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Who are the Millennials?
People between the ages of 18 and 29 make up more than one-fifth of all U.S. voters, according to Tufts University’s CIRCLE....
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The Streets Bring Dire Lessons for the Young Homeless
Prostitution didn’t come easily to Brenda Myers-Powell. At 15, she put herself out on the streets of Chicago, and for a while, they weren’t taking to...
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Lessons Nonprofits can Learn from Demise of Noted Agency
During the course of its 35 years, Public/Private Ventures — a well-regarded nonprofit that combined practice and research to learn the best...
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Georgetown Researchers Examine Needs of Nation’s Growing Female Detainee Population
Females represent a growing percentage of youth detained in the nation’s juvenile justice facilities, according to a new report, which found that...
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AAUW Says A Year After Graduating, Females Making Almost 20 Percent Less Than Males
A new report released by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) finds that one year after college graduation, women in 2009 were...
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New Study Examines Victimization as Motivator in Adolescent Suicide Ideation
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine this week examined the effects of recent victimization – such as...
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Does Socioeconomic Status Play a Role in the Neurological Development of Children?
Last week, members of the Society for Neuroscience convened in New Orleans for their annual meeting, where several studies examining the links...
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State Advisors to Federal Juvenile Justice Office Briefed on Reforms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thirteen advocates and professionals from around the country who serve as advisors to the federal office for juvenile justice...
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Maryland Voters Likely to Approve State DREAM Act
When she was 10 years old, Veronica Sarazia and her 8-year-old brother bid goodbye to the grandmother who had cared for them...
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Newly Released Boy Scout Files Shed Light on Sex Abuse in Youth Groups
The curtain that has long shielded the extent of sex abuse in some youth-serving organizations was lifted a little higher today with...
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Public Reports and Databases about Molesters in Youth Groups
Boy Scouts of America Various sets of Confidential Files show about 5,000 leaders banned from 1947 to 2004. * Confidential Files from...
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Timeline: How BSA Files Went from Confidential to Public
1987 – In Wilson v. Tobiassen (Benton County, Ore.), the BSA is ordered to submit the Confidential Files on the offender to...
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Obama Addresses Child Poverty Questions; Romney Declines
President Barack Obama sent a two-page letter over the weekend to six child advocacy organizations to explain his plan to combat poverty...
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Young People Abusing Painkillers at Rate 40 Percent Higher Than Older Age Groups
According to a new study recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, today’s teens and young adults are using prescription painkillers...
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Similar patterns of behavior emerge in sex abuse scandals
How organizational practices enabled molesters, until victims forced changes One morning in 1969, a boy nearly ignited a sex abuse scandal in...
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Boy Scout Files Show Patterns of Sexual Abuse
How organizational practices enabled molesters, until victims forced changes One morning in 1969, a boy nearly ignited a sex abuse scandal in...
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Should 24-Year-Old Offenders be Considered Juveniles?
LAS VEGAS — When the National Partnership for Juvenile Services annual symposium opened, Jason Bowser, a youth service director from Columbus, Ind., told an...
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Report Card on U.S. Children “We can do Better”
Nearly two years ago, more than a dozen welfare experts trooped to Capitol Hill to testify about challenges to American children and...
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Documentary Follows Brooklyn’s Championship Middle School Chess Team
The trials and triumphs of the chess team at New York City’s Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn — dubbed “the most successful...
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Juvenile Justice Advocates Fear Millions Cut by Sequestration
Unless the U.S. Congress agrees on a different budget by the end of this year, stopping a so-called “sequestration” budget, federal spending...
