Youth Today
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Camp Cope
New York YMCA camps pledge to raise more money for camper scholarships, and lower fees for low-income parents. The New York YMCA...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for May 2009
Pamela Wilcox NONPROFITS Camp Fire USA has a temporary new leader in Pamela Wilcox, who was appointed interim CEO to fill...
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News
From Defendant to Defender
Bernardine Dohrn Before the MacArthur Foundation sent her around the country to find the best juvenile courts, before she represented abused children...
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News
Personal Touch Guides Youths Toward Graduation
Capping it off: A photographer adjusts the tassel on the graduation cap of Jonathan Wade, 19, on senior picture day at Fuller...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
… Create Museum Programs
For many youths, going to a museum still sounds like, “We’re doing something dull that’s supposed to be good for us.” That’s...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Future Agents in Training
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office(202) 278-3048Washington, DC 20535http://www.fbijobs.gov/243.asp Objective: To give high school students from around the country a...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Jennifer L. England
Jennifer L. England Region 4 Youth SpecialistTexas Department of Family & Protective ServicesTyler, Texas(903) 533-4144http://www.dfps.state.tx.us Age: 22 Salary: Around $28,000. My...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for May 2009
Naturally: Staffers at Michigan State University’s natural resources camp brought home 4-H’s award for teaching youth about conservation and wildlife management. 2009...
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Opinion
Don’t Blame Abstinence Ed
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently announced that births to teens in the United States had risen in 2007, for...
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Opinion
Community Schools: A Rose By Any Other Name
When U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared on the “Charlie Rose Show” in mid-March, he outlined a vision for America’s public schools...
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Opinion
Biased Reporting
I am writing in regard to Jen Russell’s article, “Teen Births Rise Again – What Does It Mean?” in your April issue....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
AIDS Hasn’t Gone Away
New Youth Connections, New York After my first boyfriend and I broke up, it tore me up inside. When I learned...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
AIDS Hasn’t Gone Away
New Youth Connections, New York (Names have been changed.) A friend is someone you know well and who knows you well,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Media Approach to Combat Obesity Fades from Use
The Basics The percentage of children ages 6 to 11 who are overweight increased from 4 percent in the early 1970s to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Peacemaker, Student Edition: Handling Conflict Without Fighting Back or Running Away
Ken Sande, Kevin JohnsonBaker Books175 pages. $12.99 paperback. Based on pastoral consultant Ken Sande’s best-selling adult primer on conflict resolution, this...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Darius Goes West
Darius Goes West Foundation Inc.94 minutes. DVD $19.99. The story of Darius Weems could easily be sad: Stricken by Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society
Linda GoldmanRoutledge/Taylor & Francis339 pages. $29.95 paperback. Linda Goldman’s passionate advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth permeates this...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Beyond the Checkbook: A Financial Management Guide for Leaders of Small Youth-Serving Organizations
Robert E. LaVallee, Kate Sandel107 pages. $25 spiral-bound, free download. Among the challenges faced by nonprofits is financial survival. For leaders...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Reaching Through the Cracks: A Guide to Implementing the Youth Violence Reduction Partnership
Linda Jucovy, Wendy S. McClanahanPublic/Private Ventures80 pages. $10, free download. How can homicide among urban youth and young adults be reduced?...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Vote Kids
http://www.votekids.org This online journal offers detailed information on federal and state legislation that would affect children. It provides budget details and...
