The recession has forced many nonprofits and foundations to lay off staffers and wonder how they’ll fulfill their missions with fewer...
The slow pace of filling jobs in the Obama administration is stalling progress on youth issues. Advocates for disadvantaged youth grew...
Wise: “The best economic stimulus is a high school diploma.” In a time of economic unease, dropout-prevention leaders are stepping up...
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of its national mentoring grant winners last month. The...
State juvenile justice leaders find staffers at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and bemoan...
Doug Nelson Foundations When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought...
Based on growing evidence that both intellectual and emotional development begin at, if not before, birth, voluntary home visitation programs for pregnant...
Street-level diplomacy: Fanon Hill and his Youth Ambassadors pound the Baltimore pavement to develop and promote ideas to help the community....
Kyle Ozechowski Friends of Youth – Griffin HomeRenton, Wash.(425) 228-5776http://www.friendsofyouth.org Age: 27 Salary: $30,000 My Organization: Friends of Youth provides services...
States are struggling. Children’s lives, too often, are truly in the balance as states and localities decide where to make cuts, often...
I have often heard it politely put that board members for youth-serving agencies give of their “time, talent and treasures.” In...
First there was the drug czar, followed quickly by the auto czar, the climate czar, the health czar, the urban czar...
Vanessa Fuentes, 24Represent, New York Being on your own after foster care can be very isolating, especially if you suffer from...
Andrea, 22Represent, New York (The author’s name has been changed.) I open my eyes and hear my therapist’s voice. “Andrea, do...
Princeton University/The Brookings Institution The fall 2009 entry in The Future of Children journal series explores the prevention of child maltreatment...
Vote Kids This midterm report, compiled by Vote Kids, a nonprofit organization focused on children as a political priority, focuses on...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Major budget cuts occurring in at least 41 states and the District of Columbia –...
Child Trends Termination of parental rights (TPR) has been an ongoing subject of discussion among judicial and child welfare professionals in...
Child Trends In 2007, the second year in a row that the U.S. teen birth date increased after a 14-year decline,...
Annie E. Casey Foundation Data collected in 2006 by the U.N. Statistics Division show teen birth rates in the United States...