Youth Today
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► Reports
What’s Going on with Young People Today? The Long and Twisting Path to Adulthood
Richard A. Settersten Jr. and Barbara Ray; The Future of Children This report takes a look at what its researchers call...
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Book Reviews
Saving Boys
Wes Moore Two African-American boys are born into poverty in Baltimore. By coincidence, both are named Wes Moore. Both are attracted...
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Book Reviews
Radical Youth Work: Developing Critical Perspectives and Professional Judgement
Brian BeltonRussell House Publishing/International Specialized Book Services 124 pages. $33.95 paperback. Are you ready to question everything you know about youth...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Glorious Revolution for Youth and Communities: Service-Learning and Model Communities
George I. Whitehead III and Andrew P. KitzrowRowman & Littlefield Education129 pages. $70 hardcover, $27.95 paperback After helping Salisbury, Md., become...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Safe Harbor
This absorbing Hallmark Channel TV movie reveals the 1980s origins of the Safe Harbor Boys Home in Jacksonville, Fla. Doug and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Money Medical: Healthy Money Management
Northwest Media Inc. Eight 45-minute units. CD-ROM $69. A lively CD-ROM curriculum introduces sound financial management skills through the experiences of...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for June 2010
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, Mich.(269) 968-1611http://www.wkkf.org Note: The following grants are all part of America Healing, Kellogg’s new initiative to promote racial...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Blog Action Network
Blog Action Network http://www.change.org/action-network This self-described “online hub for social change,” http://Change.org, has launched what it is calling the web’s first...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Online
Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Onlinehttp://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx This Federal Trade Commission effort is an online guide to help parents help...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Foster Ed Connect
Foster Ed Connect http://www.fosteredconnect.org/ The launch of this site gives a new resource to adults working to help California foster youth....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
National Human Services Assembly
National Human Services Assembly http://www.Nationalassembly.org The National Human Services Assembly, an association of nonprofits in the fields of health, human and...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
NY Firm is Redrafted for Youth Drug Prevention Ad Campaign
New York-based communications firm Draftfcb has been awarded a new contract to continue leading the “Above the Influence” anti-drug campaign, a major...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: New funding from OJJDP; Scathing report on Luzerne scandal; PROMISE Act goes viral; and more
***A couple of new solicitations from OJJDP: Group Mentoring Research and Evaluation Program: To evaluate the effectiveness of group mentoring programs at...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Separating “Innovation” Fact from Fiction
Many nonprofits are innovating, but lack the ability to move promising practices to scale because of a lack of funding, according to...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
$45 Million Committed for Matching Social Innovation Grants
First lady Michelle Obama and Corporation for National and Community Service CEO Patrick Corvington announced today that several foundations and private philanthropists...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Summer Jobs Funds Caught in Congressional Wrangling
About $1 billion for summer jobs for the nation’s youth is still hung up in Congress over disputes on unrelated measures –...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Three Names in Mind at Justice for OJJDP Job
This article was corrected on May 27 Sources close to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention say three people are...
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News
The Push for Summer Learning Grows
Two national groups are fighting for increased funding for summer learning programs as a way to improve the American educational system and...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Fellowships Aim to Advance Child Abuse and Neglect Field
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Chapin Hall have teamed up on a program to develop the workforce focused on preventing child...
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News
Politico Runs Interviews about America’s Youth
Politico, the Washington, D.C. newspaper and website, is running a series of written and video interviews, conducted by chief White House correspondent...
