Youth Today
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Opinion
Risky Business
The recent report entitled “Reading at Risk” revealed that, for the first time in modern history, less than half of the adult...
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Research
Research of Note for October 2004
Girls and Aches, Pains and Fatigue Headache, Stomachache, Backache, and Morning Fatigue Among Adolescent Girls in the United StatesReem Ghandour, M.P.A.; Mary...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Will Youth Vote Efforts Finally Win?
After years of trying just about everything to get young people to vote, only to see their participation in elections continue to...
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News
Kinship Care Kid Grows Into a Pioneer
Pittsburgh, Pa.—A dozen years ago, as Sharon Toliver McDaniel began work for a nonprofit agency here that arranged adoptions of foster...
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News
Juvenile Justice
Leicester, England—What happens when a country reduces the penalties for smoking marijuana to the point where most users won’t get arrested for...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Home Opportunity Meets Emancipation (HOME)
Whittier, Calif.(562) 789-8009www.bridgeoffaith.org Objective: Help young women aging out of foster care get the support they need to live independently. In...
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News
Shielding Kids From Web Porn and Violence
In blocking enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act this summer because it is probably unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court said anyone...
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Opinion
Transforming America’s Juvenile Justice System
Over the past five years, public scandals about the way young people are treated in America’s juvenile justice facilities have erupted in...
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Opinion
Phony ‘Youth Risks’ Are a Risk to Youth
When Food and Drug Administration official Steven Galson recently blocked over-the-counter “Plan B” emergency contraception because he worried that 11- to...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for September 2004
Nonprofits Communities in Schools – the 27-year-old nonprofit network of more than 200 community groups that provide resources and volunteers for schools...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Treasure Watch
Two New York City-based foundations – the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies – are revving up their nationwide grant-making...
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Opinion
Helping Youth Tell the Truth
The truth hurts sometimes, but it shouldn’t hurt the truth tellers. At least that’s what we’ve been led to believe. Not so...
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Research
Research of Note for September 2004
This month’s studies remind us that research can surprise us and can have practical implications for youth workers, and that schools are...
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News
Mentoring Pays Off
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.—Like many youth-serving agencies, Children’s Village struggles to recruit and keep qualified mentors to guide its troubled kids. But mentor...
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News
Class Action?
In 1980, attorney Marcia Lowry led the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) tocourt against New Mexico for failing to properly serve children...
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News
Juvenile Justice
Not long ago, misbehaving youth in New Jersey’s juvenile corrections facilities could be sent off to isolation for up to 30 days....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Comic Book Project
New York, N.Y.(212) 330-7444www.comicbookproject.org Objective: Use visual arts to build literacy and social awareness. In a Nutshell: Youth plan, write and...
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News
Staff Management
People who volunteer to work at youth agencies think they’re giving their labor for free, but agency managers know better. Several recent...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for July 2004
Feds While embattled members of President George W. Bush’s inner military circle continue to survive under public scrutiny, his lesser-known combatants in...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Child Savers: Pain & Reward
When Sid Johnson, 63, mounted his new black 1500cc Honda Goldwing touring motorcycle and zoomed off on a yearlong see-the-U.S.A. odyssey, he...
