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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Parental Consent Struck Down

Alaska’s highest court ruled in November that the state’s Parental Consent Act – requiring girls age 16 and younger to obtain parental...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen Birth Rate Rises

The birth rate among American teens (ages 15 to 19) rose 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 – the first increase since...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

TLPs Dangle for Dollars

Talk about holiday headaches: Some programs that help homeless teens might be forced to put youth out of the homes that are...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

I Keep My Bling in the Bank

Represent, New York When I got my first paycheck from my summer job, my supervisor asked me if I had a savings...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

A Designer Addiction

New Youth Connections, New York My name is Dee and I’m a recovering junkie. I was hooked on the strong stuff. Ralph...

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A Volunteer’s Impact on Policy

San Francisco—You could look at Cora Tomalinas, a delicately aging woman strolling to the stage in a winged white dress to accept...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Highfields Family Group Decision-Making

Lansing, Mich.(517) 887-2762www.highfields.org Objective: Develop a plan to protect children who are referred to the child welfare system by strengthening their families....

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Wanted: More Black Leaders

A critical shortfall in African-American leadership at nonprofits compelled more than 100 people to meet in October at a first-ever conclave to...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

SCHIP Passes its Physical

Just in time to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – and to weigh in on...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Should Foster Kids Give DNA Samples?

Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal Investigators routinely take fingerprints and photographs of children being removed from abusive or neglectful parents, but a task...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Army’s High School Recruits Earn Now to Serve Later

The Dallas Morning News The Army’s new Future Soldier Training program is paying high school seniors $1,000 a month from the time...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

500 R.I. Teens Fall Into ‘Gap’ as Adults

The Providence (R.I.) Journal More than 500 17-year-olds are making their way through Rhode Island’s adult justice system because they had the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America

National Public Radio (NPR) Author and NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams says that “one of the most damaging forces tearing at young...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Winning Pays Off for Top Coaches

The Birmingham (Ala.) News This investigative report finds that many of Alabama’s high school football coaches are receiving perks once reserved for...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Many Youths Fearful in Their City

The Boston Globe Violent crime has soared in the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury in recent years. In 2006, 42...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Tackling Tobacco

While smoking has decreased significantly among youth since the funding of anti-tobacco programs through the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, data from...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Natasha Cross – Engaging Youth Entrepreneurs for Change

Natasha Cross Founder Engaging Youth Entrepreneurs for Change Baltimore, Md. (443) 768-1604 http://www.eyeforchange.org Age: 24 Salary: $45,000 About EYE for Change: The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Awards for December 2007

For: Teachers and administrators at alternative schoo Louise Tally, Simon Youth Foundation Teacher of the Year, and Terrie Suica-Reed, Administrator of the...

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