Youth Today
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Economy Shrinks Girl Scout Cookies
Selling Girl Scout cookies in an economy that is forcing many Americans to cut back on excess spending seems difficult enough. Now...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Did OJJDP Bury Suicide Report?
The author of a recently published report on suicides in juvenile facilities says that, despite the major findings in the study,...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Foster Care Ruling Holds State Workers Liable
Foster care workers can be held liable if the children they place in foster homes are sexually abused by other children in...
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News
New Coalition Pushes Children’s Agenda
Bentley: “The more voices we have singing in unison, the better it is for children.” Some of the nation’s most prominent children’s...
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News
An Urge to Care Lit Her Fire
Pasewalk: “Her ability to make work light and fun was always appreciated,” an ex-colleague says. It was 1973, and Jill Pasewalk...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for March 2009
Nonprofits Tracy Velázquez Tracy Velázquez is the new executive director of the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute (JPI). Formerly the senior program...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Green Jobs: Good Work If Youth Can Find It
THE NATION Young community activists nationwide are organizing efforts to solve two of the nation’s pressing problems at once: reducing the unemployment...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
More Students Turning Illegally to ‘Smart’ Drugs
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Students on college campuses across the country are increasingly turning to illegally obtained prescription medications to increase their concentration...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
East Palo Alto Poised to Launch Youth Court
Nizam Harris, 12, is sworn in as the defendant during a mock trial for the newly created youth court in East...
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News
Project Offers Help for Getting Financial Aid
Oreopoulos: Report urges partnership between federal departments to ease aid applications. Testifying at his January confirmation hearing to become U.S. education secretary,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Provide Summer Employment
Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP) Summer youth employment programs face uncertain prospects this year. The economy is shedding jobs and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Rosie’s Place
Community Youth ServicesOlympia, Wash.(360) 943-0780http://www.communityyouthservices.org/p_rosies_place.shtml Out-of-the-box lunch: Staffers serve a hot meal dailyto the homeless youth who drop in. Objective: To provide...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for March 2009
Recycling pays for the winner of the Trash to Treasure competition. Trash to Treasure Competition For: A national challenge to kids to...
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Opinion
A ‘Five-Star’ President Who Happens to be Bi-Racial
On Jan. 20, I joined millions of Americans and millions more around the world to watch the inauguration of our 44th...
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Opinion
A Shout Out to Michelle Obama
There is one goal that each of us in the youth “business” shares: to ensure that all children receive the full...
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Opinion
Feedback
The Real Obama Stands Regarding Mike Males’ February column, “Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up – For Youth?” I feel...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Scared for My Life
Author’s name withheld Washington Prep High School Violence has affected me since the day I was born. I grew up in South...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
‘My Uncle was Shot’
Author’s name withheld Washington Prep High School “I’ll make five grand a night! You don’t even make that in a month!” These...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Successful Transition to Adolescence Begins at Home
Program: Strong African American Families (SAAF) Organization: Center for Family Research, University of Georgia Type of Evaluation: Researchers examined whether this intervention,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Fleet Management Software
FleetCommanderAgile Access ControlPrice: Based on number of vehicles managed; can be purchased on a month-to-month basis. Pricing starts at $1,500 for initial...
