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Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages and Substance Use Among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) American adolescents (ages 12 to 17) who received messages aimed at preventing drug,...
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State-by-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card 2009
Break the Cycle This report card ranks each state by how well it measures up in helping teens who face domestic and...
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Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress and Adult Working Memory
Cornell University This study links chronic stress associated with childhood poverty to decreased brain functioning in key areas. It provides evidence that...
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Teen Curfew Laws Challenged
New York’s highest court heard arguments April 28 on a challenge to the city of Rochester’s juvenile curfew, the first such case...
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Financial Aid Program Expected to Reach More Students through YMCA
Students and families looking for College Goal Sunday – the volunteer program that offers help filling out the much-dreaded Free Application for...
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OIG Report Finds Flores Violated Ethics Rules
Note: This story has been corrected Federal investigators have found that J. Robert Flores violated ethics rules and used questionable grant making...
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From Corrections to Community
The study examines youths who exited Illinois correctional facilities between 1996 and 2004 (a total of 13,511 exits over those years). There...
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STIMULUS FUNDS AND YOUTH WORK
Note: This information will be updated as new information becomes available. Applicants need to be registered with the federal government through www.grants.gov,...
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A Cautionary Tale about Background Checks
Many youth agencies believe that hiring ex-offenders to work with youth can be valuable in some circumstances, as long as managers take...
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Obama’s First 100 Days: Casey Wants Your Opinion
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 100Days/100Voices campaign is asking the public to submit written comments (100 words or less), photos and YouTube...
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Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood
The report focuses particularly on “crossover youth,” who are known to the child welfare agency and have spent time in juvenile custody...
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What the Serve America Law Says, and Does Not
President Obama’s signing of the Serve America Act last month did indeed mark a “huge day,” in the words of Public Allies...
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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Fifth Group of Youth Service Improvement Grants
The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded its fifth group of Youth Service Improvement Grants (YSIG) to community-based organizations in New York,...
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Cities in Crisis 2009: Closing the Graduation Gap
America's Promise Alliance/Editorial Projects in Education Research Center Only slightly more than half (53 percent) of students in the nation's 50 largest...
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CNCS Gets New Chief
The “Just Do It” mantra of Nike could soon permeate America’s national service programs. President Barack Obama has nominated Maria Eitel –...
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High Court Debates Student Strip Searches
An attorney for an Arizona middle school told the Supreme Court today that strip searches are necessary to combat the ever-changing but...
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The Obamas’ Donations to Youth Groups
Barack and Michelle Obama donated roughly $75,000 last year to 13 organizations that work with youth, according to tax returns released this...
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Camp Worker in the Line of Fire – Literally
The fire destroyed two cabins and charred half of the wooded property at Nebraska Youth Camp, in Kearney. A youth worker at...
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Bearing Witness
This piece blends personal accounts with data and recommendations, which combined produce a piece that serves both as an indictment, and a...
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Help Decide Who Gets Stimulus Grants
Several federal agencies are looking for peer and grant reviewers to help with the increased volume of solicitations for the stimulus funds....
