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Foster Kids Drum Up Attention

The Bonnie Brae Knights Drum Corps may be the unlikeliest of the 90 groups chosen from a record 1,382 applicants to...

Youth Referenda Results

Voters decided on several youth-related measures last month: Arkansas • Act 1, Restricting Adoption and Foster Parenting Approved Prohibits same-sex couples from...

Youth Vote Up

Voting among young adults increased this year and appears to have helped Barack Obama win some key states. More than 52 percent...

Teen Flees School, Almost Crushed

A teenager almost suffered the ultimate fate last month after running away from a youth program after an argument with a staffer....

Agency Director Trades Pounds for Cash

Oliver Clark The future of The Deck youth center in Milton, Ontario, depends on Director Oliver Clarke’s ability to resist the...

A Bad Economy’s Ripple Effect on Kids

Food insecurity among youth has impacts beyond hunger pangs, leading to health and behavioral problems that often require intervention from mental health,...

Lawyers for Immigrant Youth

Microsoft Corp., actress Angelina Jolie and 25 law firms and corporate law departments have formed an organization to assist the approximately 8,000...

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...

President Signs Bills for Youth Programs

President Bush has signed all three major pieces of youth-related legislation that recently passed in Congress: the Protect Our Children Act, the...

Gay Ban Overturned

A Florida circuit court judge has ruled that the state’s 31-year ban on adoption by gays is unconstitutional. Monroe Circuit Court Judge...

State Tries to Stop Flow of Abandoned Kids

Stunned at their state suddenly becoming the nation’s doorstep for unwanted children, Nebraska officials announced last month that they plan to change...

Community Colleges Get $2.5 Million to Help Communities

After-school snack? No, the children don’t usually sample the pickle juice at the Eureka Kids after-school program in Eureka Springs, Ark. But...

Scrap Metal Black Market Blacks Out Youth Groups

The economy is down, scrap metal prices are up, and some recreation programs are in the dark – because thieves have taken...

Thieves Exploit Access To Agency Funds

Two youth workers have been linked to separate thefts of $450,000 and $120,000: the first from a youth shelter in California...

Staffers Convicted in Youth’s Death

Three former employees of a residential treatment program in Louisiana have been convicted of negligent homicide and cruelty to a juvenile, after...

Corrections to October 2008 Articles

Our October issue set a new record for errors. We plan to make it stand forever. The article, “Groups Strive to...

2008 Lights On After School

After-school snack? No, the children don’t usually sample the pickle juice at the Eureka Kids after-school program in Eureka Springs, Ark. But...

Major Adoption Bill Passes

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act was passed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 23 after being approved by...

Wall Street Woes Could Hurt Nonprofits

Uncertainty on Wall Street could spell frustration or worse for those who depend on grants from foundations, whether those foundations are connected...