Youth Today
Opinion
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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...
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Let’s Apply What Works For Disconnected Youth
Tightening budgets and plummeting employment rates are particularly troubling for those of us who work with youth who have dropped out...
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Feedback: Letters, E-mails and Web Postings
Career Ladder Opportunities Thanks for the article on Hector Fabio Urrea in September (“Climbing Career Ladders”). There are numerous ways that...
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Why I Back McCain: His Core Values Would Favor Youth
A while ago, I heard Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) give a speech related to youth, and I have to say it could...
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Why I Support Obama: He Gets Community Service
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, I left work at Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (Puerto Rican Tenants in Action), a nonprofit community organization in...
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Challenging the Media’s Anti-Youth Bullying
The American news media’s relentless crusade against young people is becoming crazier by the day. Networks incessantly replay years-old video of a...
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What Youth Programs Teach
At a recent session of a youth development program, during a Mad Libs activity that served as an icebreaker, one of...
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Time to Boost Service-Learning
Twenty-five years ago, when the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) opened its doors, service-learning was a little-known strategy for engaging young...
