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Budget Directors Signal Probable Cuts for Youth Programs
The president’s budget director fired a warning shot at federally funded youth programs today, saying the government wastes money on too many...
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The Flip Side to Black Lists
This story from Saginaw, Mich., touches on both stories in the May edition of Youth Today about hiring and supervision of youth...
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College Students Spending Less Time in the Books
Cedric Hope, a junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, says he manages to get by in his classes, but he...
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Rep. Miller Takes Questions on Juvenile Justice Reauthorization
Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) spoke today about reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in an interview on Juvenile...
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How Colleges and Universities Are Improving Degree Completion
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Amid growing concern over lackluster college completion rates in the United States, this report takes a look...
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Panel: Corporations Are Key to Increasing Post Secondary Attainment
Corporations need to invest more heavily in job training and tuition assistance programs if the United States is to increase postsecondary...
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CNCS Chairman Takes NYC Post, Plans to Leave Board
Stephen Goldsmith, interim board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has been named New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s...
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Did ex-cons run a gang from their youth program?
False advertising? One of COIL’s buildings holds itself out as the headquarters of Operation Safe Streets, but the project went away nearly...
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Do youth groups need volunteer blacklists?
If someone gets kicked out of a youth program for inappropriate behavior with the kids – giving them cigarettes, showing up...
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Q&A: Stopping Life without Parole
Johnson: “In the beginning, I considered all of those who disagreed with me … as the enemy.” With the U.S. Supreme...
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College Diplomas, Income Elude Foster Care Alumni
A new report of a long-term study of youth who have aged out of foster care in three Midwestern states paints...
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An Educated Guess
Bethesda, Md.—Eighteen-year-old Eduardo Sartor arrived at the office of Collegiate Directions Inc. late last month with his parents, a stack of...
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Newsmakers for May 2010
Vicki Wagner Nonprofits The executive director of the National Network for Youth, which advocates increased resources to aid homeless and runaway...
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Jury Hits Scouts with $18.5 M for Abuse
Depending on how you look at it, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was punished last month for trying to keep...
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U.K.’s New List of Approved and Banned Youth Workers
The United Kingdom is instituting a system to register virtually all of the its youth workers in one place and to...
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Enhancing Quality in Afterschool Programs: Fifth-Year Report on a Process Evaluation of Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc.
This is the fifth-year report of an evaluation of Prime Time Palm Beach County, an intermediary whose role is to improve...
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Federal Expenditures on Elementary-Age Children in 2008
This report is one in a series that addresses federal spending on children, broken down into three age groups: infants and...
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The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare
This report frames the immigration policy debate as a child welfare issue, outlining various ways children and their families are affected...
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Survey of Entering Student Engagement, Benchmarking & Benchmarks: Effective Practice with Entering Students
This report supports “benchmarking” as a way for community colleges to measure how well they are making sure the students who...
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Fostering Effective Grassroots Partnerships: Lessons from Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
This brief outlines key themes and guidelines based on several Mathematica studies of faith-based and community organizations and initiatives, which have...
