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Abducted Kids

A spate of highly publicized child abductions and kidnappings over the summer spurred the Senate to pass legislation (S 2896) establishing a...

Newsmakers for October 2002

Foundations After only a few months with the Ypsilanti, Mich.-based High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Terry Langston got an offer he couldn’t refuse....

Hey, Kid: Get Off the Street

Portland, Ore.—Life for homeless teens here hasn’t been the same since the day a brawny bully dragged some scrawny youth agencies out...

Bingo Jackpot

Along the Dixie Highway in Louisville, Ky., thousands congregate at bingo halls for a chance at easy money. Players can win big...

Juvenile Justice Bill Slides Up Hill

Shhhhh. That’s the sound of juvenile justice advocates as they watch Congress tiptoe toward reauthorizing the nation’s juvenile justice programs, after seven...

Struggle in Paradise

Lihu’e, Hawaii—Anyone trying to escape from what counts as civilization in most of the United States these days would be hard-pressed to...

Gay Youth Leaders?

After watching the Boy Scouts come under attack for banning homosexual youth leaders, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS) is fending...

Eagle Feathers Fly

Gun safety programs for children and youth – including those run by the National Rifle Association and the Brady Center to Prevent...

Locked-Up Latinos Get Counted Out

Latino youth are vastly undercounted in almost every state criminal justice system because of inadequate data collection and an absence of bilingual...

Newsmakers for September 2002

A roundup of people on the move in the field of youth work. Nonprofits American Humanics, the Kansas City, Mo- based group...

Missing Kids’ Center Vanishes

Tampa, Fla.—As tales of child abductions rivet the nation and prompt President Bush to convene a missing children’s conference next month, one...

Youth Employment Councils Wobble

After a couple of years in operation, the Workforce Investment Board’s youth council in Yakima, Wash., is missing just one thing: a...

Newsmakers for July 2002

A roundup of people on the move in the field of youth work. Nonprofits Sally Prouty begins her tenure this month as...

Young Mothers Find Safe Haven for Unwanted Babies

In 10 months in 1999, people in Houston found 13 abandoned infants – in trash bins, outside a hotel lobby or stashed under...

Degrees of Stability

“Without a degree here,” says Kathie Carlson Tripp, leadership development executive for the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, “you hit a brick wall.”...

In England, Youth Work Training Pays Off

By Tim BurkeLeicester, England—As the youth work field in the United States struggles to develop quality staff training that is widely recognized...

Is This Any Way to Treat Foster Parents?

Buddy the Foster Care Bear works the crowd like a pro. His birthday cake and balloons brighten the lobby of a Trenton,...

German Youth Work Speaks Many Tongues

By Isabelle de PommereauFrankfurt, Germany—Here in Europe’s most multicultural city, youth work is administered in a way that would seem, well, foreign...

Youths Flee Somalia, Flood Land of Lakes

Minneapolis—In the late 1990s, Minneapolis faced a surprise dilemma: This heartland city had suddenly become the preferred U.S. destination for refugee families...