Youth Today
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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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News
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...
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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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News
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...
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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
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Teen Dating Abuse on the Rise, Experts Say
The Daytona Beach News-Journal As many one in three dating couples between the ages of 14 and 24 have engaged in abusive...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Anti-Gang Group Turns New York Thugs into College Students
The Christian Science Monitor Founded as a small anti-gang program in 1975, the Council for Unity says it now reaches 100,000 young...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Bringing the Kids to the Mountain
Circulating: City buses shuttle youth from pick-up points in St. Paul to youth programs, including Youth Farm, a Boys & Girls Club...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Linn County Summer Youth Wage Grant Program
Teen at Work: Heather Richter earns her partially subsidized paycheck working in the Early Learning Center of the First United Methodist Church....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Wayne Jason
Wayne Jason Martial Arts InstructorHillsides Youth Moving OnPasadena, Calif.(818) 426-5749 Age: 53 Salary: Although Jason’s rates as an instructor range from $35...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for May 2008
School officials from across the nation accept the MetLife Foundation’s Breakthrough award for improving the academic performance of low-income students. Photo: The...
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Opinion
Competence is Cool
Interest in after-school programs for high schoolers is growing around the country, and in many quarters. Several recent national conferences have focused...
