Youth Today
News
-
Plastic Card Tells A Dangerous Truth
Chicago—A couple years ago, managers at the Gen. Robert E. Wood Boys & Girls Club began begging for money to hire more...
-
United Kingdom
Leicester, England—More kids are lighting up joints at some youth clubs here, and youth workers who confront them are getting a new...
-
AmeriCorps Hang-up Leaves Agencies Dangling
With youth-serving agencies around the country bracing for major losses in volunteer staff because of a financial crisis at AmeriCorps, Congress stepped...
-
Juvenile Justice
A new federal study has stirred the debate over minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system by finding no evidence of racial...
-
Responding to Crisis
The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal offers an ever-growing list of lessons in how to handle or flub an organizational crisis, with...
-
Youth Employment
This summer’s youth job market is expected to be the worst since the end of World War II, and is not likely...
-
Newsmakers for June 2003
Nonprofits A potential merger is in the works between Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) and Idealist, a division of the New York-based...
-
Report Roundup for June 2003
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
-
Turbulent Re-Entry
When it comes to reducing recidivism among convicted juveniles, few programs show as much promise as the Oregon Youth Authority’s Project Support....
-
The Gift of Wrapping
Campbell, Calif.—It’s been a little more than a decade since Jerry Doyle launched an initiative that drove his agency into debt and...
-
Faith-Based Services
Faith-based organizations eager for government money are grateful that the Bush administration is teaching them to navigate the federal grants process, but...
-
Marriage Policies, Poor Economy Shift Funders’ Priorities
Is the effort to reach out to young, unmarried fathers being trampled by the Bush administration’s drive to get them married? Some...
-
Summer Programs
A Boys & Girls Club cuts its hours and reduces salaries. A recreation department institutes fees for programs that had been free....
-
CNCS on Hot Seat
A $64 million shortfall at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) earned the organization’s leader invitations to testify before two...
-
Newsmakers for May 2003
Nonprofits The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), an Ashburn, Va.-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing park, recreation and conservation efforts, named John...
-
Report Roundup for May 2003
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
-
Child Advocates Find Voice in Togetherness
When leaders in Arizona’s legislature proposed slashing funds for children and youth programs in the state budget early this year, the Children’s...
-
Just Say Less
Canaan, N.Y.—Henri Williams thinks this article may upset you. That’s because he uses two words that routinely set off alarms among people...
-
A Matter of Overtime
Proposed changes in federal overtime rules may put more money in the pockets of a few lower-paid youth workers, but will probably...
-
Child Protection Laws Coated in Amber
The safe return of a kidnapped girl in Utah has helped bring the country closer than ever to nationwide systems for alerting...
