Youth Today
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Walden University Hosts 2008 Presidential Youth Debate Online
Youth in America rarely get the opportunity to ask presidential candidates questions directly, but that’s what the Presidential Youth Debate will provide....
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Many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students Feel “Unsafe” in School
Nearly 90 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) middle and high school students were verbally harassed at school during the...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
DOL YouthBuild: Quantity over Quality?
The Department of Labor’s Employment Training Administration put out a notice of funding for 2009 YouthBuild grants, which pay for education and...
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Bush Signs Foster Care, Adoptions Act
President Bush has signed the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, one of a cluster of youth-directed bills...
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Report Cards Catching On?
Just as youths in Utah finished their first month of classes this fall, the state’s juvenile justice system was getting its first...
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Widget the Candidates
This “McCain Report” widget is available at www.widgetbox.com Trying to keep up with what is being said during this election campaign...
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Great Resource: Juvenile Transfer Law Chart
Fresh on the heels of OJJDP’s declaration that adult corrections systems aren’t so hot at helping its juvenile wards stay out of...
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Videotape Puts Program in Jeopardy
The chance videotaping of a boot-camp foster home staffer slamming a 16-year-old to the ground and pinning him down – because the...
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Interesting Reads on Youth Courts, Prison Industry, and DMC
JJ Today is back in D.C., and has finally sorted through the e-mail inbox. Three JJ-related papers of interest have been released...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
A Foundation Changes Course
Almost eight decades after its founding, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is embarking on the kind of complex, fundamental overhaul of its mission...
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Left on Doorstep, Teen Programs get Adopted
Click on chart to open PDF version. Before the hammer fell last year, a federal demonstration project to guide disadvantaged youth...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Major Adoption Bill Passes
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act was passed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 23 after being approved by...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Wall Street Woes Could Hurt Nonprofits
Uncertainty on Wall Street could spell frustration or worse for those who depend on grants from foundations, whether those foundations are connected...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
BGCA Launches Promotion
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) last month unveiled a new promotional campaign, “Be Great,” drawing on its famous alumni...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Provider of Background Checks Sold
The leading company in conducting background checks on employees and volunteers for nonprofits was sold last month for $4 billion. Youth-serving organizations...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Youth Programs Recovering From Ike
Hurricane Ike left youth service organizations across parts of the South scrambling to reopen storm-damaged facilities last month and to re-establish contacts...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Network Closes
The Western States Youth Services Network (WSYSN), which comprises 76 member organizations, is shutting down due to financial difficulties. “We simply do...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
League Founder Gunned Down at Trophy Ceremony
The founder of a community basketball league in Philadelphia was shot and killed on Sept. 11, along with one of his players,...
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Mighty Missouri Model Honored by Harvard; Now What?
There is no shortage of testimonials from the juvenile justice field when it comes to the confinement strategies used by the...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
On the Move for October 2008
Coalition on Human Needs Deborah Weinstein, CEOMoves to:Suite 3121120 Connecticut Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036(202) 223-2532 National Network for Youth Victoria...
