Youth Today
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News
Report Roundup for March 2003
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Research
Research of Note for March 2003
As kinship care continues to grow across the country, new research on the use of relatives to care for abused and neglected...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program
New City, N.Y.(845) 634-3391 Objective: To train a network of youths to provide information and assistance to teenagers who have been...
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News
Bush Vision for Youth Funding Has Advocates Seeing Red
Federally funded children and youth services – touching just about everything from drug counseling and job training to foster care and juvenile...
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News
Watchdogs to Bishops
While the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church primarily involves priests, little public attention has been paid to the fact that...
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News
After-School Programs
The federal government’s increased support for after-school funding and its drive to boost academic achievement have collided head-on, leaving one of the...
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News
Prosecuter’s Database of ‘Future Criminals’ Draws Fire
Boasting that he could readily supply the names, addresses and phone numbers of “future criminals,” Mobile County, Ala., District Attorney John Tyson...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Teen Pregnancy Gets Knocked Down
The good news: Recent statistics on teen pregnancy rates in the United States show that the nation’s eclectic mix of pregnancy prevention...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for March 2003
Braineventwww.brainevent.comprovides teens with information on a variety of topics, from world news to high school issues. The site’s superior animation complements a...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for February 2003
Coming Up Taller Awards For: Excellence in after-school and arts programs. Programs receive $10,000 each. By: President’s Commission on the Arts and...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Class Warfare (Youth Division)
To many youth workers, federal tax policy is as remote from their everyday lives as Iraq is from Peoria. But they’d do...
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Grants
Grants Awarded for February 2003
Girls Best Friend Foundation900 N. Franklin, Suite 210Chicago, IL 60610(312) 266-2842www.girlsbestfriend.org All grants are awarded to organizations in Chicago unless otherwise noted....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Parents in Prison
An estimated 1.5 million young people have parents in prison. Many of these kids may be acting out because of feelings of...
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Opinion
Letters to the Editor
More Money For MentoringGeorge L. Garrow, Executive DirectorNational Organization of Concerned Black MenWashington, D.C. I read with interest your article on national...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
News Briefs for February 2003
Justice Prepares Focus on Child Prostitutes The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is poised to launch a push...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for February 2003
National Nonprofits The D.C.-based National Network for Youth, the trade group of service providers for runaway and homeless youth, continues its wobbly...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Will Reduced Headcount Equal Increased Kid Count?
The Seattle-based Casey Family Programs (CFP) in January unveiled its second major staff cutback within the past three months. In November, CFP...
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Opinion
Rights and Responsibilities
“Third time’s a charm.” It’s one of those family sayings that I have found to be not only colorful, but equally applicable...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for February 2003
Quality Counts 2003: If I Can’t Learn From You …Education Week A review of federal data shows there were fewer qualified public...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos For February 2003
Activities Looking Glass: A Positive Communication Work-Book, by Lynda Regan, Sally Jones and Carole Pelling, is a basic catalog of activities for...
