Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for February 2004
Partway Gay? For Some Teen Girls, Sexual Preference Is a Shifting Concept The Washington Post More teenage girls in the Washington area...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for February 2004
Alcohol Alternate Routes: An Alcohol Diversion Program, by Laura Burney Nissen, is a strength-based model to be used with youth going through...
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News
Report Roundup for February 2004
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Research
Research of Note for February 2004
Drug use is down, soft drink consumption is up, and Child Protective Services agencies don’t reach most abused kids. Here is the...
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News
Restraints Put on Hold
Greeneville, Tenn.—Staffers at the Holston United Methodist Home for Children painfully recall days in the mid-1990s when they dreaded coming to work....
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News
A Giant in Adolescent Research
Minneapolis, Minn.—Gisela Konopka, who fled Nazi Germany after being jailed by the Gestapo, and then influenced generations of American youth workers as...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Faith-Based Organizations Reaching Troubled Kids Without Pitching the Faith
Wayne Gordon, pastor of the Lawnside Community Church ministries in Chicago, tells a story that epitomizes how some faith-based organizations work with...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
GUTS
Port Angeles, Wash.(888) 644-7049www.gutsforteens.org.Objective: To help teens improve their self-esteem and make better social choices. In a Nutshell: GUTS Institute is...
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News
Technology
In Hillsborough County, Fla., child welfare workers no longer have to call schools to find out whether youths under their supervision have...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for February 2004
Child Welfare Survivors of the Systemwww.sos-fosternet.orgoffers a mishmash of all things foster care-relevant, operated by a social worker who is a...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for December 2003 – January 2004
Wheat Ridge MinistriesOne Pierce Place, Suite 250EItasca, IL 60143(800) 762-6748www.wheatridge.org • Trinity Gardens Community Library Outreach Center, Mobile, Ala., $35,000 to help...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
News Briefs for December 2003 – January 2004
A Leary View Of Youth Voting As another presidential election year opens, what this country needs is … another campaign to get...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for December 2003 – January 2004
From Guitar Making to Fitness, the New Face of Trade SchoolsThe Arizona Republic With a lagging economy and employers looking for more...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for December 2003 – January 2004
Addiction Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions, by A. Thomas Horvath, is a guide to acknowledging addictions large...
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News
Report Roundup for December 2003 – January 2004
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Refugee Adolescents Club
Bucharest, Romania40-1-252-73-57www.%20arca.org.ro Objective: To provide a safe space for refugee adolescents to interact with Romanian teenagers and better understand Romanian culture...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for December 2003
Coming Up Taller Awards For: Art-based programs doing outstanding work with underserved youth; winners receive $10,000. By: President’s Committee on the Arts...
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News
Insurance Costs Hit a Soar Point
Evanston, Ill.—Two Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies in suburban Chicago will no longer offer the agency’s signature program: the one-to-one program in...
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News
Behavior Modification: Abuse Alleged
Rep. George Miller of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, wants the Department of Justice to...
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Opinion
History Lessons
American youth workers are second to none in their obliviousness to their field’s history – and a rich history it is. In...
