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Bill Would Forgive College Loans

Congress wants to forgive some college loans for youth workers, but it’s unclear whether President Bush will go along. The House and...

Teaching the Trades

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Gov. Jim Doyle (D) plans to double the budget for Wisconsin’s Youth Apprenticeship program to $2.2 million a year, which...

Not Déjà Vu All Over Again

A smart person once observed that opportunity resides at the intersection of need and capacity. I thought of this adage recently as...

Ready = Ready = Ready

The month of May produced yet another study showing that the skills young people need to be ready for life beyond high...

Part-Timers: More Gain Than Pain

Charleston, W.Va.—Missy Miller happily serves as membership manager here at the Charleston Family YMCA, but she still plans a career in crime....

Restrictions Sought On Youth Jobs

In an effort to increase safety, the federal government is considering new proposals to limit the jobs youth can hold and the...

Sharing Global Lessons In Youth Work

Here at Brandeis University, I teach a graduate course on national and international youth policies. My students range from youth workers at...

STEP-UP

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

When a Youth Worker Turns Policy Wonk

Oakland, Calif.—A few years ago, Amy Lemley spent her days working with foster youth and telling people about them: Charisse had her...

De-Constructing Teenagers?

Teens who land high-paying summer construction jobs may feel lucky to earn, on average, $20 an hour, but the National Institute for...

Sweating Summer Jobs

Once again, the employment prospects for teens this summer look gloomy. If the forecast of Andrew Sum and Joseph McLaughlin of Northeastern...

Creating Entrepreneurs

When it comes to teaching youth how to make a living, the lesson almost always boils down to the same formula: Work...

Help Your Youth Workers Succeed

What do your youth workers need to succeed? Search Institute and the National Collaboration for Youth recently surveyed more than 1,000 youth...

Volunteers Worth More than Ever

Managing a cadre of volunteers can be a management headache, but it’s hard to beat them as an investment value. They were...

After-School Jobs Take Their Toll

The Marietta (Ga.) Times Nearly eight in 10 U.S. teens work during their high school years. But parents, teachers and experts worry...

Urban Girls Revisited: Building Strengths

Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater and Niobe Way NYU Press 368 pages. $24. As the second volume in the Urban Girls series, this...

New Directions for Youth Development: Rethinking Programs for Youth in the Middle School Years

Edited by Dale A. Blyth and Joyce A. Walker Wiley Periodicals 123 pages. $29. The winter issue of this journal examines the...

Portrait of the American Youth Worker

You start working with kids as a single 20-something, full of passion for making a difference. By your mid-30s, many of you...

Does Staff Training Improve Youth Work?

Jutta Dotterweich Youth worker training is getting more and more attention, but the largely unanswered question for funders is whether it makes...

National Young Worker Safety Resource Center

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~safejobs/nation/index.html The center provides training, technical assistance and resource materials to states and community groups interested in the health and safety of...