Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Red Sex, Blue Sex
Sexually active Youth and American Values: Conservative Christians’ reactions to Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s announcement that her unwed 17-year-old daughter was...
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News
No Safe Haven for Troubled Kids
Click on graphic to enlarge. Nebraska may have solved the debacle last month over its Safe Haven law – under which...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Child Adolescent Mobile Crisis Team
Parsons Child & Family CenterAlbany, N.Y.(518) 429-2391http://www.parsonscenter.org/services/ChildAdolescentMobileTeam.asp Photo: Parsons Child and Family Center Objective: To provide a community-based response to individual child...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Wendy Elliott
Wendy Elliot Vice President of Affiliate ServicesYouth Volunteer Corps of AmericaShawnee Mission, Kan.(913) 432-9822,http://www.yvca.org Age: 31 Salary: $47,000 About YVCA: YVCA...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for December 2008-January 2009
TCWF California Peace Prize For: Individuals committed to preventing violence and promoting peace in their communities. By: The California Wellness Foundation Winners:...
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Opinion
Take a Stand, Even If it Costs You
One of the largest corporate entities here in Burlington, Vt., is Burton Snowboards, which I normally wouldn’t have anything to do...
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Opinion
Ready for Life: Yes, That Means College
The core belief at the Forum for Youth Investment – that all young people should be “Ready by 21,” meaning ready for...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
No More Labels for Me
LA Youth, Los Angeles I was in seventh grade when people started to get curious about what I was. Most kids...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Guiding Disconnected Youth to Academic Success
Program: Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS). Organization: Youth Development Institute (YDI); unidentified community-based organizations at 10 New York City sites. Types...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Toolkit Review: YouthARTS Toolkit
YouthARTS Toolkit Americans for the ArtsFree.(202) 371-2830, http://www.artsusa.org/youtharts A free, online resource on how to design, implement, evaluate and train workers for...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Wallace Gives $1.8 Million For Arts Education
The Wallace Foundation has announced grants to two Los Angeles arts learning initiatives that help bring high-quality arts experiences to youth in...
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Book Reviews
From Expelled to Excelled
The Last Dropout Bill MillikenHay House241 pages. $14.95 The Last Dropout, written by the founder of Communities in Schools (CIS), is based...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things
Kelly CurtisSearch Institute Press154 pages. $14.95 “Empowerment isn’t a program, it’s a way of thinking,” declares Curtis, whose guide for youth workers...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Project Reach Out: Building Effective Partnerships Between the Workforce System and Community Organizations
Seedco40 pages. Free download. Based on its experience with integrating faith-based and community organizations into Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and One-Stop Career...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Girls Sports and Eating Disorders: What’s the Connection?
Aquarius Health Care Media27 minutes. DVD $145. What “hidden dangers” lurk in girls’ sports? Ninth-grader Allison dieted and exercised so strenuously that...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide
DeQuincy A. Lezine, David BrentOxford University Press, with the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Annenberg Public Policy Center194 pages. $30...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for Youth
The Finance Project32 pages. Free. This guide explores three strategies for financing and sustaining mentoring programs and services: building partnerships with businesses...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Sparks: How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers
Peter L. BensonJossey-Bass/Wiley235 pages. $24.95. Building on Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets, Benson, the institute’s CEO, introduces “sparks” – shorthand for “follow...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Mousetraps
Pat SchmatzCarolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group192 pages. $18.95. Until Rick shows up in high school chemistry class the first day of junior year...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Street Law
http://www.streetlaw.org Showcasing issues concerning law, democracy and human rights, this site offers teachers, students, lawyers, law enforcement officials and government officials...
