Youth Today

They Are Back! Summer Jobs Return for Poor Kids, and a Confession

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains good news about summer programs for disadvantaged young people preparing for jobs, higher...

The Problem with Sebelius: Tolerating Dishonesty, for Starters

Perhaps it’s inevitable with two wars and an economic crisis going on, but it is still disappointing that child welfare is not...

Our Job: Dispel Myths about Homeless Youth

Every December, we hold a legislative open house in our drop-in center to which we invite Vermont legislators to come and learn...

Learning by Serving: Making a Difference Close to Home

By Melissa Etehad, 17L.A. Youth, Los Angeles One day, while watching TV, I came across a channel that showed a half-naked child...

Learning by Serving: Choosing Abstinence

National Guard Youth-Reclamation Program Rises to the ChalleNGe

  The Basics Launched in 1993 as a small, five-year demonstration project designed by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Guard Bureau to...

Resources: Curriculum Review

Real Stories, Real Teens Keith Hefner, with Development Without LimitsYouth CommunicationLeader’s Guide: $34.95, 286 pages.Anthology: $16.95, 188 pages.Full Program: $695, 20 anthologies,...

New Directions for Youth Development: Community Organizing and Youth Advocacy

Edited by Sarah Deschenes, Milbrey McLaughlin, Anne Newman Jossey-Bass/Wiley 136 pages. $23.20. Subscription $85 (1 year, 4 issues). Recent achievements by community...

Teen Girls and Technology: What’s the Problem, What’s the Solution?

Lesley FarmerTeachers College Press/ALA Editions192 pages. $52, $21.95 paperback. “Digital native” teenage girls understand technology, don’t they? Not enough to handle the...

The Nonprofit Career Guide

Shelly Cryer Fieldstone Alliance/American Humanics 284 pages. $18.95. This insightful handbook is for job seekers in all nonprofit fields who would like...

Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change

Bonnie BurtonZest Books/Orange Avenue Publishing128 pages. $12.95. In a “let’s work together” spirit, this paperback delivers digestible and thought-provoking advice on how...

A Reason to Live

Cynthia Salzman Mondell and Allen MondellMedia Projects, Inc. 52 minutes adult version, 32 minutes high school/college version. DVD $199 for universities and...

Street Child

Justin Reed EarlyAuthorHouse (self-published)289 pages. $19.99 ($15.99 paperback). Justin Early is a survivor. In his late 30s, an invitation to serve on...

Policy For Results

www.policyforresults.org This new site offers an array of up-to-date resources and policy strategies to state and local policymakers on issues that affect...

Help Starts Here

http://www.helpstartshere.org In a partnership with several schools of social work, this National Association of Social Workers site educates the public and connects...

TeenHealthFX

www.teenhealthfx.com Funded by two hospitals and maintained with help from teens and community leaders, the site addresses such emotional health issues as...

Mpower

http://www.mpoweryouth.org Sponsored by Mental Health America, the site harnesses the emotional appeal of music to reach out to youth, with tips on...

Teen Source

www.teensource.org Intended to inform youths 13 and older about a wide range of sexual health topics, the site uses video testimonials, links...

Free Vibe

http://www.freevibe.com Set up for the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, this site gives all sorts of...

Information for Practice (IP)

http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/gh5/ip Formerly “World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers,” IP helps social service professionals throughout the world maintain their awareness of breaking...