Youth Today
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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...
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Opinion
Reflecting on 10 Years of Reflection
Seventy thousand. That is roughly the number of words I have written for this column over the past 10 years. It seems...
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Opinion
Common Cents
The first time I visited Portland, Ore., some 12 years ago, I knew it was a cutting-edge kind of place. On the...
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Research
Research of Note for July-August 2004
New Findings about Risky Behaviors Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2003Jo Anne Grunbaum, Ed.D., and colleaguesMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,...
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News
Unjust Medicine
By all accounts, 17-year-old Omar Paisley died an excruciating death. For three days, Omar lay on a concrete bunk, weeping and moaning...
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News
An Evaluation of Volunteers Courts Controversy
The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program couldn’t sound more apple pie, more thousand points of light. CASAs are a cadre of...
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News
Program Evaluations
Philadelphia—Like everyone who runs a youth-serving agency, Simran Sidhu believes her YouthBuild program here improves lives. But like most program managers and...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Phoenix Project
New York, N.Y.(212) 340-2986http://phoenix.cce.cornell.edu Objective: Teach youth how to conduct valid community research in order to press for youth priorities in...
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News
Fund Raising
About $2 billion was donated to charities through the Internet last year, according to estimates by the likes of the ePhilanthropy Foundation....
