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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...

News

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...

► Newsmakers

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...

News

Agencies Innovate To Survive

Duluth, Minn.—Two huge metal storage sheds went up on a chunk of empty land just off a highway here a few months...

News

The Fearful Flip Side of Child Protection

It was a youth worker’s nightmare. As staff member Johnny Dove of the New Life Children’s Residential Treatment Center in Canyon Lake,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

HealthMobile

Harris, N.Y.(845) 794-3300www.catskillregional.com Objective: To provide comprehensive health care services to HIV positive and HIV at-risk adolescents and young adults in...

News

Crucial Changes Loom for AmeriCorps

Federal rule-making is one of those inside-the-Beltway issues that rarely make headlines, but it often changes things significantly for anyone affected by...

News

Death Penalty

During oral arguments before the Supreme Court last month over whether the execution of juveniles is unconstitutional, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy offered...

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