Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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...
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Grants
Grant Awarded for March 2008
Mott Foundation Flint, Mich.(810) 238-5651www.mott.org • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, $600,000 for the State Fiscal and Low-Income Initiatives Project....
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Reclaiming Futures Seeks to Expand
The Reclaiming Futures initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation has been successfully working to reform systems of care for juvenile...
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X%$*! Box Live
These screen names from XBox Live reveal one way players express racism. So you think you’re providing constructive activities for kids by...
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News
Watch After-School Vouchers Get Shot Down in Congress
It was billed as a congressional hearing about vouchers for after-school programs, but it was more akin to a grand jury proceeding,...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Local Schools Give Youth Workers More Class
Thinking Cap: Tyrone Jones of Our House weighs in. Photo: Matt Spangler Catonsville, Md.—Assistant Professor Lisa Boone raps a finger on the...
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News
A Giant Borrows its Way to Growth, and Risk
When the multi-service giant KidsPeace hired C.T. O’Donnell as CEO in 1999, he stepped into the shoes of a long-serving, beloved leader...
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News
Reform Plan: A New Model in Child Welfare Cases?
In a twist that could influence the resolution of other pending child welfare cases, an independent accreditation organization – the Council on...
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News
Mississippi Yearning
No matter how many problems your child welfare system has, you can usually take solace that you’re not in Mississippi. For years...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Gender Rivalry: Big Sister Sues Big Brother
In what could be an unprecedented case, an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) has sued another affiliate for...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Watch out for Fake GEDS
Those working with dropouts who want to get their GEDS should be aware of a growing Web scam. Companies have been selling...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Grant Helps Feds Use Evidence about Programs
In a “top-down” effort to improve the quality and use of scientific evidence in policy areas that affect youth, the W.T. Grant...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Reform Progress and Setbacks
With juvenile justice reforms and investigations going on around the country, it’s difficult to keep track of all the innovations, achievements and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Ranch Raises Hopes for Adoptees
The Chicago Tribune The number of “disrupted” international adoptions – in which adoptive parents seek to reverse adoptions and return the children...
