Youth Today
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► Reports
Interacting Effects of Depression and Tobacco Advertising Receptivity on Adolescent Smoking
This analysis of media receptivity finds that adolescents who suffer from feelings of depression are more likely to be affected by tobacco...
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Research
Research of Note for May 2002
This month’s Research Watch provides information about the effectiveness of drug prevention programs, the impact of role models on youth and new...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Trailblazers Academy
Stamford, Conn.(203) 977-5690mgd4271213@aol.com Objective: Provide education and other services to at-risk middle school youth. In a Nutshell: Trailblazers Academy is a...
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News
“Armies of Compassion” Plan Marches on Washington
President Bush’s call for every American to serve 4,000 hours of community and national service may indeed unleash his “Armies of Compassion,”...
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News
Degrees of Separation
Boston—In Boston, 26-year-old Michelle Jordan thinks a college degree is so important to her career as a youth worker that she took...
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News
The Fine Art of Youth Programs
In 1930, 13-year-old Jacob Lawrence began painting at the Utopia Children’s Center, an after-school program in Harlem. Lawrence went to Utopia to...
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News
Runaways from Public Care Leave Agencies Lost
Burlington, Vt.—Could youth workers have saved chronic runaway Christal Jones? She was a headache familiar to many agencies that house kids who...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for May 2002
Civic Engagement Suitcases for Kidswww.suitcasesforkids.orgis the website for the group founded by then-10-year-old Aubyn Burnside to collect suitcases for foster care...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Touted Venture Shows Stress In Coordinating Youth Services
Minneapolis—For more than a decade this city’s youth coordinating board has been hailed as a national model, winning an award from the...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
General Support? Sounds Nice, But…
When it comes to how foundations fund youth work, Gary L. Yates is a lonely guy. When Yates’ The California Wellness Foundation...
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News
Gimme a Grrrrrrr…
Guys normally love to watch girl cheerleaders. But when members of the Girls Project in Manhattan perform their own cheers, any guys...
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News
Hale to the Thief?
New York City—Want to divert a million dollars from a nonprofit agency that serves children? That’s what prosecutors say the recently indicted...
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News
Immigrant Youth Detained
A litany of accusations about the treatment of youths detained for illegal entry into the U.S. is propelling congressional legislation that would...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Honors for April 2002
HASBRO Teens With the Courage to Give Award For: Young people who have “faced physical and/or emotional obstacles, reached out to make...
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Opinion
The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work
The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for April 2002
The Commonwealth Fund1 E. 75th St.New York, NY 10021(212) 606-3800www.cmwf.org • Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, $595,698...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for April 2002
Feds After languishing in the Senate for 10 months, the appointment of John Robert Flores as administrator of the Office of Juvenile...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
H.O.T. Salsa Project
San Antonio, Texas (210)-335-1727gfaulk1960@yahoo.com Objective: To provide valuable workforce knowledge to at-risk youth in a residential setting with hands-on learning experience. In...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
No Beer, No War, and Now This…
The federal government has moved to eradicate the potentially corrupting influence of youth on politics by banning them from contributing to national...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
More Meal Money for Youth Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is trying to get more youth organizations to take its money to feed kids this summer....
