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Report Roundup for September 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research of Note for September 2006

The annual National Institute of Justice (NIJ) conference in July convened researchers whose work is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Prison Break

As mentoring’s popularity continues to soar, perhaps no one is getting more attention than children of prisoners. Programs for those youth have...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Chess for Pittsburgh Youth

Pittsburgh, Pa.(412) 422-1770www.youthchess.net Objective: Use chess to help youth improve their thinking, analytical abilities and grades. In a Nutshell: Jerry Meyers,...

Opinion

Whatever Sells

The bigoted vendetta waged by America’s news media and institutions against youth has entered an even uglier phase: outright fabrication. Endless “teen...

Opinion

Can Youth Development Programs Contribute to Academic Success?

A hot topic in the world of after-school and youth development programs is their role in promoting young people’s academic success. Often...

News

Winning Over the Neighbors

In a downtrodden neighborhood in Tucson, Ariz., La Paloma Family Services faced a struggle typical to group homes around the country: The...

News

Group Youth Work: Does it Hurt?

To parents and youth workers, a ground-breaking research article published in 1999 simply provided scientific backing for what they see all the...

New Script for Delinquent Youth

Treyce d’Gabriel says she can tell a lot about a kid from a note he scrawls or his handwritten laundry list. She...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for July-August 2006

Nonprofits Jill Pasewalk is in as CEO of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Camp Fire USA, the 96-year-old nonprofit that serves 750,000...

News

Report Roundup for July-August 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for July-August 2006

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2005 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5505a1.htm ...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

After-School Programs Learn to Tutor

Not long ago, after-school programs were specifically not school; they were places for kids to unwind and play. “There was always a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pioneers for Peace

Detroit, Mich.(313) 745-5053www.pioneersforpeace.org Objective: To increase awareness about the impact of violence and to help reduce violence among youth. In a...

Opinion

Not Sick Enough

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced some positive news at its first National Children’s Mental Health...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Policy and Practice: Will The Gap Ever Close?

Youth workers’ lack of knowledge about and engagement in public policy issues has been noted time and time again at professional gatherings...

New Ways to Say, ‘Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder’

Dads whose kids were at Blue Star Camps in Hendersonville, N.C., weren’t with their children on Father’s Day, but saw the kids...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Men’s Sufferage in Youth Work

The quiet rebellion over men at the YWCA began seven years ago in Olympia, Wash., and Tucson, Ariz. In a move that...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Don’t Be Scared — It’s Just an EBP

Youth-serving programs are told that there are lots of good reasons to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs). But mandating that agencies adopt...

News