Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Paperwork that Pays
For people writing grant proposals on behalf of youth-serving nonprofits, few applications can look as daunting as those for the federal Community...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
Free Minds draws in youth convicted as adults (like Delonte, above) with book discussions and writing exercises … Washington, D.C.(202) 468-4809http://www.freemindsbookclub.org Objective:...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Lupe Tovar
Lupe Tovar Program CoordinatorIn My ShoesTucson, Ariz.(520) 747-1533www.inmyshoesinc.org Age: 25 Salary: $25,000 to $30,000 About In My Shoes: This nonprofit provides one-on-one...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for June 2008
100 Best Communities for Young People For: Cities and towns that have made the well-being of children and youth a top priority....
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Opinion
A New Kind of Smoking?
Heed my cautionary tale about how ideology sabotages insights. Back in 2000, I set out to prove that cigarette smoking, like other...
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Opinion
Time for a 180 on Youth Advocacy
FirstFocus, the advocacy organization affiliated with the America’s Promise Alliance, recently released “Children’s Budget 2008,” a comprehensive guide to the more than...
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Opinion
Residential Centers Can Be Ideal
John Kelly’s article “Child Welfare’s Historic Headache” [May] states, “Yes, residential centers are overused in child welfare.” Why is this stated as...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Speaking Out, and Finally Being Heard
Vox, Atlanta I used to find myself sitting at home after school, doing a whole bunch of nothing. All of my friends...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Getting Off My Butt and Doing Something
Vox, Atlanta Three years ago, I attended a political rally on the day of President Bush’s second inauguration. The protest centered on...
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Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens
Public/Private Ventures Many preteens have limited access to high-quality after-school programs. This study, funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health,...
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Children’s Budget 2008
First Focus Since 2003, only one penny of every new non-defense dollar spent by the federal government went to programs for youth,...
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A Good Start: Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College
MDRC/Network on Transitions to Adulthood While freshmen in college benefit from extra counseling, financial aid and tutoring, the benefits last only slightly...
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Low Grades, Bad Behavior? Siblings May Be to Blame
Florida State University Living with half or stepsiblings can result in more school-related behavioral problems for youth, according to sociology professor Kathryn...
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State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Children’s Advocacy Institute/First Star Only two states, Nevada and New Hampshire, received a grade of A in this report rating the child...
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State Policies Affecting the Assurance of Confidential Care for Adolescents
Incenter Strategies Minor youth often feel the need to know that the information they share with healthcare providers is confidential, even in...
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Constraints on Minority Swimming Participation
USA Swimming Foundation Nearly 60 percent of African-American and Hispanic youth ages 6 to 16 are unable to swim – nearly twice...
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Lesbian and Gay Youths’ Aspirations for Marriage and Raising Children
Rockway Institute In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers have found that many lesbian and gay...
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A Forty-Year Update of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: Preliminary Findings
The Eisenhower Foundation From 1968 to 2006, the child poverty rate rose from 15 percent to 17 percent, four times the rate...
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The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children
First Focus Two million children’s families will lose their homes to foreclosures in 2008 and 2009, estimates First Focus – an event...
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Residential Facilities: Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges
The number of state-reported fatalities of youth in residential facilities, by agency and facility type. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Federal investigations...
