Youth Today
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Research
Research of Note for April 2004
New studies on suicide, TV and video games, and concealed weapons add to youth workers’ knowledge of the many influences on the...
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News
Snack Attacks
The vending machines at the Clark County YMCA in Vancouver, Wash., make some people uneasy. On the one hand, the machines bring...
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News
Getting Down on Self-Esteem
When the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in Oklahoma City held a career day a couple of years ago, one 17-year-old girl stood...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Anti-Tobacco Campaigns
Since 1997, research has consistently pointed to a slow but steady decline in youth smoking. The share of high school seniors who...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Hollywood Diner
Baltimore, Md.(410) 355-4698www.ccyd.org. Objective: To empower at-risk young people with self-sufficiency skills through employment. In a Nutshell: The Hollywood Diner is...
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Opinion
Behind the Teen Pregnancy Drop: Teens
“Less sex, more contraception.” That’s the story behind the continued drop in teenage pregnancy rates. According to the latest data, teen pregnancy...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for April 2004
Child Welfare The Adoption History Projecthttp://www.uoregon.edu/%7EadoptionThis digital history resource profiles the people, organizations and writings that have shaped adoption in the...
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Opinion
An Industry in Denial
In June, Youth Today ran a story alleging that somewhere in Santa Clara County, Calif., there is an institution called EMQ Children...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
New SAMHSA Grants Process
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) last month began implementing a new process for announcing funding availability. The agency...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for March 2004
Golden Heart Awards For: Helping disadvantaged children who are entitled to child support.By: Association for Children for Enforcement of Support (ACES).Winners Include:...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for March 2004
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation1200 Mott Foundation BuildingFlint, MI(810) 238-5651www.mott.org • Academy for Educational Development, Washington, $100,000 for the Promising Practices in Afterschool...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Mending the Mind and Body Divide (and)
Teens and Medication It is increasingly common for doctors to prescribe drugs to help teens cope with emotional distress and behavior problems....
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
News Briefs for March 2004
CEO Pay Rises As Staffs Shrink Despite the financial woes of the recession, a new report says that while staff sizes at...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for March 2004
Nonprofits After going more than a year without a permanent boss, the Washington-based National Network for Youth (NNY) has named Vicky Wagner...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Of Truculence, Truancy & Taxis
The acerbic Harry Truman once commented on his 1850s predecessor, Franklin Pierce, that when he was in the White House, Pierce “didn’t...
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Opinion
An Unexpected Gift
The lead story in last month’s Youth Today was about the new report from the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for March 2004
Boardroom BrawlForbes The magazine looks at the battles at the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation since Carl Schramm became CEO in 2002. The...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for March 2004
Activism Making Children A National Priority: A Framework for Community Action, by Linda Morgan and Teri Martin, provides youth workers with a...
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Opinion
A Winning Formula For Staff Effectiveness
As youth work practitioners, most of us have long believed that effective programs depend in large measure on the availability of competent,...
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News
Report Roundup for March 2004
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
