Youth Today
Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
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‘Green Jobs’ Grants Awarded
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the first of a series of “green jobs” grants designed to prepare targeted populations –...
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Another Federal Audit Slams Another Job Corps Site
Dead cockroaches, expired food, filthy conditions, and unreported drug- and weapon-related incidents were all uncovered at a Florida Job Corps center operated...
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Uncle Sam to Pre-Schoolers: I Want You … to be Ready
America’s national security will be put at risk if the government doesn’t make stronger investments in high-quality early childhood education for the...
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Leaders’ Guides
Real Jobs, Real Stories: Stories by Teens About Succeeding at WorkEdited by Laura LonghineYouth Communication 179 pages. $16.95. A Leader’s Guide to...
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How Not to Handle Sex, Drugs and Violence at Job Corps
An operator of Job Corps centers failed to properly discipline problem students at three of its sites for incidents that included drug...
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Raising Youth Work’s Next Leaders
Stroup: Wants to build “pipeline” to leadership at nonprofits. [Update: This article as published provides outdated figures about certification. Humanics says 442 students...
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Labor Official: Evaluations Will Set Future of Summer Jobs
The new head of the federal agency in charge of the summer youth employment program vows to follow what the data...
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Impact Coffee
Impact Coffee student general manager Jataria Hudson, 18, shows off her company’s product – organic Ethiopian coffee beans. Photo: Courtesy of...
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Heather Kochen
Youth CoordinatorAdventist St. Thomas HospiceBurr Ridge, Ill.(630) 856-6990http://www.keepingyouwell.com/CareAndServices/StThomasHospice.aspx Age: 29 Heather Kochen Salary: Around $32,000 My Organization: The Adventist St. Thomas...
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Summer Youth Employment Hits 64-year Low
Despite the $1.2 billion in stimulus money the Congress set aside for summer jobs for youth, the summer youth employment rate...
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Nancy Morales, Young Workers Project Coordinator
Nancy Morales UCLA-Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program – Young Workers Project Los Angeles(310)794-5964http://www.losh.ucla.edu/youngworkers Age: 26 Salary: Around $35,000 annually. My...
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Convicted NFL Star Michael Vick Helps at Virginia B&G Club
For former NFL Pro Bowl quarterback and convicted dogfighting bankroller Michael Vick, the path to youth work employment is proving easier than...
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Evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender Grants
The main findings on outcomes showed that a third of active participants at the 34 grantees got a GED while enrolled in...
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Tsering D. Alleyne: Youth Caseworker
Tsering D. Alleyne Redwood Community Action Agency, Youth Services BureauHumboldt County, Calif.(707) 923-1147http://www.rcaa.org Age: 23 Salary: $23,160. My Organization: The Youth...
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Find Youth Info
http://www.findyouthinfo.gov A collaboration of 12 federal agencies, this comprehensive site offers an array of information and tools designed to help youth...
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New Rule Opens Up TANF Money for Employment Training
If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...
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2009 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption came out with its annual list of the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. The ranking is based on...
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Long-Run Economic Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Adult Earnings
Partnership for America’s Economic Success A group of researchers has set out to quantify in dollars and cents the impacts in later...
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Funds Available at SAMHSA, OJJDP; Young Teens Sentenced to Die in Prison; New Boss at ETA; and more
A few federal funding notices and some interesting stories on the state level this week: ***The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Camp Worker in the Line of Fire – Literally
The fire destroyed two cabins and charred half of the wooded property at Nebraska Youth Camp, in Kearney. A youth worker at...
