Youth Today
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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...
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Opinion
Psychologists, Mental Health and Youth Development
Many professional groups comprise the tapestry of what Youth Today readers call “youth work”: Educators, health professionals, managers with MBAs, sociologists and...
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News
Laura Bush’s Youth Work Tour
Throughout the year, first lady Laura Bush has traveled the country touting programs that the White House says do everything from steering...
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Opinion
Dishonest Youth Videos
The avalanche of videos and program materials proposing to deter American youths from acting like American adults – that is, indulging sex,...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for September 2005
Foundations Former U.S. Rep. Steve Gunderson (R-Wis.), the first openly gay Republican congressman, was tapped to replace Dorothy Ridings as CEO of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Ring Thing
An abstinence-only youth program has had its federal funding suspended because it used taxpayer dollars to promote religion.An investigation by the U.S....
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Opinion
Back to School
September is back-to-school month. And for the first time in the nation’s history, many communities are beginning to get an accurate sense...
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News
Youth Development’s Racial Challenge
Chicago The Southwest Youth Collaborative is housed in a corner building covered by graffiti murals and perched at the junction of several...
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News
Report Roundup of September 2005
Education The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Transitions and the Role of Supportive Relationships, 2005MetLife This year’s annual survey focuses on...
