Youth Today
News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
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100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America
100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America By Diana Elbasha Founded: 1910 By: William D. Boyce, an American newspaperman and entrepreneur....
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Free Webinars Set for Nonprofits
The National Human Services Assembly has launched a series of free webinars designed to educate leaders of human service nonprofits and...
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Labor Official Decries Liberal Arts ‘Disconnect’
Jane Oates Jane Oates, the Labor Department official in charge of training and employment, surprised those attending the Association of American...
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First Lady Targets Obesity
Michelle Obama First lady Michelle Obama has found her issue of choice during her husband’s presidency: Just say no – to...
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A Real Head Start?
A long-awaited study on the impact of Head Start found the national program has had no lasting academic impact on children....
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Save the Children Staffer Dies in Haitian Earthquake
One member of Save the Children’s staff in Haiti was killed and another seriously injured in the 7.0 magnitude earthquake centered near...
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Homeless/Runaway Services: Demand Up, Resources Down
Photo: NN4Y More and more youths are knocking on the doors of homeless and runaway programs, but those programs have less...
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Baseball Tax a Hit for Youth Programs
Photo: Photo by Brandt Williams, MPR NewsQ.org The residents of Minneapolis have found an intriguing way to expand youth programs: Build...
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Police Group Creates Military Spin-Off
A new organization that advocates funding youth programs drew a lot of media coverage last month by releasing a report that...
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Survey Shows State of Adoptees and Their Parents
Twenty-six percent of adopted children have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and 15 percent...
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Bills Would Cut School Transfers for Homeless, Foster Kids
Members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee introduced two bills last month that would encourage academic stability for...
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Fighting Hunger
An initiative to involve more Americans in hunger prevention was launched Thanksgiving week by the Corporation for National and Community Service,...
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Can Sports Help Protect Chicago’s Youth?
A sports version of a program developed by a youth worker on a spiritual retreat has been chosen as the latest in...
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Leaders Unite to Implement Fostering Connections Act
Nine nonprofits have joined to support a new nationwide effort to carry out the Fostering Connections Act, which serves to meet...
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Report Says Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths Underreported
A new report by the nonpartisan child advocacy group Every Child Matters Education Fund shows that the deaths of 10,440 U.S....
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After-School Leaders Say Demand for Programming Has Grown
After-school program leaders and supporters gathered at the U.S. Department of Education last month to plead their case for dramatically expanding...
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Surdna Foundation Switches from Youth Development to the Environment
The New York-based Surdna Foundation is refocusing its grant making to concentrate on fostering just and sustainable communities across the nation...
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College Prices Keep Rising
The cost of higher education rose for this school year; the biggest increase was at public two-year colleges, where tuition and...
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What Girls Need
Compelling testimony at a hearing last month about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by House Judiciary Committee...
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Biggest AmeriCorps Program Gets Slashed
The Corporation for National and Community Service has penalized the largest AmeriCorps program in the nation, but not nearly to the...
