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Newsmakers for May 2002
NonprofitsThe National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), run by Jack Calhoun, received a $6.2 million grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts to support...
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“Armies of Compassion” Plan Marches on Washington
President Bush’s call for every American to serve 4,000 hours of community and national service may indeed unleash his “Armies of Compassion,”...
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Degrees of Separation
Boston—In Boston, 26-year-old Michelle Jordan thinks a college degree is so important to her career as a youth worker that she took...
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The Fine Art of Youth Programs
In 1930, 13-year-old Jacob Lawrence began painting at the Utopia Children’s Center, an after-school program in Harlem. Lawrence went to Utopia to...
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Runaways from Public Care Leave Agencies Lost
Burlington, Vt.—Could youth workers have saved chronic runaway Christal Jones? She was a headache familiar to many agencies that house kids who...
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Touted Venture Shows Stress In Coordinating Youth Services
Minneapolis—For more than a decade this city’s youth coordinating board has been hailed as a national model, winning an award from the...
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General Support? Sounds Nice, But…
When it comes to how foundations fund youth work, Gary L. Yates is a lonely guy. When Yates’ The California Wellness Foundation...
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Gimme a Grrrrrrr…
Guys normally love to watch girl cheerleaders. But when members of the Girls Project in Manhattan perform their own cheers, any guys...
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Hale to the Thief?
New York City—Want to divert a million dollars from a nonprofit agency that serves children? That’s what prosecutors say the recently indicted...
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Immigrant Youth Detained
A litany of accusations about the treatment of youths detained for illegal entry into the U.S. is propelling congressional legislation that would...
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Newsmakers for April 2002
Feds After languishing in the Senate for 10 months, the appointment of John Robert Flores as administrator of the Office of Juvenile...
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Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs
Back in 1998 a wonderful youth program in Brooklyn, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, came under the spotlight of critical...
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Newsmakers for March 2002
Nonprofits After almost 30 years in operation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) has decided to plunge into the media game. The...
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Staff Shortages Abets Attack on Counselor
High staff turnover and yawning job vacancy rates may have contributed to the vicious attack on a New York youth worker Feb....
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YAA Snagged on Politics, Anthrax, Recession
Proponents of the Younger Americans Act are learning that even a popular bill with the right sponsors can remain inert in Congress,...
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Bush Budget Offers Deaths and Resurrections
President George Bush’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 would gouge some youth programs to the point of extinction while boosting others...
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Draft Objector Sentenced to Ames, Stays for Life
By Linda Lutton Ames, Iowa—When George Belitsos first rolled into town in his Volkswagen in 1971, this college town had a growing...
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Youth Jobs Program Gets Pink Slip
By Natalie Gardner Lake Village, Ark.—Federal dollars for a limousine ride and a manicure? Toyce Newton knows that what she did here...
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U.S. Youth Programs Go Global
The Netherlands—When youth workers here teach the Quest life skills curriculum that they’ve adapted from the United States, they do not preach...
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After-School Funds Feds Open Door to Youth Agencies
With a rare victory over Washington’s education lobby, youth-serving agencies can for the first time directly tap into the federal government’s biggest...
