Youth Today
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Opinion
Risky Businesses
Consider this: In 2001, more young people declared bankruptcy than graduated from college. College administrators speculate that bad debt, not bad...
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Research
Research of Note for June 2004
Obesity and lack of exercise have joined issues such as bullying and sex as matters of major concern for adolescents. New research...
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Opinion
The Fatal Flaw in Pew’s Foster Panel
The foster care system is broken and needs substantial overhaul. That much is evident. It is also clear that most of the...
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News
Fixing Foster Care
Detroit, Mich.—A national commission’s new recommendations for overhauling the nation’s foster care system hit on some of the most significant problems and...
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News
Youth Work’s Greatest Tails
Staffers at the Chaddock residential program for troubled youth in Quincy, Ill., were walking around campus one day last year when they...
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News
Profiles in Youth Work
One of the rising young stars in youth work began her career as a disillusioned high schooler, ditching classes and handing out...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Texas Youth Hunting Program
San Antonio, Texas(800) 460-5494www.texas-wildlife.org/tyhp.htm Objective: To reach new hunters and promote safe hunting. In a Nutshell: The Texas Youth Hunting Program...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for May 2004
Kids to Kids National Service Award For: Children and young people who improved their communities through outstanding service projects.By: Child Welfare League...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for May 2004
The Nord Family Foundation747 Milan Ave.Amherst, Ohio 44401 (440) 984-3939www.nordff.org • Cleveland Museum of Natural History, $5,000 to help fund the Science...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
How Vegetarianism Offends My Grandmother (and)
Food and Family You are what you eat, or so the saying goes. But what if your family doesn’t approve of what...
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Opinion
At This Library, Youth Involvement Gets Real
When did Carmen Martinez, director of the Oakland Public Library, become an ardent advocate for fully infusing youth in libraries? Was it...
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Opinion
Letters to the Editor
Teaching Family Approach WorksT. Lindsay Joines Program Compliance/Crisis Management OfficerEliada Homes, Inc.Ashville, NC Your article on the Maryville Academy [March] … appears...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
News Briefs for May 2004
Youth Suicides Often Exceed Murders In most states, youth are more likely to die from suicide than murder, according to a new...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for May 2004
Nonprofits Bobby Heard became interim executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in mid-April. Heard, director of marketing and development for...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Journey to the Future
The Future of Children, a 14-year-old journal sired by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, has gazed into the future – and...
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Opinion
Riding on the Coattails of Brown
I was two years old when the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision came down in 1954. My public education...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for May 2004
Child Welfare Foster Home Scarcity Means Many Youths Languish for MonthsHartford Courant Because of a shortage of foster care homes in Connecticut,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for May 2004
Activism Peace Jam: How Young People Can Make Peace in Their Schools and Communities, by Darcy Giffords, is a survey of a...
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Opinion
Random Assignment
I have just finished reading a new book about young people that should be required reading for youth workers, teachers and, most...
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News
Report Roundup for May 2004
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
