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The Future is Green for Community Colleges
If you’re searching for a place to get training for a job in America’s burgeoning “green economy,” then consider a community college...
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Tobacco-Free Kids Head William Corr to HHS
[Note: This story has been corrected from an earlier version] William Corr, executive director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids since 2000,...
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Drum Line from Residential Facility to March in Inaugural Parade
To view a video of the drum corps in action go to www.bonnie-brae.org/news_knightsvid.asp When the Inaugural Parade for Barack Obama winds its...
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Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the United States
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) This report examines whether the "explosion of knowledge" that occurred over the past quarter century...
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State of America’s Children 2008
Children's Defense Fund (CDF) This annual, comprehensive statistical review of key child data shows "epidemic numbers of children at risk" according to...
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Inaugural Celebrations of Interest to Youth Workers
Inaugural revelers who do not find their way to the parade route or get into the official balls will not lack for...
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Using Family Group Conferencing to Assist Immigrant Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
American Humane Association This paper considers key factors in using Family Group Conferenceing with citizen children whose families traverse American borders and/or...
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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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Dual Enrollment Reaches Down
Vargas: Dual enrollment initiatives are spreading to more states. “We want students who aren’t on their way to college,” said Daniel Voloch....
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Taxing Your Way to Financial Security
When voters in Miami overwhelmingly renewed a tax on themselves last summer to fund youth services, they illuminated a rarely used path...
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Rural Awakening
A racing team from the Sunflower County Freedom Project prepares for a 5K race. The teens are (left to right) Michael Burse,...
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Network Forecast: Cloudy, with a Silver Lining
For six years, a network of organizations that help youth transition from school to work has found ways to survive after...
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Newsmakers for December 2008-January 2009
Nonprofits The Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $3.3 billion) has hired Donna Lawrence to oversee its disadvantaged children and youth program, which last...
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No Safe Haven for Troubled Kids
Click on graphic to enlarge. Nebraska may have solved the debacle last month over its Safe Haven law – under which...
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Progress Report on the Shared Youth Vision Partnership
The Shared Vision Partnership provides no money but helps states figure out how to maximize resources going toward youth populations. For example,...
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Madoff Scam Claims JEHT, Picower Foundations
Youth work lost two major benefactors to the apparent Ponzi scheme created by now infamous financial manager Bernard Madoff. New York-based grant...
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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...
