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At 12, HandsNet Makes a Cyber-Leap To Avoid Rolling Over the Hill

The foundation world has been kind to HandsNet, the Silicon Valley-based pioneer in bringing cyberspace to the aid of human service groups...

Columbine’s Shadow Shades U.S. Budget

One big-picture impression emerged from weeks of federal budget bickering in Washington: the robust U.S. economy has not spurred Congress to turn...

McCaffrey’s Anti-Drug Campaign Caught in Crossfire

Described as the largest media buy in history for a public health issue, national drug czar Barry McCaffrey’s $185-million-a-year anti-drug campaign is...

Latinas’ Perplexing Lead in Teen Births

Philadelphia—If every Hispanic girl in America thought like Sheila, it seems, perhaps they wouldn’t have the highest teen birthrate of any ethnic...

Faith-Based Youth Work Wins More

Gainesville, Texas—It’s an hour until dawn, but the 36 youths who live in Dorm 56 of the Gainesville State School are already...

Alabama Sheriff Wants Kids in His Jail

Locking up youths for up to three days in the new Elmore County jail in rural Alabama will curb juvenile crime and...

Teenage Sex Rate Does Not Increase With Condom Use

By Jennifer Gauck A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health contends that distributing condoms in school does not increase rates...