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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...

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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

Shutting the College Doors on Poor Youth

Google Alerts is a wonderful, free, personalized online clipping service. At the top of my clips for the New Year was this...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Juvenile Justice Advocacy: Back From the Doldrums

Promoting best practice in the juvenile justice field has a long, twisted history, with enough triumph and tragedy to concoct a soap...

Research

Research of Note for February 2005

The percentage of American eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders who reported using illicit drugs in the previous 12 months continued a gradual decline...

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Report Roundup for February 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Emergency Relief

Many young people need financial help to become employable. Yet financial assistance – real money carefully targeted toward removing barriers to employment,...

Opinion

Youth Involvement Helps Adults

“The adults got more out of having the students speak at the conference than the kids themselves.” So said veteran community organizer...

Opinion

Underserved – And Undeserved?

My computer’s spell-check function automatically changes “underserved” to “undeserved.” I learned this the hard way, when I had to send a publication...

Opinion

Perfect Marriage, 21st Century Style

While the recent presidential election generated much heated discussion about the institution of marriage, the youth work field has quietly harnessed energy...

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Newsmakers for December 2004 – January 2005

Nonprofits Theresa Costello of the Charlotte, N.C.-based ACTION for Child Protection will be director of the National Resource Center on Child Protective...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Our Peptic Congress

There seems to be a sentiment in the country, at least among the 57,355,978 Americans who voted for Sen. John F. Kerry...

Research

Research of Note for December 2004-January 2005

Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement Available free at http://consensus.nih.gov/ta/023/023youthviolenceHTMLstatement.htm. “Scare tactics”...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Conservation Corps’ Winding Trail

President Franklin Roosevelt was not the first to see the many benefits of giving youths the opportunity to work in the great...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Times are Tough – Get Used to It

Chicago, Ill.—Former congressional staffer Ron Haskins stood before a gathering here last month of some of the most notable researchers and advocates...

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