Youth Today
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News
In England, Youth Work Training Pays Off
By Tim BurkeLeicester, England—As the youth work field in the United States struggles to develop quality staff training that is widely recognized...
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News
Is This Any Way to Treat Foster Parents?
Buddy the Foster Care Bear works the crowd like a pro. His birthday cake and balloons brighten the lobby of a Trenton,...
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Opinion
Youth Workers Beyond Competence?
By Michael Heathfield I am in the joyful position of being both insider and outsider to youth development work in the United...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for July-August 2002
Management Internet Nonprofit Centerwww.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/index.htmlfeatures information on more than 100 issues involving operation of nonprofit agencies. Using an easy-to-navigate frequently asked question...
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News
German Youth Work Speaks Many Tongues
By Isabelle de PommereauFrankfurt, Germany—Here in Europe’s most multicultural city, youth work is administered in a way that would seem, well, foreign...
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News
Youths Flee Somalia, Flood Land of Lakes
Minneapolis—In the late 1990s, Minneapolis faced a surprise dilemma: This heartland city had suddenly become the preferred U.S. destination for refugee families...
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News
RFK’s Childhood Pal Carries On – Alone
A lot of people in Washington are skittish about discussing the friendships that bring them to the inner circles of power. Not...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for May 2002
Freddie Mac Youth Leadership Award For: Outstanding leadership by someone under 21 whose services improve the lives of young people.By: The Freddie...
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Opinion
Of Money Matters
Nothing animates the managers of most youth development programs more than their relentless foraging for money to keep their services running. Compared...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for May 2002
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation1200 Mott Foundation BuildingFlint, MI(810) 238-5651www.mott.org • Studio in a School Association, New York, $30,000 for general support.• Institute...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
For any relationship to function, there has to be mutual respect. Here, two teens describe how they felt disrespected or stereotyped because...
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Opinion
Foster Kids Need A Bold Plan
By Betsy Krebs“When I was in foster care, no one talked to me about my future.” These words, typical of a former...
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Opinion
The General Problem With Project Grants
George W. SarrisConsultant/writer Christian Herald AssociationNew York, NY Thank you for the article in the April 2002 edition (“General Support? Sounds Nice,...
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Opinion
Hip-Hop for Youth
Curtis WatkinsTruancy Coordinator Philadelphia Department of Human ServicesPhiladelphia, PA I agree with your overall contention that hip-hop is an unwieldy genre, too...
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Opinion
Gun Deaths: Don’t Blame Gun Makers
Mike MacharskyCommunity Outreach DirectorYMCA/YWCAAllentown, PAThis is in response to the “Child’s Death Not Gun Maker’s Fault” (April 2002). To sue a gun...
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Opinion
Hyphen-ventilating
James V. DolsonACSWU.S. Administration for Children and FamiliesWashington, DC Mike Males’ column, “Is Joseph Califano a Gateway Drug?” (April 2000) made me...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
INS Agrees Guinean Immigrant is a Minor
At a time when it is under scrutiny for how it handles minors from other countries, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Congress Acts on Youth
If early House action on welfare legislation last month is any indication, President Bush will not be enjoying the same kind of...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Child Labor Group’s Depressing Picture
When Lewis Hine took his historic pictures of child laborers as a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) from 1908...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
News Briefs for May 2002
Virtual Porn is Constitutional – In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 1996 law prohibiting the use of...
