Youth Today
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Passports to Health for Foster Kids
KEEPING TRACK: A sample of records being compiled by the Westchester Institute for Human Development. At the Westchester Institute for Human Development...
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Youth Crime Mystery
Anyone trying to figure out why youth crime has been declining nationwide in recent years could probably find no better place to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Schools Endeavor to Fight Against Bullying
Newsday Despite at least five years of efforts by schools across the nation to educate youths about the negative consequences of bullying,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Program Brings Parents Together
Albuquerque Journal New Mexico’s innovative Ice Breakers program is bringing together mothers who have lost custody of their children and the foster...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
States Pull Out Stops to Curb Truancy
Stateline School attendance data have long been linked to school funding – with better attendance equating to more money from the state....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
L.A. Names “Worst Gangs,” Vows to Prosecute Them
L.A. Names “Worst Gangs,” Vows to Prosecute Them, The Los Angeles Times Latino Gang Study Finds Few Links to Overseas Groups,The Washington...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Hub Teens Sweat Bullets as 1 Dies a Month
The Boston Herald Since 2004, teens in the Hub neighborhood of Boston have been murdered at the rate of 18 a year...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
When Domestic Violence Starts Young
The Chicago Tribune An increased awareness of violence among dating teens has launched a spate of initiatives and interventions similar to those...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for March 2007
Nonprofits The D.C.-based Child Welfare League of America has hired Christine James-Brown to replace outgoing CEO Shay Bilchik, who leaves the organization...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Oasis Center
Oasis CenterNashville, Tenn. (615) 327-4455http://www.oasiscenter.org Objective: To help disadvantaged youth in the Nashville community move past their problems and develop leadership skills....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Rosco Kickingstone, GLBTQ Peer Outreach Worker
Rosco Kickingstone Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets, Seattle (206) 726-8500 http://www.psks.org Age: 21 Salary: $8.50 an hour About...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Of Pork and Baked Alaska
SEN. STEVENS FEEDING HAPPY THE HIPPOPOTAMUS: One of them is where he belongs – behind bars. Wondering about that weeping and chattering...
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Opinion
Evidence of a Darker Reality: The Black Youth Project
Six in 10 African-American youth believe “it is hard for young black people to get ahead because they face so much discrimination,”...
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Opinion
Helping Parents Help Their Kids
The other day I saw yet another study about the important role that parents play in the lives of their children. Parents...
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Opinion
Promoting Developmental Supports: A Nation at Risk
For all of us who work in youth development, it’s good to keep our eyes on the ball. The ball is providing...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
My Father’s Dream or Mine
New Youth Connections, New York “You want to be a what?” My dad looked at me like I had four eyes. “An...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Mandatory Senior Projects are Too Career-Oriented
20 BELOW, Eugene, Ore. I don’t want to bash someone’s grand plan to help high school kids, but something has to change. School...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for March 2007
Laura Bush presents Alicia Guadalupe Montero Perez, center left, and Ingrid Janet Noh Canto, center right, both of La Chacara Children’s Cultural...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Federal Budget Freezes Youth Programs
For those who love budget slides, actuarial tables and the phrase “fiscal year,” February was your month. Not only did President Bush...
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News
One-in-Five Kids Participate in After-School Programs at Faith-Based Facilities, Outpacing More Traditional After-School Settings
Junior Achievement Worldwide This survey of 1,200 teens found that nearly 18 percent say they participate in after-school programs at churches, temples...
