Youth Today
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News
Youth Today Live at the JDAI Conference
Once again, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has allowed the staff of Youth Today to skulk around the annual Juvenile Detention Alternatives...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
OBAMA JOB WATCH
Nobody in consideration wants to talk about it. Nobody who supports someone for one of the jobs wants to be quoted. Such...
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Basketball Redux
Binghamton, N.Y., which a couple of years ago cut a police-organized youth basketball program when a federal grant ran out, now...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
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Health Care Bill Could Require States to Keep Juvies on Medicaid
An amendment added to the enormous health care reform bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require states to...
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New Mexico to Assemble Juries for Crucial JJ Hearings
An interesting decision was handed down by the New Mexico State Court of Appeals last week concerning juveniles transferred to adult courts....
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► Reports
Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars
Urban Institute The first challenge for the 100-plus people who flowed into Urban Institute’s Washington offices last week to talk about...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
The Cent of Tobacco
For more than 100 years, the emerald green 4-H clover has been a symbol of wholesome living. The National 4-H Council trumpets...
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National Service Agency Firing Draws Heat
While the White House orchestrated a flurry of events late last month to turn the national spotlight to public service – with...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Grants Focus on Getting Students Through Remedial Courses
Fifteen community colleges and the five states where they are located will share $16.5 million in grants intended to support and...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
YouthBuild Programs Get $114 Million
By Megan A. Conlan Some 183 organizations that carry out the federally funded YouthBuild program will receive a total of $114 million...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
New Tobacco Law Aims at Youth Smoking
By Megan A. Conlan The new federal law that will allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the tobacco industry also...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Obama Pushes Responsible Fathering
Walking into a group discussion at the White House about fatherhood last month, it took President Barack Obama only a few...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
A Murder, a Melee, Lots of Questions
Two New York State residential facilities and the nonprofit company that operates them are under investigation by the state after the...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Darkness Falls on a City’s Curfew
If history is our guide, the recent elimination of Rochester’s curfew law by New York’s highest court will not be celebrated...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Budget Cuts Close Eckerd Programs
By Megan A. Conlan State budget cuts have forced a well-known provider of youth services in nine states to close facilities...
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Basic Training
More than a year after a spate of deaths among children known to Colorado’s child welfare system, the state is creating a...
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Tell, Don’t Ask
After partying and slacking off caused her grades to slip at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Lauren Cocroft had a serious...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for August 2009
Nonprofits The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) imposed its second round of layoffs in as many years last month. The cutback...
