Youth Today
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Child’s Death Not Gun Maker’s Fault
In a setback for gun-control advocates who are focusing on the harm that guns do to children, the Maryland Court of Appeals...
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Opinion
Hip to Value of Music
Michael DublinSouth Central Church of ChristRaleigh, NC Thanks for Andrew Hahn’s column in on Hip-Hop (“Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs,” March). I...
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Opinion
Good as Gold
Robert C. MecumExecutive DirectorLighthouse Youth ServicesCincinnati, OH Thanks for your terrific article about George Belitsos, the CEO of Youth and Shelter Services...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Youth Summit Looms
Pine for the days of old with their summits with the Soviets? Despair not. The departments of Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Parental Guidance Suggested
Shot down by Congress during last year’s budgeting, the Bush administration-proposed Parent Drug Prevention Corps lives in his FY ’03 budget request...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Single Parent Missing
The 16-member Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse, established by Congress in 1998, has yet to meet. It was set up...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for April 2002
Child Welfare "Quotas alleged for child-abuse caseworkers"The Miami HeraldA company hired by the state of Florida to help administer child welfare...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
News Briefs for April 2002
Pollution Kills Children Environmental hazards account for the annual death of approximately 3 million children under age 5 worldwide, according to the...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Congress’s Anonymous “Healthy Youth Prevention Program” ($100,000)
The names of actual groups or programs in the criminal justice, education and social service sectors directly funded by Congress amply illustrate...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for March 2002
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health 770 Welch Rd., Ste. 350Palo Alto, CA 94304(650) 497-8365www.lpfch.org • Asian American Recovery, San Mateo...
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News
Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs
Back in 1998 a wonderful youth program in Brooklyn, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, came under the spotlight of critical...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Connecting With a Caring Adult
A caring adult can make a huge difference in a teen’s life. Here, two young writers describe how this kind of relationship...
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Opinion
Ignorance on School Security
Kenneth S. Trump, PresidentNational School Safety and Security ServicesCleveland, OH Small Nonprofits As I read the February issue of Youth Today, I...
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Opinion
Go Global, Too
Rosemary Tisch, FounderKids Are SpecialFamily Education FoundationSan Jose, CA I just finished reading your [February] article, “U.S. Youth Programs Go Global.” Because...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
More Kids Insured; Trouble Ahead?
Health coverage for children in the United States reached a four-year high in the first half of 2001, the Centers for Disease...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Youth as Peacemakers
Some 1,200 youths marched through Northern Virginia Feb. 19 to emphasize the role of youth in preventing violence and crime. The march...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Will Drug Ads Bowl Kids Over?
Aside from watching football, humorous beer commercials and Britney Spears, Super Bowl fans were the first to glimpse the Office of National...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
News Briefs for March 2002
Gay Adoptions OK: Citing the estimated 9 million children in the United States with at least one gay parent, the American Academy...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for March 2002
Nonprofits After almost 30 years in operation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) has decided to plunge into the media game. The...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
USA Recycle Corps
In the beginning there was compassionate conservatism, which begat the Armies of Compassion, which begat the faith-based initiative, which begat the USA...
