Youth Today
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Higher Education For Ex-Foster Youth
President Bush last month signed a law that, among other provisions, will help former foster youth get money for college. The College...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
CNCS Requires New Background Checks
Call it service with a smile – and a background check. A new final rule issued by the Corporation for National and...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Laws Loosen for Consensual Sex
Four states recently adjusted their sex offense statutes to allow more leeway for youth who get in legal trouble resulting from consensual...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Youth Court Group Comes to Order
After a two-year battle with paperwork and other administrative details, the National Association of Youth Courts has set up shop as a...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Youth Killed in Restraint
Police in Tennessee say a teenager’s death at a center for mentally and developmentally disabled youth was a homicide at the hands...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
On the Move for October 2007
Docs for Tots Toni Smith, Deputy Exec. Director Moves to: 1000 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 589-0103 Alfonso...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
The Jena Six and the Big Picture
The case of the “Jena Six” in Louisiana has drawn public attention to the disproportionate treatment of racial groups in juvenile justice...
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Stunting SCHIP’s Growth
While the fight over whether to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has focused on congressional legislation and presidential vetoes,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Help for When College Years Are Not So Carefree
Chicago Tribune Students with average or above-average intelligence who benefit from special-education programs usually find that their learning and support services come...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Time to Serve: A Case for National Service
TIME magazine Surveys show that while public confidence in the U.S. political system and government are near all-time lows, volunteerism and civic...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Girl Power
Fast Company Seventeen-year-old Ashley Qualls has built the 349th most popular website in the world (out of more than 20 million) without...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Drug Tests Part of the Curriculum at Recovery High
National Public Radio A few dozen public high schools nationwide are trying to educate teens who have hard core drug addictions –...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Children Who Survive Urban Warfare Suffer from PTSD, Too
San Francisco Chronicle Eleven-year-old Terra Turner’s 18-year-old brother was shot and killed on a San Francisco street last summer. As the months...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Visitors to Juvenile Hall Feel Stuck Too
The Los Angeles Times By the time the relatives of youth incarcerated at the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, Calif.,...
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A Seismic Shift Stirs California
California, home of one of the country’s most notorious juvenile justice systems, is about to test what happens when reformers get what...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Youth Voices Reach Lawmakers’ Ears
While youth workers might see the value of seeking youth input on government policy as a no-brainer, the practice of developing youth...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for October 2007
Nonprofits The National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) hired Karen Heller Key to serve as vice president of programs for both the assembly...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
TRI-CAP Teen Wellness Centers
Jasper, Ind. (812) 482-2233 Objective: Reduce teen suicides. In a Nutshell: The teen wellness centers were put together by the Dubois-Pike-Warrick Economic...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Jessica Feierman
Jessica Feierman Staff Attorney Juvenile Law Center (215) 625-0551 Age: 37 Salary: $57,500 About the Organization: The center works on behalf...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for October 2007
Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care For: U.S. or global nonprofits, for-profits, or public entities that are developing “disruptive innovations” in...
