Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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Stopping Runaways
Erik LaursenPresidentStrength Based Services InternationalVirginia Beach, Va. I commend Harry Wilson (of the U.S. Family and Youth Services Bureau) for his viewpoint...
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What Are You People? On Dope? *
Protect our children!” cry the Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation and Common Sense for Drug Policy, groups opposed to the “War on Drugs.”...
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Journalists, Teach Thyselves
“Summer learning loss” is the term coined more than a decade ago to highlight the impact of summer idleness on student achievement....
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Fund-Raising Advice from Both Sides of the Desk
I remember those halcyon days when I didn’t have to worry about where money came from. I started my youth work career...
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Wanted: Adult Safety Nets For Foster Youth
By Mark Redmond I recently attended a two-day training seminar, “Permanent Family Connections for All Adolescents,” which issued some challenging words to...
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Youth Workers Beyond Competence?
By Michael Heathfield I am in the joyful position of being both insider and outsider to youth development work in the United...
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Of Money Matters
Nothing animates the managers of most youth development programs more than their relentless foraging for money to keep their services running. Compared...
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Foster Kids Need A Bold Plan
By Betsy Krebs“When I was in foster care, no one talked to me about my future.” These words, typical of a former...
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The General Problem With Project Grants
George W. SarrisConsultant/writer Christian Herald AssociationNew York, NY Thank you for the article in the April 2002 edition (“General Support? Sounds Nice,...
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Hip-Hop for Youth
Curtis WatkinsTruancy Coordinator Philadelphia Department of Human ServicesPhiladelphia, PA I agree with your overall contention that hip-hop is an unwieldy genre, too...
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Gun Deaths: Don’t Blame Gun Makers
Mike MacharskyCommunity Outreach DirectorYMCA/YWCAAllentown, PAThis is in response to the “Child’s Death Not Gun Maker’s Fault” (April 2002). To sue a gun...
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Hyphen-ventilating
James V. DolsonACSWU.S. Administration for Children and FamiliesWashington, DC Mike Males’ column, “Is Joseph Califano a Gateway Drug?” (April 2000) made me...
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Child Labor Group’s Depressing Picture
When Lewis Hine took his historic pictures of child laborers as a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) from 1908...
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First to Guess, Last to Know
By Karen Pittman There are moments when all your youth work training fails you. I just had one. My son is one...
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Youth Work’s Vitamin E
By Jane QuinnThe term “enrichment” is gaining currency in education and youth development circles, yet precious little has been written about what...
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The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work
The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...
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Hip to Value of Music
Michael DublinSouth Central Church of ChristRaleigh, NC Thanks for Andrew Hahn’s column in on Hip-Hop (“Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs,” March). I...
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Good as Gold
Robert C. MecumExecutive DirectorLighthouse Youth ServicesCincinnati, OH Thanks for your terrific article about George Belitsos, the CEO of Youth and Shelter Services...
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Congress’s Anonymous “Healthy Youth Prevention Program” ($100,000)
The names of actual groups or programs in the criminal justice, education and social service sectors directly funded by Congress amply illustrate...
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Ignorance on School Security
Kenneth S. Trump, PresidentNational School Safety and Security ServicesCleveland, OH Small Nonprofits As I read the February issue of Youth Today, I...
