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Home-Grown Success

Wolner: “We’ve had some pretty powerful people that have gotten behind it.” Photo: Barron County Restorative Justice Program Location, location, location. Is...

Research

Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by their Peers

California Research BureauAvailable at http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/08/08-004.pdf Although estimates vary widely, the most recent data provided to Congress suggest that, at any given time,...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

National Certification Exam for Child and Youth Care Workers: Preliminary Results of a Validation Study

Association for Child and Youth Care Practice (ACYCP) Forthcoming in the Journal of Child and Youth Care Work In February, the ACYCP...

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Global GraffitiWall

Tamara Sniad, Claudia Weisburd, Joana Davis-DíazCenter for Afterschool Education/Foundations76 pages. $24.95. This partner to GraffitiWall contains international-themed activities that build geography and...

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Please Stop Laughing at Us … One Survivor’s Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying

Jodee BlancoBenBella Books/Independent Publishers Group443 pages. $14.95. In this sequel to Please Stop Laughing at Me, her best-selling memoir about being bullied...

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New Directions for Youth Development: Sports-Based Youth Development, No. 115, Fall 2007

Edited by Daniel F. Perkins, Suzanne Le MenestralJossey-Bass123 pages. $29. For the 40 million U.S. youth between ages 5 and 17 who...

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The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting

Dan Doyle withDeborah Doermann BurchHall of Fame Press478 pages. $39.95. Doyle, a former high school and college basketball coach and a sports...

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An Invited Threat

Steven Keewatin Sanderson, Thomas Deer, Tania WillardThe Healthy Aboriginal Network44 pages. $5. Bulk pricing for five or more copies. Produced by a...

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The Trouble with Black Boys … and Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education

Pedro A. NogueraJossey-Bass306 pages. $24.95. While researchers disagree about the reasons for the struggles of young African-American males, here an urban sociologist...

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Men on a Mission: Valuing Youth Work in Our Communities

William MarsiglioThe Johns Hopkins University Press381 pages. $30 (paperback). Observing 55 men of all ages who work in paid or volunteer positions...

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Afterschool Investments Project

http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool A project of the Child Care Bureau in the U.S. Administration on Children and Families, this site promotes high-quality after-school programming....

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NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete

http://www2.ncaa.org/portal/media_and_events/ncaa_publications/general_interest/cbsa.html This online guide from the National Collegiate Athletic Association helps high school athletes, their coaches and their families navigate the college...

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Engineer Girl!

http://www.engineergirl.org This kid-friendly site from the National Academy of Engineering encourages girls to pursue careers in engineering with “cool readings,” facts about...

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Safety Net for Youth

http://www.safetynetforyouth.org To help foster collaboration among professionals working with runaway and homeless youth, National Safe Place – a youth outreach program that...

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Family PLUS

http://familyplus.bgca.org Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving) offers information and resources on children’s social and emotional growth, advice on education and safety...

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National Center on Sexual Behavior and Youth

http://www.ncsby.org NCSBY, which provides information and training about the management of adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems, uses its...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for April 2008

The Joyce FoundationChicago, Ill.(312) 782-2464http://www.joycefdn.org • The Aspen Institute, Washington, $300,000 to continue the efforts of the Commission on No Child Left...

News

New Funds to Help Offenders Start Over

If you provide mentoring, substance abuse counseling or other services to help incarcerated juveniles re-enter society, you might soon be eligible for...

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