Youth Today
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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....
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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...
