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ABA Urges US to Promote Housing as a Human Right

Governments should promote the “human right to housing,” according to a resolution passed by the American Bar Association (ABA). “The American Bar...

Agencies Share Lessons in Quest to Build Better Programs

Partnerships. Data-sharing. Professional development. These are among the top priorities for program providers within the evolving field of expanded learning. Implementing a...

What All Youth Sports Program Managers Should Know

The Ebinport youth football team runs onto the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., prior to the preseason game...

Sports Safety: A Second Opinion

Dr. Steve Rowson, of Virginia Tech’s Center for Injury Biomechanics, recently released a report evaluating injuries in youth football. “There are more...

Detector Protector: High School Athlete Dedicates Off-Field Time to Concussion Sensor Device Development

Braeden Benedict poses for a portrait at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2012. Benedict...

After School Programs: Managing Risks and Limiting Liabilities

With a life-threatening peanut allergy, Mason Machiewicz’s mom, Alissa, keeps a strict peanut-free home. Having just completed her search for a private...

Risk Management Planning: A Basic Checklist for Youth Protection

When taking a critical look at risk categories, the Nonprofit Risk Management Center provides the following advice: Personnel and participants are a...

Insurance Shopping: Questions and Consideration

While a thoughtful policy and procedure manual will help manage an after-school program’s risk, the program should also consider what kinds of...

Opening School Facilities to Private Youth Programs — A Legal Analysis

In his overview analysis, Professor Tom Baker wrote that “public schools in most states are subject to liability in some situations that...

Resources

Melanie Lockwood Herman, executive director of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, suggests employee handbooks, another important piece to limiting liability, include the...

Workshops help young adults crack job market

Teen workers at Ironworks Cafe, part of a teen employment program at the Goodman Community Center in Madison, Wis. (credit: leedav / Flickr, CC) SPRING...

Where Teens Seek Online Privacy Advice

Childhood Economic Strains in Predicting Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood

Fixing Education Takes More than Fixing Schools

Thirty years ago, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released the seminal report, “A Nation At Risk,” highlighting a dangerous and...

Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting and Best Practices

Two brothers enrolled in an after-school program participate irregularly – daily one week and then not at all the next. The program...

Child Abuse Reporting Process: Q&A

Note: this information is not meant to provide legal advice. Because laws and procedures vary by state, anyone working with young people...

Best Practices

Best Practices Child abuse and neglect is a thorny problem, but there are programs that have been proven successful in reducing abuse...

New Pew Study Looks at Teens, Online Privacy and Where Kids Turn for Help

A report recently published by Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that seven out of 10 kids in the United States...

Adolescent Marijuana Use May Result in Permanent Cognitive Dysfunction, Researchers Say

A recent report published in the Nature journal Neuropsychopharmacology says that routine adolescent marijuana use may result in permanent brain dysfunction. Researchers...