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Promises, Promises …
By Sue Badeau President Clinton released his eighth and final budget proposal last month, laying out a plan that would shape America’s...
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Separate and Unequal: A report on educational barriers for homeless children and youth
Homeless children and youth are often denied their right to attend public schools, according to this report funded by the W.K. Kellogg...
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Youth and Board Service: Experiences of Participation in Organizational Governance
The inclusion of youth on the boards of directors of youth-serving organizations benefits the youth clients, the youth board participants and the...
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Boot Camps Get a Kick in the Head
By David J. Krajicek Military-style boot camps for juvenile offenders have proven to be no more effective and no less costly than traditional...
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Conflicting Views On Dropout Rate
By Amy Bracken Two recently released reports offer conflicting views on U.S. education. The first, “Do You Know… The Good News About...
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The Case of the 6-Year-Old ‘Refugee’
By Amy Bracken The international hot potato over six-year-old Elian Gonzalez of Cuba landed in the lap of a family court judge...
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Shay’s Sashay
In one of the children and youth field’s most surprising and important leadership developments in a decade, Shay Bilchik, the presidentially appointed...
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Corralling Recent Events
One of D.C.’s more interesting gunsmoke duels is over. The shoot-out between Bill Novelli, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and...
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Pig Headed Pierce
Bill Pierce, president of the 130-member National Council for Adoption (NCFA) since its founding in 1980 retired at year’s end. Pierce surely...
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Packard Packs, UPS Delivers, Reader’s Digest Shrinks
Now you see him, now you don’t. That’s the story on John Govea brought on board by the Packard Foundation a year...
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Dangerous Liaisons: Substance Abuse and Sex
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) Teens who drink are seven times more likely to have sexual...
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To Establish Justice, To Insure Domestic Tranquility
The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation Violence, fear of crime, the proliferation of firearms and racism in the criminal justice system have all...
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Millennium Hangover: Keeping Score on Alcohol Drug Strategies
This report on the impact of alcohol abuse examines drinking from several perspectives, including public health, criminal justice, the workplace, treatment and...
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The Right Start: Conditions of Babies and Their Families in America’s Largest Cities
Annie E. Casey Foundation Babies born in the nation’s 50 largest cities are likely to start life at a significant disadvantage compared...
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Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles
U.S. Justice Department, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Violent crimes against juveniles are less likely to be reported to...
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Rural Teens Talk Trash And Cash, Pick Up Skills
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C.—Prosperity flies by the car window on the 70-mile drive from high-tech Durham to this economically depressed city: acres of...
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Will Voters ‘Hammer’ Youthful Offenders?
By Jake Henshaw Sacramento—Californians are about to decide just how “tough” they want to get on juvenile offenders, through a ballot initiative...
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Young Advocates Sway Washington
The First Lady was coming to talk with some youths, and the youths had an agenda that was going to shock her....
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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...
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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...
