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Congratulations for Reading a Winner

Jim Myers Silver, Case History American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2007 “Then La Paloma [Family Services] did something unusual: It turned...

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Anti-Drug Programs Get Off Drugs

Dando Furenza a la Familia: Only one session focuses on substance abuse and its effect on the body. Every now and then...

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Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE)

Stand-up Kids: The PRAISE Academy helps boys lift themselves. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore(410) 467-1605www.paulrobesonacademy.org Objective: Develop the academic and social skills of...

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Ingrid Dahl

Ingrid Dahl, Editor EditorYouth Media ReporterNew York(212) 367-4623www.youthmediareporter.org Age: 27 Salary: $44,000-49,000 About Youth Media Reporter: This website and professional journal serves...

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Awards for March 2008

CWLA National Conference Awards For: Individuals who have worked to improve the lives of children and families. By: Child Welfare League of...

Opinion

Youth Development and the Common Good

Nothing rankles me more than poverty and our American tradition of ignoring it. For kids, poverty is the ultimate risk factor. While...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Superintendents of Learning

Superintendents rock! I’ve never started a column like this before, certainly not one about school administrators – the people with whom youth...

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Teens at Work: My First Job

VOX, Atlanta When I turned 15, it seemed like everyone my age had money – except me. On Mondays at school, I...

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Teens at Work: Paycheck for a Cause

New Youth Connections, New York I first learned the distinction between a Democrat and a Republican in second grade, when my teacher...

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Advancing Achievement: Findings from an Independent Evaluation of a Major After-School Initiative

Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) Several publications spun off from P/PV’s recent evaluation of Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) – an eight-year,...

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Federal Tax Benefits: Foster, Adoptive Parents and Kinship Caregivers

National Foster Parent Association (NFPA) According to the NFPA, “neither the Internal Revenue Service nor commercial tax manuals offer information on unique...

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A National Service Agenda for the Next Decade

Center for American Progress This report, produced to shore up support for service programs, says they are effectively addressing a new array...

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America’s Youth at 20: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions Between Ages 19 and 20

U.S. Department of Labor Twenty-year-old females are 20 percent more likely to be enrolled in college than are their male counterparts, says...

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The Collapse of the National Teen Job Market and the Case for an Immediate Youth Jobs Creation Program

Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University Employment rates for 16- to 19-year-olds have been declining or stagnant since 1989, and the...

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Youthful Offender Project

YouthBuild USA This report on YouthBuild’s Youthful Offender Project stresses the need for re-entry programs to prevent recidivism. Part of the U.S....

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Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives

The Urban Institute This report examines the results of five programs initiated from the 1990s through 2000 to help low-income noncustodial fathers...

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Survey Finds Most College Freshmen Satisfied with Close Parental Involvement

Cooperative Institutional Research Program/UCLA The majority of college freshmen answering this survey reported that they had experienced the “right amount” of parental...

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Ethical Approaches to Adolescent Participation in Sexual Health Research

Journal of Adolescent Health Adolescent sexual health research studies educate youth and encourage them to practice safe sex. However, young people’s participation...

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