The Finance Project This paper reviews some of the most recent research on what makes an effective youth development program, and seeks...
American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...
More than 70 percent of Americans say they have cut back on the hours they spend volunteering and participating in civic...
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
Carsey Institute The poor economy may have contributed to a rise in the number of rural children living with cohabitating, unmarried...
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
Despite the $1.2 billion in stimulus money the Congress set aside for summer jobs for youth, the summer youth employment rate...
When it comes to legislating on behalf of Americans most in need of federal assistance, few congressmen have a legacy with the...
When Job Corps instructor Alexander Pasillas searched YouTube a while back for videos about Job Corps sites like the one where he...
A new evaluation of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) budget process found outdated policies, lack of clear lines of...
The second report in two weeks about financial management problems at the Corporation for National and Community Service, the parent agency...
Day one was jam-packed with interesting workshops, as well as moving keynote speeches from Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and author Dwayne Betts....
Once again, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has allowed the staff of Youth Today to skulk around the annual Juvenile Detention Alternatives...
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
Nobody in consideration wants to talk about it. Nobody who supports someone for one of the jobs wants to be quoted. Such...
Binghamton, N.Y., which a couple of years ago cut a police-organized youth basketball program when a federal grant ran out, now...
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
An amendment added to the enormous health care reform bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require states to...
Urban Institute The first challenge for the 100-plus people who flowed into Urban Institute’s Washington offices last week to talk about...
For more than 100 years, the emerald green 4-H clover has been a symbol of wholesome living. The National 4-H Council trumpets...