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Times are Tough – Get Used to It

Chicago, Ill.—Former congressional staffer Ron Haskins stood before a gathering here last month of some of the most notable researchers and advocates...

What’s in a Name?

Peg Smith knows what you think when you hear “camping”: RVs. Tents. Outdoor latrines. When you’re the CEO of the American Camping...

Newsmakers for October 2004

Nonprofits For years, the regional director of Latin American programs for Covenant House, Bruce Harris, has been regarded as a warrior on...

Kinship Care Kid Grows Into a Pioneer

Pittsburgh, Pa.—A dozen years ago, as Sharon Toliver McDaniel began work for a nonprofit agency here that arranged adoptions of foster...

Juvenile Justice

Leicester, England—What happens when a country reduces the penalties for smoking marijuana to the point where most users won’t get arrested for...

Shielding Kids From Web Porn and Violence

In blocking enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act this summer because it is probably unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court said anyone...

Newsmakers for September 2004

Nonprofits Communities in Schools – the 27-year-old nonprofit network of more than 200 community groups that provide resources and volunteers for schools...

Mentoring Pays Off

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.—Like many youth-serving agencies, Children’s Village struggles to recruit and keep qualified mentors to guide its troubled kids. But mentor...

Class Action?

In 1980, attorney Marcia Lowry led the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) tocourt against New Mexico for failing to properly serve children...

Juvenile Justice

Not long ago, misbehaving youth in New Jersey’s juvenile corrections facilities could be sent off to isolation for up to 30 days....

Staff Management

People who volunteer to work at youth agencies think they’re giving their labor for free, but agency managers know better. Several recent...

Newsmakers for July 2004

Feds While embattled members of President George W. Bush’s inner military circle continue to survive under public scrutiny, his lesser-known combatants in...

Unjust Medicine

By all accounts, 17-year-old Omar Paisley died an excruciating death. For three days, Omar lay on a concrete bunk, weeping and moaning...

An Evaluation of Volunteers Courts Controversy

The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program couldn’t sound more apple pie, more thousand points of light. CASAs are a cadre of...

Program Evaluations

Philadelphia—Like everyone who runs a youth-serving agency, Simran Sidhu believes her YouthBuild program here improves lives. But like most program managers and...

Fund Raising

About $2 billion was donated to charities through the Internet last year, according to estimates by the likes of the ePhilanthropy Foundation....

Newsmakers for June 2004

Nonprofits The National Crime Prevention Council, after being under the leadership of the recently retired Jack Calhoun for more than 20 years,...

Fixing Foster Care

Detroit, Mich.—A national commission’s new recommendations for overhauling the nation’s foster care system hit on some of the most significant problems and...