Youth Today
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Sports Program on the Ropes
Track stars: A relay race at the NYSP at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Photo: Photo by Tom Patt A network...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for August 2007
Jill Schumann Nonprofits Changes are afoot at the Washington-based, 70-member National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) as Chairwoman Roxanne Spillett and Vice Chairman...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for July-August 2007
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) congratulates Greg Cendana. Photo: Ralph Alswang Campus Progress For: College students who have shown a successful and...
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Opinion
Anatomy of a Win for Foster Kids
The first time I set foot in my present place of employment – Spectrum Youth and Family Services in Burlington, Vt. –...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Crazy for Psychology
New Youth Connections, New York (Note: Names have been changed for this story) I went to a psychologist when I was 12....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Gay Youths Find Place to Call Home in Specialty Shelters
The New York Times Responding to the needs of a high number of gay youths in the homeless population, several specialty shelters...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Sharing Global Lessons In Youth Work
Here at Brandeis University, I teach a graduate course on national and international youth policies. My students range from youth workers at...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Prescription for Depression
LA Youth, Los Angeles I was assigned a therapist when I was 12. Because I was in foster care, the system thought...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Tipping Point for City DHS Reform?
The Philadelphia Inquirer In an extensive investigation last year of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), the Inquirer reported that several children...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Sex Ed Landscape Shifting in States
Stateline.org After the April release of a congressionally authorized study showing that youth who took abstinence-only classes were just as likely to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
School’s Caring Helps Students Beat Odds
The Boston Globe Boston International High, created in 2003 to educate recent immigrants, graduated its first class in June, and all 35...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Clearinghouse on Expanding and Sustaining Youth Programs and Policies
www.financeproject.org/irc/youth/index.asp This new, growing database launched by The Finance Project and The Forum for Youth Investment contains nearly 400 searchable resources to...
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► Reports
California’s Afterschool Expansion
William T. Grant Foundation This very readable report, written by consultant and former journalist Joseph Ames, details how California implemented the largest...
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► Reports
Improving Attendance and Retention in Out-of-School Time Programs
Child Trends Few benefits can be gained from out-of-school programs without the active, consistent participation of youth. This brief provides ideas for...
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► Reports
A Response to No One Ever Asked Us: A Review of Children’s Experiences in Out-of-Home Care
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (Vol. 24, No. 1) In order to better understand children’s perspectives on out-of-home care, the researchers...
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► Reports
Diplomas Count: Ready for What? Preparing for College, Careers and Life After High School
Editorial Projects in Education Research Center/Education Week Today’s high school graduates will need at least some college education in order to land...
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► Reports
Maternal Work Hours and Adolescents’ School Outcomes Among Low-Income Families in Four Urban Counties
National Poverty Center Using data from interviews with 1,700 single mothers of adolescents who went from welfare to full-time work, researchers found...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Keeping Siblings Together in Foster Care
Best practice theories hold that foster children should maintain contact with their biological parents unless there’s strong reason not to. Until recently,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
STEP-UP
Minneapolis, Minn. (612) 455-1530 Working on It: Local business volunteers conduct mock interviews to help Minneapolis teens obtain summer jobs and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Summer O’Malley
Summer O’Malley Leader G.E.M. Living Classrooms Foundation (410) 685-0295 www.gemmaryland.org Age: 31. Salary: $13 per hour. About the Program: G.E.M. (Girls Empowerment...
