Youth Today
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The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services For two years beginning in 2004, the task force conducted reviews of 53 published scientific...
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Amplifiers of Developmental and Negative Experiences in Organized Activities
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This study evaluated four sets of factors thought to affect adolescents’ developmental (positive)...
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Opinion
The New Black-on-Black Racism
When it comes to slurring young African-Americans as promiscuous, violent, and stupid, influential African-American leaders and commentators make radio clown Don Imus...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Not Déjà Vu All Over Again
A smart person once observed that opportunity resides at the intersection of need and capacity. I thought of this adage recently as...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
What About Hip-Hop?
New Youth Connections, New York The firing of radio personality Don Imus for referring to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team as...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Words Can Hurt in Any Language
New Youth Connections, New York When I heard that radio host Don Imus had used the terms “nappy-headed ho’s” to refer to...
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Research
2007 Kids Count Data Book
Annie E. Casey Foundation www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp The release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count Data Book in late July again...
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The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings
Child and Early Education Research Connections Although research indicates that regular participation in high-quality after-school programs yields many positive developmental benefits for...
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HHS Actions Would Help States Prepare Youth in the Foster Care System for Independent Living
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) In assessing the implementation of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (FCIA), which doubled federal funding...
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Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change
The Forum for Youth Investment (FYI) These eight principles for engaging youth as partners in community change can help organizations and communities...
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Under One Roof: Primary Care Models that Work for Adolescents
Incenter Strategies/MCH Policy Research Center This report describes an interdisciplinary model of physical, behavioral and reproductive health care operating in a hospital-based...
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Trauma Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Critical Issues and New Directions
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice In the juvenile justice system, the prevalence of youth exposed to trauma is believed...
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Recommendations for WIA Reauthorization Legislation: Title I Youth Provisions
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) At a time when increased attention is being paid to the fact that nearly one...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Ready = Ready = Ready
The month of May produced yet another study showing that the skills young people need to be ready for life beyond high...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Part-Timers: More Gain Than Pain
Charleston, W.Va.—Missy Miller happily serves as membership manager here at the Charleston Family YMCA, but she still plans a career in crime....
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News
Prevention Cures Fiscal Pain
Photo: Photo courtesy of SAY San Diego—It took just a few days for Michael Carr to learn the cold realities of working...
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Take Kids to Planned Parenthood, Lose Job
Most observers seem to agree that the community outreach director at the Greater Manchester Family YMCA goofed: She took a group of...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
DOJ Settles to Fix Facility
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached another agreement with a state to fix abuses at juvenile justice facilities. The settlement...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Making Form 990 More Clear
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to revamp its tax form for nonprofits in an effort to simplify the reporting process and...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Rehab Ranch Sued Over Religion
Proponents of church and state separation have sued North Dakota for directing both money and delinquent youth to the Dakota Boys and...
