Youth Today
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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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News
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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News
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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News
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...
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Opinion
Achieving Dreams
Marina WintonChief Executive Officer“I Have a Dream” FoundationNew York, N.Y. In response to Bill Treanor’s “Nose Knows” column [September], I would like...
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Opinion
Harm Reduction Hurts
Sandra S. BennettDirectorNorthwest Center for Health & SafetyPortland, Ore. Regarding the viewpoint article by Robert Sharpe, “U.S. Drug Policy: Maximizing Harm Reduction”...
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Opinion
Healing Indian Healthcare Wounds
Sara Jumping Eagle Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. I’m an Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation [and] a pediatrician doing an adolescent...
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Opinion
Corrections
An article in the September Youth Today, “Gun Safety Programs Take a Shot,” incorrectly stated the estimated number of children reached through...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
More Black Men In Jail or College?
Are black men more likely to go to prison than college? A new report from a Washington think tank says yes, but...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Bush Chips Away At Youth Health Insurance, GAO Says
Congress should stop the Bush administration from letting states use funds from a children’s health program to insure needy adults, says a...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Death Penalty Foes See Hope at Supreme Court
Juvenile death penalty opponents are heartened by recent signals that several U.S. Supreme Court justices are ready to rethink the executions. Justices...
