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Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults
César E. Chávez Institute, San Francisco State University/University of Utah Rejection by their families translates into significantly poorer physical and mental health...
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Head to Leave This Summer
Judy Vredenburgh, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) has announced she will leave the post this summer after a...
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$5 Million to Help Reduce Violence in Five Boston Neighborhoods
The Boston Foundation has announced a $5 million commitment to StreetSafe Boston – a public-private partnership designed to decrease violent crime by...
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The Economic Crisis Hits Home
First Focus/National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth The nation's school districts are experiencing an upsurge in the number...
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Obama’s Transition Team for Youth-Serving Agencies
Youth advocates are readying their appeals for a larger investment in youth services as members of president-elect Barack Obama’s transition team are...
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Advocates Ask Obama for W.H. Youth Office
President-elect Barack Obama received a letter this morning, signed by hundreds of youth-serving organizations and individuals, asking for the creation of a...
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Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities
National Research Council/Institute of Medicine (NRC/IOM) Adolescents receive health services from a fragmented system that's poorly designed to meet their needs, according...
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Letting the Media Wolf in the Door
As executive director of Christ Child House — a Detroit-based residential treatment center for severely troubled boys in foster care — John Yablonky...
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Sex and Tech: Results from a Survey of Teens and Young Adults
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy/CosmoGirl.com About one in five teens say they have electronically sent, or posted online,...
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Expanding Options: State Financing of Education Pathways for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth
National Youth Employment Coalition The report looks at how three "leader" states, Indiana, Massachusetts and North Carolina, are accessing public funds for...
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Educationally/Insufficient? An Analysis of the Availability & Educational Quality of Children’s E/I Programming
Children Now Commercial television broadcasters are required by law to air a minimum of three hours of children's educational/instructional (EI) programming per...
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Camp Fire USA President/CEO Retiring
Jill Pasewalk, president and CEO of Camp Fire USA since June 2006, has announced she will retire at the end of January,...
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Relationships, Rigor, and Readiness: Strategies for Improving High Schools
MDRC Even though many of the high school reforms taking shape today might be promising and based on sound research principles, "little...
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New Gates Grants to Help Youths Get Through College
About two dozen organizations will share $69 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help double the number...
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Dear Obama Claus:
Illustrations by Dean MacAdam After Barack Obama won last month’s presidential election, gatherings of youth workers and advocates took on the air...
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Strategies for Success: A Plan to Align Out-of-School Time Initiatives with High School Reform
The report recommends ways New York City after-school programs for teens can be improved, and stresses the importance of collaboration between high...
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Growing Bigger Better: Lessons from Experience Corps’ Expansion in Five Cities
Improving the literacy skills of low-income elementary students.
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Effective Practices for Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service
Population of "at-risk" youth expected to rise by 2015.
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One Dream, Two Realities: Perspectives of Parents on America’s High Schools
Only 15 percent of parents of students at low-performing schools are satisfied with their children's education, as opposed to 58 percent of...
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Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families
About 90 percent of the 60,000 children enrolled in Healthy Kids in those counties receive regular medical care in the form of...
