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Obama Creates White House Council on Woman and Girls

  Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Obama and chair of the new White House Counsel on Women and Girls. Saying that...

OJJDP to Take Bids on Stimulus Mentoring Money (Updated)

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently developing a solicitation for proposals to spend local mentoring funds carved out...

OJJDP to Take Bids on Stimulus Mentoring Money

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently developing a solicitation for proposals to spend local mentoring funds carved out...

BGCA Struggling

Late last month, AS Today had a chance to speak with Kevin McCartney, who heads government relations for the Atlanta-based Boys &...

How-to on Getting After-School Money out of the Stimulus

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama last month includes lots of money for states to spend on education...

MENTOR Names New CEO

Alberto Gonzales might be hard up for a job, but not every Bush 43 guy is having the same trouble. MENTOR, a...

State Practices for Assessing Health Needs, Facilitating Service Delivery and Monitoring Children’s Care

The GAO found that every state mandates physical exams for children upon entering foster care, and most conduct screening for developmental and...

The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs

Community decision makers in need of a comprehensive guide to wisely investing in out-of-school-time (OST) programs may have a new bible. The...

New Help for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives: Questions and Answers about the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Practitioners, agencies and policymakers with questions about the Fostering Connections Act are likely to find their question - and its answer -...

Eldorado Investigation

Half of Youth Say Barack Obama’s Election Makes Them Feel Hopeful

They may not have been able to vote for him, but many youths are already feeling optimistic about Barack Obama's presidency. Not...

Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities

Hispanics' underrepresentation in the U.S. military - given the minority group's high interest in armed forces enlistment - can be traced in...

America’s Youth at 21: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions between Ages 20 and 21 Summary

The Experiences of New York City Foster Children in HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials

An independent review into medical experiments performed on African-American and Latino foster children in New York found that the HIV/AIDS clinical trials...

The “New” Tube: A Content Analysis of YouTube – the Most Popular Online Video Destination

Children's exposure to lewd television content may expand beyond the realm of just the television set.  A Parents Television Council report finds...

Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out of High School, by Student Characteristics

National Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences Educators and parents who are looking for warning signs that a high school...

Serving for Life

In the parlance of the field, they are called “lifers.” They are people who as children joined youth organizations and basically never...

Climbing the Ladder from Day Care to VP

Michael Waldman Michael Waldman comes from a long line of social workers: his grandparents, aunts, uncle, parents and sister. So it’s probably...

Putting Her Faith in Youth Work

Sheavaun Malone When Sheavaun Malone was 11, her best friend invited her to summer vacation Bible school at the Salvation Army in...

Traveling the World to Come Home

  Paco Fuentes Paco Fuentes has traveled the country and halfway around the world, only to wind up back in his old...