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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...