Youth work has never been a promising career path for people whose life goals include driving their Beemer to their beach house....
Nonprofits Mark Russell is the new executive director at Kids Enjoy Exercise Now USA (KEEN), a D.C.-based nonprofit that provides free one-on-one...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
New Orleans, La. — Dolores Whitfield returned to her battered shotgun home, one of the rectangular domiciles that were invented here, shortly...
Simon Gonsoulin and David Bell saw different things happening in juvenile justice before Katrina came ashore. But ask either how the storm...
For decades, Marketa Gautreau railed against the quality of service provided to Louisiana’s abused and neglected children as CEO of Prevent Child...
In addition to the long-term challenges of reforming the major city and state systems for New Orleans’ youth, some specific problems won’t...
Following are some of the relief efforts conducted by national organizations in the areas affected by the hurricanes: YouthBuild USA: Hundreds of...
Out of the 180 agencies that belong to the Greater New Orleans After School Partnership, only 20 are running after-school programs a...
Nonprofits Mala Thakur has been acting executive director for the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) so interminably that you almost forget she...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
In a downtrodden neighborhood in Tucson, Ariz., La Paloma Family Services faced a struggle typical to group homes around the country: The...
To parents and youth workers, a ground-breaking research article published in 1999 simply provided scientific backing for what they see all the...
Nonprofits Jill Pasewalk is in as CEO of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Camp Fire USA, the 96-year-old nonprofit that serves 750,000...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
It’s the ultimate nightmare for child welfare administrators: Tied to a bedpost and weighing just 47 pounds, a 9-year-old Baltimore County, Md.,...
There’s this guy, a writer. Coaches a boys’ baseball team. He sees the kids three times a week; they have a great...
Nonprofits Operating a bicoastal advocacy effort had become more burdensome than beneficial for the Youth Law Center (YLC), a law firm...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
Boston — It’s a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of...