Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
TeenNewsNet
http://www.teennewsnet.com This site, which bills itself as having “everything that matters to today’s teen,” combines staff interviews and advice columns covering topics...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Safety LMK
http://lmk.girlscouts.org This Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. venture stresses online safety in its pitch for girls to empower themselves through the Internet....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
When Kids Hurt: Help for Adults Navigating the Adolescent Maze
Chap Clark, Steve RabeyBaker Books208 pages. $13.99 paperback. Adolescence, according to Chap Clark, senior editor of YouthWorker Journal and professor at...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy
Edited by Saul D. Hoffman and Rebecca A. Maynard The Urban Institute Press448 pages. $34.50 paperback. Despite a 36 percent drop between...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under
Judy Galbraith Free Spirit Publishing122 pages. $12.99 paperback. Self-help publisher Judy Galbraith, an advocate for gifted youth, created the first edition of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
How I Am (Wie Ich Bin)
Ingrid Demetz, Caroline Leitner, Daniel Mazza Fanlight Productions49 minutes. DVD $249. These words appear on the screen as outstretched hands catch snowflakes:...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Great Group Skits: 50 Character-Building Scenarios for Teens
Lynn Grasberg, Gina OldenburgSearch Institute Press/Independent Publishers Group172 pages. $16.95 paperback. Full of teen appeal, these often hilarious original skits by comedienne/theater...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for July-August 2009
Lincoln Financial FoundationFort Wayne, Ind.http://www.lfg.com • Our Piece of the Pie, Hartford, Conn., $30,000 for the AmeriCorps program. • Boys & Girls...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
2009 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards
Josefina Mena Richard Valle For: Individuals in California who advance innovative and effective solutions to significant state issues, and who show an...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
2009 STOP Hunger Scholarship
Amy Carlton Kellie Kinsella For: U.S. students enrolled in an accredited educational institution (kindergarten through graduate school) who demonstrate ongoing commitment to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for July-August 2009
Maggie Doyle 2009 Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Awards For: Teen girls ages 12 to 18 who demonstrate exceptional entrepreneurship and community service....
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Opinion
Berkshire Farm Feedback
The article “To Hell and Back” [May] described how the venerated residential care program Berkshire Farm Center fell from its standing as...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
After Teen Death, Campus to Open With New Owner
Two years ago, the Bowling Brook Preparatory Academy in Maryland was shut down after the death of a teen who was being...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Alliance Celebrates 30 Years
When the Alliance for Justice was formed in 1979, Ronald Reagan was on his way to becoming president and ushering in nearly...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
VolunteerMatch
www.volunteermatch.org This site allows nonprofits to recruit volunteers and, in turn, lets prospective volunteers search for where their help is needed. Users...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Corporation for National and Community Service
www.serve.gov Another search database for service work opportunities is available here – this one coming by order of President Barack Obama. The...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
LEARNS
http://nationalserviceresources.org/learns/learns LEARNS, an online technical assistance feature of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s resource center, allows national service organizations to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Society for Research in Child Development
www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=330 After-school science learning gets more attention – this time involving programs for both boys and girls – in this new searchable...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Successful Rural Nonprofits
Nonprofits in rural areas might learn from successful youth-serving agencies whose practices are described in a new report by the Bridgespan Group,...
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News
CNCS Announces Learn and Serve America Grants
Thirty-six Learn and Serve America grants – totaling almost $20 million and designed to engage students in service-learning projects that enhance...
