Marcy MistrettDirector for Training and EvaluationNational Funding Collaborative on Violence PreventionWashington, D.C. In response to the article about the National Campaign Against...
Karen Olson MannersExecutive DirectorChild & Family Services of Southwestern MichiganJoseph, Mich. I read with interest your article on foster parenting in the...
AIDS, U.S. authorities told reporters and policy forums surrounding July’s World AIDS Conference in Barcelona, is just another teenage attitude problem. “HIV...
What do online searches, car repair manuals, museum exhibits, book clubs, teen hotlines and hip-hop dance lessons have in common? All are...
By Robert Sharpe In his June Youth Today column (“What Are You People? On Dope?”), Mike Males accuses the drug policy reform...
Adults, particularly those holding or aspiring to political office, are fond of lamenting the purported shortcomings of today’s young people. Solutions to...
Always ready to surprise with appalling public policy, this 107th Congress has been no disappointment. Consider the attention given to two issues:...
By Andrew Hahn What prominent institution works as an occasional player in youth work but has the ability and resources to do...
By Betsy Krebs“When I was in foster care, no one talked to me about my future.” These words, typical of a former...
Donald T. Floyd Jr.President/ CEONational 4-H CouncilChevy Chase, MD I am writing in response to the article, “College-Linked Training Spreads, But Does...
Erik LaursenPresidentStrength Based Services InternationalVirginia Beach, Va. I commend Harry Wilson (of the U.S. Family and Youth Services Bureau) for his viewpoint...
Protect our children!” cry the Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation and Common Sense for Drug Policy, groups opposed to the “War on Drugs.”...
“Summer learning loss” is the term coined more than a decade ago to highlight the impact of summer idleness on student achievement....
I remember those halcyon days when I didn’t have to worry about where money came from. I started my youth work career...
By Mark Redmond I recently attended a two-day training seminar, “Permanent Family Connections for All Adolescents,” which issued some challenging words to...
By Michael Heathfield I am in the joyful position of being both insider and outsider to youth development work in the United...
Nothing animates the managers of most youth development programs more than their relentless foraging for money to keep their services running. Compared...
By Betsy Krebs“When I was in foster care, no one talked to me about my future.” These words, typical of a former...
George W. SarrisConsultant/writer Christian Herald AssociationNew York, NY Thank you for the article in the April 2002 edition (“General Support? Sounds Nice,...
Curtis WatkinsTruancy Coordinator Philadelphia Department of Human ServicesPhiladelphia, PA I agree with your overall contention that hip-hop is an unwieldy genre, too...