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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Database to Track Foster Youth

The final federal rule on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) went into effect on April 28. The rule establishes data...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Worker Can be Fired for Being Gay

Can faith-based child welfare organizations that receive state funds fire someone based on her sexual orientation? A Kentucky judge says yes, depending...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

4-H Finds More Green in Country

You don’t have to be a country music fan to wish you had this lineup to help raise money for your program:...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

SCHIP Limits: Who Holds the Cards?

Senate Democrats last month tried new legislation and nasty words (“fatwa”) to stop the White House from limiting enrollment in the federal...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Ohio Pledges Better Conditions for Youth

Ohio plans to pour an extra $20 million to $30 million into its juvenile detention system to relieve overcrowding, improve care and...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Second Chance Becomes Law

As expected, President Bush last month signed into law the Second Chance Act, which authorizes $360 million for juvenile and adult offender...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen Sex Offender Law Struck Down

With a court ruling last month, Nevada could be paving the way for challenges to juvenile sex offender laws around the country....

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

New Olympics for Youth

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the first summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Singapore in 2010. Olympic...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Community Foundations Group Changes Name

The Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth recently changed its name to CFLeads (Community Foundations Leading Change), to reflect what leaders call...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

How to Steal From the Office

The news routinely brings stories that show how easy it for employees to steal from nonprofits, and how simple some of the...

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Volunteer Screens Full of Holes

As an industry that relies significantly on volunteers to carry out its work, the youth field knows that a lot of agencies...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

YouthBuild’s Shaky Foundation

Tanarae Greenman watched YouthBuild quickly grow into one of her most popular and effective programs at the Community Services Consortium in Lebanon,...

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Web Watch at Work

It’s almost an accepted fact of life that employees will use their office computers for some personal Internet surfing – checking sports...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

On the Move – May 2008

America’s Promise Alliance Marguerite W. Kondracke, CEO Moves to: 1110 Vermont Avenue N.W.Washington, DC 20005(202) 657-0600http://www.americaspromise.org National Association of State Alcohol and...

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Newsmakers for May 2008

Nonprofits Carter Savage, vice president of youth development services for the Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), has left that...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Expert: Ruling Amounts to Censorship

The Indianapolis Star An Indiana judge has blocked a local television station from airing a parent’s frustrated criticisms of the state’s Department...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Officer in Grafner Case Lacked Child Interview Training: Questioned Boy in Abuse Case

The Denver Post In a case that demonstrates the importance of training law enforcement officials who interview allegedly abused children, a Denver...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Ultimate Fights Expand to Include Kids

Chicago Tribune/Associated Press The first rule of Garage Boys Fight Crew: Talk about Garage Boys Fight Crew. This bare-knuckle ultimate fighting club...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

A Boy the Bullies Love to Beat Up, Repeatedly

The New York Times Classmates have physically and verbally harassed tall, lanky Billy Wolfe – a slightly learning-disabled high school sophomore in...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier