Nearly one in five U.S. youths technically will be a runaway before age 18, according to a new report released today. On...
The directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service todaty elected Mark Gearan, president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in...
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert believes that shooting or killing someone has become an all-too rational reaction to disrespect among young...
The Family and Youth Services Bureau needs to improve the application process used in awarding grants to service providers for runaway and...
First Lady Michelle Obama today unveiled what she described as a “roadmap” to combat childhood obesity. Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity...
The Justice Department should not require states to use medical staff members in detention and residential facilities to question juveniles about abusive...
With Memorial Day, the traditional start of the summer job season, rapidly approaching, Congress is still dithering over allocating money for seasonal...
The president’s budget director fired a warning shot at federally funded youth programs today, saying the government wastes money on too many...
This story from Saginaw, Mich., touches on both stories in the May edition of Youth Today about hiring and supervision of youth...
Cedric Hope, a junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, says he manages to get by in his classes, but he...
Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) spoke today about reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in an interview on Juvenile...
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Amid growing concern over lackluster college completion rates in the United States, this report takes a look...
Corporations need to invest more heavily in job training and tuition assistance programs if the United States is to increase postsecondary...
Stephen Goldsmith, interim board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has been named New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s...
False advertising? One of COIL’s buildings holds itself out as the headquarters of Operation Safe Streets, but the project went away nearly...
If someone gets kicked out of a youth program for inappropriate behavior with the kids – giving them cigarettes, showing up...
Johnson: “In the beginning, I considered all of those who disagreed with me … as the enemy.” With the U.S. Supreme...
A new report of a long-term study of youth who have aged out of foster care in three Midwestern states paints...
Bethesda, Md.—Eighteen-year-old Eduardo Sartor arrived at the office of Collegiate Directions Inc. late last month with his parents, a stack of...
Vicki Wagner Nonprofits The executive director of the National Network for Youth, which advocates increased resources to aid homeless and runaway...