Youth Today
Opinion
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Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up – For Youth?
Barack Obama wrote three books rife with praise for his mother’s character, intellectuality and accomplishments – yet he never mentioned that...
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School-Based Mentoring
I want to thank you for covering the latest study regarding the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) high school [mentoring] program...
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Three Candidates for OJJDP
[Note: This piece also appears in the Obama Job Watch in Youth Today‘s Latest News section] The scuttlebutt points to two widely-known...
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A Chance for Us to Do Better by Kids
Richart Three weeks before the election that swept Barack Obama into the presidency, Gara LaMarche, president of The Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $3...
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Take a Stand, Even If it Costs You
One of the largest corporate entities here in Burlington, Vt., is Burton Snowboards, which I normally wouldn’t have anything to do...
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Ready for Life: Yes, That Means College
The core belief at the Forum for Youth Investment – that all young people should be “Ready by 21,” meaning ready for...
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How We Combat DMC
Mark Soler Some additional information about DMC is necessary to avoid error and misunderstanding. First, there are actually three goals in reducing...
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Responses to YT’s Coverage of JDAI and Models for Change
Some people had strong reactions to “A Tale of Two Reforms,” John Kelly’s cover package last month about the Annie E....
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MFC Boosts Aftercare
The article on Models for Change in Pennsylvania regrettably fails to capture the nature and substance of the initiative. Pennsylvania’s juvenile...
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How MacArthur Builds Reform
Ned Loughran The story about Models for Change failed to capture how MFC is building a successful and sustainable reform effort in...
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Sensationalism
I was disappointed to read John Kelly’s “Tale of Two Reforms.” I am the recently retired chief probation officer in Santa Cruz...
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Progress in St. Paul
This letter is in response to statements in last month’s DMC story that questioned whether work done by the W. Haywood Burns...
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Peer Mentoring
The following Web post was about the November story, “Peer-to-Peer Pressures: Study shows the limits of using high schoolers as mentors,” regarding...
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Reporting Abuse
Thank you for publishing the article, “Overcoming Volunteers’ Reluctance to Report Abuse” [November]. To clarify the discussion of our work in the...
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Youth Policy: No “Change” There
Normally, it’s hazardous to prophesy in a column written before the election what the next president will do. But since Republican John...
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Help Local Foundations Play a Role in Youth Policy
Many local foundations, especially the smaller ones, could use some help in understanding and working in the arena of youth policy. In...
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It’s Time to Help Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth
While working as a consultant many years ago, I was moved by the words of a pregnant young woman in foster...
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Disservice
Managing Editor Nancy Lewis’ October report from New York about the ServiceNation summit (“Party Service”) drew several responses. It’s a shame...
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Foster home staffer attacks youth
Several people were angered by what they saw in our online story and video link about a foster home staffer attacking a...
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Put Me in Coach, I’m Ready to Play
As millions of youth workers and teachers reconnect this fall with our nation’s young people, now is a good time to...
