announcement: Help Run America

Want to run the U.S. Administration for Children and Families? Ever dream of being associate commissioner of the Children’s Bureau? Juvenile justice...

Wendy Elliott

Wendy Elliot Vice President of Affiliate ServicesYouth Volunteer Corps of AmericaShawnee Mission, Kan.(913) 432-9822,http://www.yvca.org Age: 31 Salary: $47,000 About YVCA: YVCA...