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Growing What Works
Public/Private Ventures Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) draws six recommendations from its seven years of working with the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania....
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Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America
Pew Hispanic Center Latino youth are more likely than other American youth to drop out of school, become teenage parents, and...
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Strengthening Indian Country Through Tribal Youth Programs
American Youth Policy Forum & Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention This report on Tribal Youth Programs (TYPs), which help...
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Good Intentions: The Beliefs and Values of Teens and Tweens Today
Girl Scout Research Institute (GRSI) and Harris Interactive Youth today are far more committed to being responsible, valuing diversity, being accepting...
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The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty: Poverty Statistics for 2008 and Growth in Need during 2009
Brookings Institution and First FocusU.S. Census Bureau Two new research reports provide evidence of the impact of the recession on child...
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Federal Earmarks for Youth Agencies Fall in 2010
Click image for a four-page earmark spread or click here for a searchable Excel spreadsheet The number of youth earmarks continues its...
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Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgements on How Colleges are Run
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and Public Agenda According to a survey conducted by The National Center for...
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College- and Career- Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
This report focuses on a new way of determining which high schools are turning out the students best prepared to take on...
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Federal Earmarks 2010
The number of youth earmarks continues its descent in the fiscal 2010 federal budget. Youth Today found 813 earmarks by poring over...
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Teen Births and Abortions Are Up
Teen pregnancy and abortion rates are on the rise, according to a new report, but it’s hard to know exactly why. The...
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Children and Youth Initiatives Entangled in Health Care Uncertainty
Abstinence education, teen pregnancy prevention, family visitation and health care for foster kids – these are just a few of the youth...
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Labor Department Urges Agencies to Tap TANF Funds to Subsidize Summer Jobs for Youths
Saying nearly all of the Recovery Act money for summer youth employment programs has been spent, the U.S. Employment and Training Administration...
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Labor Department Releases More Green Jobs Training Grants
More than three dozen organizations – including several community colleges and youth-serving agencies – will split $150 million in “green jobs” grants...
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The Check in the Mail Says … What?
When the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, an arts education organization, received a $10,000 personal check in the mail earlier this month...
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One in Eight Juveniles Report Sexual Victimization in Large Facilities
Twelve percent – or about one in eight – of youths held in large juvenile facilities in the U.S. report being victimized...
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New Teen Pregnancy Funds Revive Sex Ed Debate
A new $110 million appropriation for teen pregnancy prevention and the Obama administration’s elimination of funds for abstinence-only education has revived what...
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Youth Agencies to Share in $100 Million for Green Jobs Training
Several youth-serving agencies will benefit from $100 million in green jobs training grants that the U.S. Department of Labor released Wednesday. The...
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College Opportunity Knocks, But Often Gets No Answer
When Kauffman Scholars Inc. launched its college access program with a group of seventh-graders in 2003, administrators thought its promise of a...
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A Business Model for National Service
The Red Jacket: Former Sen. Harris Wofford with Sen. Ted Kennedy, who often donned his City Year jacket for sailing. Photo: City...
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Stunning Decisions
Correction: The article below incorrectly stated that in 2005, Chicago police accidentally killed a 14-year-old in a residential treatment center with a stun...
