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Research of Note of July 2005

Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior University of Michigan/Science magazineAbstract available free at www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/308/5726/1239a, or contact American Association for the Advancement...

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Outreach Worker’s Fire Sets Off Alarms

The city’s most famous homeless youth advocate and onetime accused killer sits in Denny’s, although sitting doesn’t really describe the behavior of...

Opinion

Summer of Service: An American Rite of Passage?

In many cultures, the transition from childhood into the teen years is marked by a rite of passage in which the young...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Renaissance Scholars Program

Santa Cruz, Calif. (831) 459-2424renaissance_scholars@ucsc.edu Objective: Help foster youth get into college and stay there. In a Nutshell: Provides youth from high...

Opinion

A Tale of Two Studies

The recently released final report on Mathematica’s study of after-school programs (“When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st...

Opinion

A Topic That Frightens Youth Work

Let’s talk taboos. In the not-too-distant past, cancer was unmentionable, even if someone you loved was dying from the disease. We’ve come...

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Report Roundup for June 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Getting Businesses to Sign On

Thirty-one years ago, Larry Woolridge figured that one way to funnel troubled Louisville youth to local shelters is to bring the shelters...

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So Many Friends, So Fast

Portland, Ore. One of the first things Catherine Milton noticed when she became president of Friends of the Children (FOTC) three years...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Those Determined to Teach Do Youth Work

More than 15 years ago, I began using a twist on an old saying as a way to get discussions started about...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Feedin’ Fannie

Feedin’ Fannie When a kid hears the words “Fannie Mae,” a lady’s posterior comes to mind. When an adult hears those same...

Opinion

Liberal Lunacies

In 40 years of working for progressive causes, I’ve never seen liberalism in such pathetic decay. What bizarre mechanism makes modern liberal...

News

Evolution of the Giraffe

John Graham admits that when he first heard about the Giraffe Project, which inspires kids with stories about heroes who stick their...

Research

Research of Note from June 2005

Violence Among Rural Youth Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural AmericaRural Health Research Center,...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for June 2005

Nonprofits Perhaps no program in youth work draws adulation and criticism in equal measure as much as the Children’s Aid Society’s Adolescent...

Washington’s Mixed Gang Signals

While first lady Laura Bush travels the country to laud programs aimed at preventing youth from joining gangs, President Bush is supporting...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Abysmal State of Foster Care Alumni

Foster children are so handicapped by their experiences in the child welfare system that four out of five fail to thrive as...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Imagine That

Spartanburg, S.C.(864) 582-7588, ext. 335 www.orgsites.com/sc/imaginethat Objective: Use the theater and young actors to educate youth about social issues. In a...

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Blueprint for Political Action?

So-called “527” organizations drew national attention last year for helping to torpedo the presidential candidacy of Democrat John Kerry with allegations about...

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