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Bush’s Congressional Bypass Paves The Way for Faith-Based Agencies

President Bush has made it easier for faith-based groups to win government contracts while allowing them to reject job applicants based on...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Rural Youth Workers Suppress Yawning Gaps

In many rural areas, the old adage that idle hands are the devil’s playground is a fact of life. Alcohol and drug...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for February 2003

Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center Onlinewww.jrsa.org/jjecis a valuable instrument for any juvenile justice worker. A collaboration between the U.S. Office...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Awards for December 2002 – January 2003

Community Collaboration For Children, Youth and Families Award For: Efforts to collaborate with the community and other agencies to ensure better services...

Opinion

Ashcroft’s Death Wish

It is hard to imagine a more worthy candidate for the juvenile death penalty than 17-year-old John Lee Malvo. He stands accused...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for December 2002 – January 2003

Freddie Mac FoundationMail-Stop A-408250 Jones Branch Dr.McLean, VA 22102(703) 918-8888www.freddiemacfoundation.org • Action Alliance for Virginia’s Children and Youth, Richmond, $100,000 to build...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

You Didn’t Vote – Now Republicans Are in Power (and)

Here two young people explain their attitudes toward voting. One expresses his anger at the passivity and silence of his peers. Another...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Letters to the Editor

Front-Line Youth WorkersLorenzo D. Harrison, AdministratorOffice of Youth ServicesU.S. Department of LaborWashington, DC Thanks for the honorable mention in your editorial [October]...

Opinion

Freedom: For Adults Only

In recent visits to Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador, I saw adolescents routinely behaving in ways that would horrify American experts:...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for December 2002 – January 2003

Pedestrian Death Decline May Hide Unhealthy News While the number of child pedestrians killed in auto accidents has been cut in half...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for December 2002

Foundations After announcing that it would restructure its grant making around seven business units, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (assets: $1.6 billion)...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Children’s PACs Still in Infancy

That sage of American life, Will Rogers, once observed, “I’m not a member of any organized party – I’m a Democrat.” Today...

Opinion

Time to Support Families with Youth

October marked Al and Tipper Gore’s 11th Annual Family Reunion in Nashville. The theme of this year’s gathering, which drew more than...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for December 2002 – January 2003

The Demons of Childhood: Young Brains Break. Then Comes the Broken Care System.U.S. News and World Report According to some estimates, 20...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for December 2002 – January 2003

Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is an extensive tool to help readers advocate for children’s rights. Pardeck traces...

News

Report Roundup for December 2002 – January 2003

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for December 2002-January 2003

As winter sets in, there is less emphasis on outdoor activities, so it is important to know about new research showing that...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Bike Out

Venice, Calif.(310) 452-7785www.bikeout.org Objective: To promote physical health and foster self esteem in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth and their...

News