Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Community Youth Corps
Baltimore, Md.(410) 396-5356dtaylor@epfl.net Objective: Provide service-learning opportunities for youth and help them see libraries as valuable resources. In a Nutshell: The...
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News
Hey, Kid: Get Off the Street
Portland, Ore.—Life for homeless teens here hasn’t been the same since the day a brawny bully dragged some scrawny youth agencies out...
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News
Bingo Jackpot
Along the Dixie Highway in Louisville, Ky., thousands congregate at bingo halls for a chance at easy money. Players can win big...
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Juvenile Justice Bill Slides Up Hill
Shhhhh. That’s the sound of juvenile justice advocates as they watch Congress tiptoe toward reauthorizing the nation’s juvenile justice programs, after seven...
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Struggle in Paradise
Lihu’e, Hawaii—Anyone trying to escape from what counts as civilization in most of the United States these days would be hard-pressed to...
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Opinion
The Truth About Jobless Teens
By Andrew Sum and Nathan Pond Substantially weakened national labor market conditions since the early winter of 2001 have dramatically reduced job...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for October 2002
Civic Engagement Servenetwww.servenet.org is organized by Youth Serve America, an alliance of more than 200 service groups dedicated to getting youth...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for September 2002
YouthActionNet AwardFor: Recognizing youth leading positive change throughout the world; winners receive $500.By: International Youth Foundation.Winners include: Sarah Davidson and Shana Kirsch,...
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News
Gay Youth Leaders?
After watching the Boy Scouts come under attack for banning homosexual youth leaders, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS) is fending...
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Opinion
Worthy Wages for Youth Workers
Few topics are of more interest to youth service practitioners than insuring a decent income for face-to-face youth workers. Paradoxically, few topics...
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Opinion
Ten Years in Print
Youth Today – the Newspaper on Youth Work began publishing in September 1992. Our survival has always been in doubt, our funding...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for September 2002
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation 135 E. 64th St.New York, NY 10021(212) 288-8900 • Statewide Youth Advocacy, Albany, N.Y., $30,000 to fund state...
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News
Eagle Feathers Fly
Gun safety programs for children and youth – including those run by the National Rifle Association and the Brady Center to Prevent...
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Opinion
Are You Bored Into Complacency?
What a pity that for many youth workers, one common side effect of their difficult work is the loss of astonishment. They...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Indian Culture Strives to Survive
One would be hard-pressed to find two more disparate settings than the noisy bustle of urban America and the rural homogeneity of...
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News
Locked-Up Latinos Get Counted Out
Latino youth are vastly undercounted in almost every state criminal justice system because of inadequate data collection and an absence of bilingual...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Dissent and Democracy
Young people have a wide range of political views. It is important to create an atmosphere where they can express and explore...
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Opinion
Broken Promises Hurt CBOs
Marcy MistrettDirector for Training and EvaluationNational Funding Collaborative on Violence PreventionWashington, D.C. In response to the article about the National Campaign Against...
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Opinion
Foster Parent Twilight Zone
Karen Olson MannersExecutive DirectorChild & Family Services of Southwestern MichiganJoseph, Mich. I read with interest your article on foster parenting in the...
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Opinion
AIDS and Whores
AIDS, U.S. authorities told reporters and policy forums surrounding July’s World AIDS Conference in Barcelona, is just another teenage attitude problem. “HIV...
