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Time to Mark Our Territory

While American and British youth work may look similar, they operate in very different cultures and funding contexts. Moreover, the youth work...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for June 2003

White Bedroomwww.whitebedroom.comis a basic but star-studded site devoted to educating youth about HIV/AIDS and safe sex. Acknowledging that abstinence is the safest...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Awards for May 2003

Excellence.Gov Awards For: Outstanding impact and high degree of interagency collaboration for a website.By: CIO Council, the Industry Advisory Council and E-Gov.Winners...

News

CNCS on Hot Seat

A $64 million shortfall at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) earned the organization’s leader invitations to testify before two...

Opinion

Wages, Worth and the Budget

Like people in any occupation, youth workers and managers take a keen interest in their own wages. The only thing that can...

Grants

Grants Awarded for May 2003

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation3290 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 600Atlanta, GA 30327(404) 239-0600www.blankfoundation.org • B.E.L.L Foundation, Dorchester, Mass., $50,000 for after-school programs...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

My Struggle With Abstinence (and)

To Abstain from Sex – Or Not Adults are often unaware of the amount of thought and reflection that go into teens’...

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Bush Neglects Youth Development Marty MartinezCommunity Health SpecialistRegional Center for Healthy CommunitiesCambridge, Mass. I read the two letters to the editor [in...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for May 2003

Suit Says Fraud Killed Missing Kids’ Center A year after a Florida missing children’s organization filed for bankruptcy after 20 years of...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for May 2003

Nonprofits The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), an Ashburn, Va.-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing park, recreation and conservation efforts, named John...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Tone Deaf at CDF

If Marian Wright Edelman and her Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is a spent political force, then no one has informed the Democratic...

Opinion

Youth Consultants For Change

Summer is coming. In communities across the country, nonprofits, schools, faith groups and businesses will offer young people a broad range of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for May 2003

Lawmakers Balk at Cost of Federal Education LawStateline.org Grappling with historic budget shortfalls, states are wondering how to fund programs associated with...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for May 2003

Children’s Books The Newberry and Caldecott Awards, by the American Library Association, is an excellent resource for any youth worker looking for...

Opinion

Give P’s a Chance

Despite several glaring problems, the recent Mathematica Policy Research study reporting first-year findings from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program contains...

News

Report Roundup for May 2003

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Research of Note for May 2003

Congress is once again focusing on changing welfare policies, with many members supporting new proposals that include more work requirements and less...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Arts in Detention Project

Tallahassee, Fla.(850) 414-6466www.djj.state.fl.us Objective: Using hands-on art sessions to spark positive development among youths in detention, many of whom are tactile...

News