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Research of Note for November 2003

While the federal and state governments find ways to save money by cutting programs, it is more important than ever for youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Snowboard Outreach Society

Avon, Colo.(970) 845-7040www.sosoutreach.org Objective: Serving at-risk youth through snowboarding, adult mentorship and community outreach. In a Nutshell: The Snowboard Outreach Society...

News

The Urge To Merge

Denver—After eight years as the executive director of The Spot, a hip-hop program for at-risk youth in Denver, Dave DeForest-Stalls was exhausted....

News

The Urge To Merge

Denver—After eight years as the executive director of The Spot, a hip-hop program for at-risk youth in Denver, Dave DeForest-Stalls was exhausted....

News

A Kinder, Gentler Shock Program?

“You either love this program or you hate it,” Charlie Stancil says of his creation, a shock regimen for disruptive youth that...

News

A Youth Boycott Tries to Ring Bells

There are several reasons to urge teenagers to avoid fast food chains like Taco Bell, but is one of those reasons …...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Cops and Kids Police Turn into Youth Workers, Hoping to Bridge Gaps

Like many police officers, Officer Kathy Swilley of Houston knows that when the cops arrive in a neighborhood or home, kids often...

News

The Cherry Garcia School of Youth Work

Evanston, Ill.—It’s a mild Thursday evening in October, and the Ben & Jerry’s shop two blocks from Northwestern University enjoys a steady...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for November 2003

Civic Engagement Young Politicians of Americawww.ypa.orgis the site for an upstart network for politically attuned youth. The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based organization,...

News

Congressional Roundup

The House of Representatives last month passed its version of a bill (HR 7) designed to increase charitable contributions, but without a...

Opinion

Drop and Kick

The youth field is certainly well acquainted with the power of hokey statistics. Inflated numbers are the stock in trade for everyone...

Opinion

The Uses and Misuses of Evaluations

There’s hardly a youth program manager in the country who doesn’t understand the uses and misuses of evaluation studies. Surely all understand...

News

Federal Grants Website: Will it Click?

The federal government is making it easier for nonprofits to find, apply for and win federal grants. Those goals are not fully...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for October 2003

Otto Bremer Foundation445 Minnesota St., Suite 2000St. Paul, MN 55101(651) 227-8036www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/bremer • Boardsource, Washington, $7,500 to support work with nonprofit boards in...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Being Pimped Ain’t Easy (and)

Music, Sex and Responsibility Music has an enormous influence on young people, but it’s usually adults who worry about that influence. In...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for October 2003

Kids and Adults: The Culture Gap Amazed by what today’s kids don’t seem to know or by what they take for granted?...

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Newsmakers for October 2003

Nonprofits Archbishop Elden Curtiss of Omaha stepped down as chairman of Girls and Boys Town’s 20-member board of trustees last month after...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The ‘C’s and Y’s’ of the YWCA

A National Organization for Women (NOW) press release in May trumpeted the good news: “Women’s rights supporters across the U.S. cheered” as...

Opinion

On Nature vs. Nurture, Success and Failure

Almost everyone remembers doing the obligatory science experiment where two identical seeds (mine were lima beans) are grown under different conditions and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier