Youth Today
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Wow, We Have Computers! … Now What?
After Hurricane Floyd slammed the East Coast last September, the kids at PowerUp in San Jose, Calif., hit the Internet. Their mission...
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Community Fatherhood Groups Battle For Existence, Recruits and Money
Florence, S.C.—Enveloped in the picturesque, seductive spring greenery and perfumed breezes of this sprawling Up Country Southern city, but left out of...
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In New Courts, Kids on Drugs Get the Treatment
Phoenix, Ariz.—Garrett is just 14, but he’s about to fail a test that could send him to jail. “I was around some...
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Need a Grant?
By Amy Bracken Kari Pardoe is barely out of high school, but she’s already given away more money than many people do...
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Anti-Huffing Programs Work, Then Get Cut
By Amy Bracken It’s the third most popular drug in middle school and it can kill on first use. Yet parents and...
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Rose Garden Baby
Remember that Rose Garden 501(c)(3) baby delivered suddenly by Bill and Hillary Clinton last May? Not too many people, even in the...
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Shifts at GCYF, OSI
On board at the D.C.-based affinity group of over 200 foundations funding children and youth undertakings is Marsha Renwanz, a well known...
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Kauffman Coughs, Packard Dozes
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, one of the nation’s leading philanthropic organizations supporting youth services, has had an expected shake-up in its...
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National Nonprofits
Communities in Schools (CIS), the Alexandria, Va.-based national program that brings youth workers into schools, has expelled Janet Langmore, its CEO of...
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A Piece of the Puzzle: How States Can Use Education to Make Work Pay for Welfare Recipients
As little as one semester of full-time training can result in a salary increase of as much as $10,000 for a former...
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State Programs Can Reduce Tobacco Use
In 1997 the National Cancer Policy Board, a joint program of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council (which is...
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The Value of Investing in Youth in the Washington Metropolitan Region
Prepared for the Morino Institute by the Brookings Institution Center on Urban & Metropolitan Policy When President Clinton took a tour of...
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Community Counts: How Youth Organizations Matter for Youth Development
This report is based on a study spanning 12 years, of 12-to-18-year-olds in urban and rural communities across the country, aimed at...
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Reviving Jackie Robinson
Richmond, Va.—Flush with a $50,000 grant from Major League Baseball, former big-leaguer John Young set out to build his field of dreams:...
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Youth Worker Impact: Passing On Tradition Keeps Game Alive
Richmond, Va.—When youth baseball coaches cite the names of the men who taught them the game, they touch on the special continuity...
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An Abrasive ‘Mother Teresa’ Says, ‘Drop The Guns’
LORAIN, Ohio—Re’Nee Gill’s service to kids came while she was saving herself. To understand her passion about stopping gun violence, go back...
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Congressional Mystery: The Quest for Mount Hope’s Youth Center
As budget items go, this one seemed simple: “$3,000,000 for the Mount Hope Center for a youth program.” Given the enormity of...
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Welfare-to-Work Overhaul Boosts Fatherhood Groups
It took 20 phone calls to persuade him, but 21-year-old Julius Armstrong – a noncustodial never-married father – finally said, “I’ve got...
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Case Could Harm U.S. Kids Abducted to Foreign Lands
The Elian Gonzalez child custody case may thrill foes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, but it may jeopardize the return of more...
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Youth Empowerment’s Spotty Gains
For today’s youth activists the era of considering teens as primarily passive recipients of adult guidance may seem like life from another...
