Youth Today
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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...
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News
Curfews and Crime
As head of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Dan Macallair has repeatedly given city officials scientific data that juvenile curfews...
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High Hopes Stored in a Children’s Cabinet
In a rare Capitol Hill victory for youth advocates, President Bush last month signed legislation to create the nation’s first youth development...
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School Shootings? Please Ignore the Guns
Following the recent rash of fatal shootings in schools, the Bush administration scrambled to protect youth from more violence last month by...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for November 2006
Nonprofits Judy Nee officially became the first person to serve as the board president and CEO of the 18-year-old, Boston-based National AfterSchool...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Have You Seen Me?
Rarely has a special interest group and its Capitol Hill supporters been hoisted higher on its own sanctimonious petard than the National...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Hugo Classes for Kids
Seattle, Wash.(206) 322-7030www.hugohouse.org Objective: Give young writers opportunities to develop their writing skills and expand their imaginations. In a Nutshell: Hugo...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Literacy Programs Rewrite the Book
The advent of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and first lady Laura Bush’s emphasis on literacy has been a good-news, bad-news scenario...
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News
Report Roundup for November 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Research
Research of Note for November 2006
Rebuilding Families, Reclaiming Lives: State Obligations to Children in Foster Care and Their Incarcerated Parents The Brennan Center for Justice at New...
