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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Immigration Raids Protested

While most of the child welfare field stays mum about the havoc sometimes created for youth and youth-serving agencies when adults are...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Guidelines for Sex Offender Registries

The U.S. Department of Justice has submitted its proposed National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification, as required by the Adam...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

De-Constructing Teenagers?

Teens who land high-paying summer construction jobs may feel lucky to earn, on average, $20 an hour, but the National Institute for...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Sweating Summer Jobs

Once again, the employment prospects for teens this summer look gloomy. If the forecast of Andrew Sum and Joseph McLaughlin of Northeastern...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Missing Kids Cards Gone

Don’t go searching for those "Have You Seen Me?" cards in your mail any more. ADCO, the direct mail company that sends...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for June 2007

Nonprofits Eckerd Youth Alternatives, a major provider of services to troubled youth, recently filled two of its top spots. David Dennis was...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Surviving Without Uncle Sam’s Money

Finding a pot of $30 million in federal grants for your specialty in youth work should make you feel pretty good. But...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Creating Entrepreneurs

When it comes to teaching youth how to make a living, the lesson almost always boils down to the same formula: Work...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Foster Teens Find Help in State Care

Daytona Beach News-Journal Although they’ve often been removed from the places, friends, teachers and coping mechanisms that helped them weather abusive situations...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Me Lonely? Not Now, Thanks to the ‘Family Finding’ Search

The San Francisco Chronicle A combination of high-tech Internet searches and old-fashioned detective work is helping 22 California counties locate the extended...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

State’s Youth Prisons Mired in Hopelessness (Part 1) A New Approach to Help Young Offenders (Part 2)

The San Francisco Chronicle It’s well-documented: Young offenders in California’s juvenile justice system face frequent violence and receive little rehabilitation. Some advocates...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Children of Meth Abusers Have Little Access to Help

The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.) Most methamphetamine users and “cookers” are of prime childbearing age – often raising small children in homes...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Deportations Strand Young U.S. Citizens

The Chicago Tribune Since the deportation of their mother last year as a “criminal alien,” 22-year-old University of Texas senior Luissana Santibanez...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Hard Lessons: The Struggle to Keep Milwaukee Schools Safe

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel This four-part investigative series on Milwaukee Public Schools examines intensifying campus violence that has teachers filing complaints and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

School Fears on the Rise

The Philadelphia Inquirer In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings and the eighth anniversary of Columbine High School killings, nervous school...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Urban Boatbuilders

St. Paul, Minn. (651) 644-9225 http://www.urbanboatbuilders.org Objective: To provide experiential learning and personal growth through building wooden boats. In a Nutshell: Urban...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Nabulungi Akinshegun

Nabulungi Akinshegun Photo: Interages Program Coordinator Across Ages Mentoring Interages (301) 949-3551 http://www.interagesmd.org Age: 28 Salary: $41,500 About the Organization: Interages links...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Awards for June 2007

Presidential Spirit of Community Awards For: Middle and high school youth who have made outstanding service contributions through volunteering. By: Prudential Financial...

Opinion

The Youth “Mental Health Crisis” Hoax

In the United States, “action” consists not of taking constructive measures to fix a troubling social problem, but designating a powerless scapegoat...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier