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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for November 2005
Nonprofits After seven years at the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), Executive Director David Brown departs this month to join the ever-expanding...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Billion-Dollar Youth Worker
The crown prince of congressional funding for youth services is moving on. Robbie Callaway, senior vice president of government relations at the...
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Opinion
Wanted: Bipartisan Leadership
By Karen Pittman I thought nothing could be more sobering than the photos and stories that continue to pour forth from...
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Opinion
Message in a Bottle
Sometimes you have to cross the ocean to get a clearer picture of what is happening in your own country. I just...
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News
Report Roundup of November 2005
Child Welfare Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable ChildrenCasey Family Programs At least $10...
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Research
Research of Note of November 2005
Foster Children May Be Paying A Price For Attorneys’ Overwhelming Student Loan DebtChildren’s Law Center of Los Angeles (CLC) and the Pew...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Aniak Dragon Slayers
Aniak, Alaska(907) 675-4601 Objective: Train youth volunteers to help a rural fire department on emergency calls, and help pay college expenses...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Teen Centers, Complete with Teens
So you’re going to create a safe teen center in your town, and teens are actually going to hang out there? Yeah,...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Getting Out of Our Funk
I’m in a funk. I’ll bet you are, too. Those of us who value young people, who give our all in the...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Make ’em Sweat
When it comes to the kinds of activities to provide for kids, after-school programs have been getting two loud and competing messages....
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Opinion
Aged Out of After-School
As youth workers, we face similar challenges when it comes to keeping older teens enrolled in our programs. By the time our...
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News
The Meth Epidemic: Hype vs. Reality
To even the most casual observer, the news media this summer gave the impression that a methamphetamine epidemic has created a child...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for October 2005
Nonprofits YMCA of the USA President Ken Gladish announced last month that he will resign at the end of February, after six...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Youth Work in Hurricanes
The Impact: Buildings lost, staff and kids scattered The executive director of the Youth Empowerment Project was trying to hold her...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Heckuva Job
A Heckuva Job The Bush administration fiasco that unfolded along the Gulf Coast last month painfully brought to public attention the truth...
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News
Report Roundup from October 2005
Education2005 ACT ScoresAmerican College Testing Program Hundreds of thousands of 2005 high school graduates will begin college or work academically unprepared and...
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Research
Research of Note from October 2005
Declines in Youth Drug Use Don’t Tell the Full Story The 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and HealthU.S. Substance Abuse and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Fighting Gangs: What Doesn’t Work
Getting kids to avoid or withdraw from gangs is among the most difficult tasks in youth work, and a fresh set of...
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Opinion
Abstinence Ed: Why the Fuss?
To abstain or not to abstain – that is a question many young people are asking themselves. Most adults and youth, and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Mountaineer Challenge Academy
Kingwood, W.Va.(304) 329-2118www.wvchallenge.org Objective: Help at-risk youth obtain GEDs and develop life skills. In a Nutshell: This 22-week residential program uses...
