Youth Today

New Mantra for Summer Camps: Develop Those 21st-Century Skills

The American Camp Association is jumping with both feet into measuring camp’s impact on kids.

Access to Safety: Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service Provision for LGBTQ Youth Who Engage in Survival Sex

This new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on the risky world of LGBTQ youth involved in the commercial sex...

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Educators Rethink Discipline, Learn New Moves to Dismantle School-to-Prison Pipeline

When communities want to snip the school-to-prison pipeline, how do they do it? They take an intentional, multitiered approach: They revise their...

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Services for LGBTQ Youth Who Have Survival Sex Are Inadequate: New Report

Most LGBTQ youth who trade sex for necessities or money they need to survive use protection to prevent sexually transmitted infections and...

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Blueprints Conference Offers Lessons in Evidence-Based Programming

At a time when communities across the country are interested in evidence-based youth programming, an April conference will bring together leaders from...

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Leading After-school Group Disappointed by Obama Budget

A leading out-of-school-time organization is disappointed in the Obama administration’s budget request for next fiscal year, saying it fails to recognize the...

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Why Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes?

Social workers “look at the delinquency system as having the power to control these [foster] kids. And the control is they get...

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Meeting the Needs of Kids in the U.S. Who Fled Violence in Central America

A network of services is vital to meet needs of growing numbers of kids fleeing violence: academic support, legal representation and after-school...

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President’s Budget Proposal Aims to Help Youth Get First Job

The Obama administration wants to help young people land their first job, including those who have dropped out of high school. The...

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Soldier in War Against AIDS Will Be Missed

"One of the soldiers has gone on home," said Ronnie Bass, executive director of Someone Cares of Atlanta. Filling the shoes of...

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The Bystander Effect

Not all injuries are visible. Witnessing violence creates long-lasting concerns. What’s a school or after-school program to do?

Final Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity

The World Health Organization's Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity recently released this report summarizing the current data on the prevalence and trends...

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Fewer Teens Drink, Smoke Cigarettes, Pot Use Stagnant, More Suffer Depression: Report

The latest treasure trove of data for public health researchers and policymakers who study substance use and mental health arrived this week,...

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Sissy’s Story

"I'm good enough just the way I am," says Sissy Weldon, as she contemplates on her struggles with addiction and lessons in...

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Convicted on Drug Charges, Georgia Youth Faces Life After Rehab

NEWNAN, Ga. — It was the fake $100 bill that finally landed Corey Roberts in prison. He’d already had one close call,...

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After 5 Decades, Ruby Bridges Gets Applause Instead of Death Threats in School

The hateful words drew gasps from the audience, pulling them back to 1960, hitting them head-on as the burly white U.S. Marshals...

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Potential Opportunities for Out-of-school Time in New Education Law

As the Every Student Succeeds Act goes into effect, out-of-school time providers could have a new opportunity.

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All About Girls Summit Seeks to Create ‘Girls Movement’

“How do we change the landscape for the sexual-abuse-to-prison pipeline, stop criminalizing girls’ behavior?” asks Mary Marx, president and CEO of Florida-based...

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Senate Committee Approves Changes to After-school, Summer Meals

Summer and after-school programs could more easily feed children under legislation approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee. It would streamline the administrative...