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Newsmakers for March 2005

Nonprofits The Los Angeles-based Amer-I-Can Foundation has long been a darling of Congress, receiving $1.7 million over the past four years in...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Beleaguered at the League

For Democratic-leaning human service groups like the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the inauguration of President George W. Bush for a...

Opinion

Professional Development: Investing in Futures

The field of youth development faces major challenges in creating and sustaining our work force. Long treated as a component of our...

Opinion

Raiding Our Staff at Nonprofits

A while back, one of my best staffers came to me with the kind of news that is too commonly heard by...

News

Report Roundup for March 2005

Child WelfareEstimating Financial Support for Kinship CaregiversThe Urban Institute This brief examines government payments to children in private kinship care (77 percent...

Research

Research of Note for March 2005

Immigrant Kids, Married Parents and Poverty The Health and Well-Being of Young Children of Immigrants The Urban Institute Available free at www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=311139 ...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Staff Development Youth Workers Rate Themselves

While an increasing amount of research in recent years has focused on the features of successful youth programs, precious little research has...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Bush’s New Deal

Every year, the release of the president’s proposed budget sets off a ritual of sky-is-falling wails from youth advocates and people who...

News

What Teenagers’ Faith Means for Youth Work

By Yonat Shimron Chapel Hill, N.C.—For the increasing number of faith-based programs that serve youth, an extensive study of teenagers’ religious beliefs...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Dental Gap

If you ask people what type of disease is most prevalent in children, few would say dental disease. But tooth decay is...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Canine Commandos

Parkway Merritt Island, Fla.(321) 454-1080www.tropical.brevard.k12.fl.us Objective: Training dogs in shelters in order to improve their chances of being adopted, while helping...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Juvenile Drug Courts

It’s been 10 years since the nation’s fledgling juvenile drug courts began receiving federal funds to rehabilitate teen drug abusers. But despite...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Plentiful Pork

At a time when the federal government increasingly demands that youth-serving programs prove their effectiveness through evaluations in order to get funded,...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Tracking Alumni

By Ed Finkel Bloomington, Ill.—Construction contractor Jason Wallace heard an unexpected knock at his front door one day a couple of years...

News

A Critic Joins the System

After 20 years of slugging it out with police, prosecutors and bureaucrats, juvenile justice reformer Vincent Schiraldi has joined their ranks. “If...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Community Family Club Program

Kansas City, Mo.(816) 756-1950 www.campfireusa.org Objective: To provide fun, enriching small-group experiences for youth with their families. In a Nutshell: Camp...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

It’s Time to Rethink Youth Programs

America has too many youth programs. We have after-school programs, prevention programs, skill-building programs and character education programs. And we have built...

Opinion

The Future is Here

America would be radically different if young people ran it. The Edison/Mitofsky National Election Poll of 76,000 voters throughout the nation found...

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Newsmakers for February 2005

NonprofitsJudge James Payne, who was the president-elect of the Reno, Nev.-based National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), will pass...

Opinion