Youth Today
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News
In Our Backyard: How 3 L.A. Neighborhoods Affect Kids’ Lives
Study authors Anne R. Pebley and Mary E. Vaiana set out to answer the question of how a neighborhood can affect the...
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The Vast Majority of Federally Eligible Children Did Not Receive Child Care Assistance in FY 2000
This report found that only about 14 percent of children eligible for the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and...
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Five Things Everyone Should Know about S-CHIP
This report examines the impact of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) and what can be done to improve its effectiveness....
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Child Labor: Labor Can Strengthen Its Efforts to Protect Children Who Work
The U.S. Department of Labor does not adequately enforce child labor laws, in part because it does not sufficiently guide or train...
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Like Now: Changing the Future Today With Youth Advisory Boards
Designed as an introduction to youth advisory boards, this report explains why the Kauffman Foundation started one and “what we’ve learned in...
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Ignorance Only: HIV/AIDS, Human Rights and Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Programs in the United States
Focusing on Texas, which has a significant number of abstinence-only sex ed programs, the researchers contend that those programs endanger the health...
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Research
Research of Note for November 2002
Sometimes research results sound a lot like what our parents or grandparents taught us. Other times research can warn us that products...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Y-Line
Springfield, Mo.(417) 887-4343 Objective: To provide employment, job training and social skills practice to poor teens who face barriers to employment...
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Service-Learning Sits in School
In the only state that makes every youth perform “service” in order to graduate from high school, the concept of service has...
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Youth Media Crank Up the Volume
Chicago—With summer waning, traffic blocked off and kids and adults milling about, Ayanna Freeman appears on a TV monitor in the middle...
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Faith-Based Drive Sputters
Congress is not likely to enact legislation this session that would make it easier for faith-based organizations to compete for federal grants...
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Criminal Records Checks: National Agencies Click on Fast, Cheap Methods for Screening Volunteers
Several developments in the past few months have suddenly made it possible for any youth-serving nonprofit to quickly find out if any...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for November 2002
Civic Engagement Free The Childrenwww.freethechildren.orgis a great website for youth workers trying to make a connection between their youth and kids...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for October 2002
PEPNet ’02 Awards For: The nation’s most inspiring youth employment and development programs.By: The National Youth Employment Coalition.Winners include: Denison Job Corps...
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News
Abducted Kids
A spate of highly publicized child abductions and kidnappings over the summer spurred the Senate to pass legislation (S 2896) establishing a...
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Opinion
Aiding Front-Line Youth Workers
The human service work force is arguably the least visible part of the American labor market of 134 million wage earners. A...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for October 2002
Ford Foundation320 E. 43rd St. New York, NY 10017(212) 573-5000www.fordfound.org • Corporation for Enterprise Development, Washington, $1 million to explore the potential...
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Opinion
Raising Youth Worker Wages
Brooke Harvey , Project AssociateJoyce Shortt, Co-DirectorNational Institute on Out-of-School TimeWellesley, Mass. While there is no question that the road to increasing...
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Opinion
Gay Coverage Without Spin
Bill MaierVice PresidentFocus on the FamilyColorado Springs, Colo. I’m writing to let you know how much I appreciated Andrew Beadle’s fair, balanced,...
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Opinion
A Preference for Sexual Orientation
Liz Fletcher Brown Mentoring Program CoordinatorFort Worth, TexasIn the article “Gay Youth Leaders?” [September], you and others consistently referred to sexual orientation...
