Youth Today
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Book Reviews
Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America
By Juan WilliamsRandom House256 pages; $25 You might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can sometimes...
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Opinion
Why Merge? For Security and Clout
Although big corporate mergers grab national headlines – like the recent $41 billion marriage of Cingular with AT&T Wireless – the union...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Data Shortage Yields Unplanned Lessons
When the researchers responsible for evaluating the federal Title V Community Prevention Grants Program realized that virtually none of the program’s grantees...
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News
The Study that Ignited (or Diluted) Mentoring
You’d think an organization that was serving tens of thousands of kids and had become a household name wouldn’t feel “vulnerable.” But...
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Grants
Grants Awarded for December 2006 – January 2007
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20201(202) 619-0257www.hhs.govSee: Compassion Capitol Fund FY 2006 (pdf) U.S. Substance...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Will Musical Chairs Create a Different Tune?
Youth issues are expected to get greater attention under the Democratic Congress that will be seated in January. As a result of...
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News
Youth Crime Ripple
Surge. Spike. A gathering storm. All of the above have been used in media coverage to describe trends in the most recent...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for December 2006 – January 2007
Nonprofits Last summer, it looked as if the nation’s main suicide prevention hotline, 1-800-SUICIDE, was about to fade away. The U.S. Substance...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Kuo Vadis: The Path to Nowhere, Faithfully
In 1896, when Polish patriot Henryk Sienkiewicz published his epic historical novel Quo Vadis, the devout Catholic knew where he was going....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Youth Find Treasure in Mapping
Back in 1992, Richard Murphy guided 2,100 youth in plotting some 7,000 resources in their New York City neighborhoods – everything from...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Arts
H’art WorksLong Beach, Calif.(562) 438-2931www.icclb.org Objective: Provide opportunities for creative expression to youth in Long Beach. In a Nutshell: H’artWorks is...
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Opinion
Youth. Development. Work.
Sometimes, I’m just slow. I carried around the results of two work force surveys in my head for weeks before I realized...
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Opinion
Weight is the Least of It
When it comes to youth wellness, we’ve been having the wrong conversation. In a culture increasingly plagued by obesity, we’ve been obsessed...
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News
Report Roundup for December 2006 – January 2007
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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News
As Specialty Courts Spread, the Jury Stays Out
Drug courts. Truancy courts. Girls’ courts. Mental health courts. Believing that traditional juvenile courts aren’t enough, juvenile justice reformers have created a...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
H’artWorks
Long Beach, Calif.(562) 438-2931www.icclb.org Objective: Provide opportunities for creative expression to youth in Long Beach. In a Nutshell: H’artWorks is a nonprofit...
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Research
Research of Note for December 2006 – January 2007
Child Welfare: Improving Social Service Program, Training and Technical Assistance Information Would Help Address Long-standing Service-Level and Workforce ChallengesU.S. Government Accountability Office...
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Youth Programs and Schools Find a New Way to Share
Just four years ago, Rita McCord couldn’t tell how the kids at Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Louisville were doing...
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News
After-School Magnets
Providence, R.I.—It’s lunchtime at Samuel W. Bridgham Middle School. Wednesday’s menu consists of beef and macaroni, garlic bread, apples and chocolate milk....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Getting It Together for Abused Kids
The number of child advocacy centers (CACs) in the United States today is 12 times as high as it was 12 years...
