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Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke

RAND Available at http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9321.pdf Public health campaigns to reduce teen smoking have shown positive results in recent years, particularly those that are...

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Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilities

Laudan Y. Aron, Pamela J. LoprestUrban Institute Press129 pages. $26.50. Although federal programs spend $60 billion a year to help more than...

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Children’s Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp

Leslie ParisNew York University Press364 pages. $39. America’s summer camp movement started in the late 1800s, when private and religious camps for...

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Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals

Edited by Mark S. Kiselica, Matt Englar-Carlson, Arthur M. HorneRoutledge304 pages. $34.95. In response to the recent explosion of public concern about...

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Drug War Facts, 6th Edition

Edited by Douglas A. McVayCommon Sense for Drug Policy278 pages. $14.95. Since President Nixon declared a War on Drugs in 1971, opinions...

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The Early Care and Education Teaching Workforce at the Fulcrum:An Agenda for Reform

Sharon Lynn Kagan, Kristie Kauerz, Kate TarrantTeachers College Press179 pages. $31.95. Who cares for and educates two thirds of American children from...

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BAM! Boys Advocacy and Mentoring: A Leader’s Guide to Facilitating Strengths-Based Groups for Boys

Peter Mortola, Howard Hilton, Stephen GrantRoutledge142 pages. $34.95. These three professional counselors offer a valuable blueprint for weekly sessions of BAM! groups...

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Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World

Ken Beller, Heather ChaseLTS Press195 pages. $21.95. This inspiring collection introduces 20 remarkable people from around the world “who have made peace...

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Every Child Matters Education Fund

www.everychildmatters.org/2008/index.html Every Child Matters has assembled an overview of each presidential candidate’s stances on youth issues, based on his or her speeches,...

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Resources on Afterschool

www.youthrights.org This free online database of resources on how to run high-quality, sustainable, after-school programs is in its fifth edition. The site’s...

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Think MTV

www.thinkmtv.com In an effort to promote youth activism, MTV’s site offers a place for young people to learn about socio-political issues and...

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National Youth Rights Association

www.youthrights.org The association has expanded its website to include tool kits and multimedia presentations aimed at repealing age restrictions on voting, drinking...

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FAFSA4caster

www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov Created to help families better plan for college, the FAFSA4caster (Free Application for Federal Student Aid “Forecaster”) uses a form half...

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Energize Inc.

www.energizeinc.com/volunteer-map.html This volunteer training, publishing and consulting firm’s website offers free and quick access to resource recommendations, journal articles and book excerpts...

Grants

Grant Awarded for March 2008

Mott Foundation Flint, Mich.(810) 238-5651www.mott.org • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, $600,000 for the State Fiscal and Low-Income Initiatives Project....

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