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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Not Quite Expired

Another life-after-death tale is taking wing among the former affiliates of Children’s Express (CE). The 26-year-old youth journalism enterprise’s D.C. headquarters crashed...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Expiration Expected

Hometown-girl-made-good Marian Wright Edelman, 62, is far from dead. But that hasn’t deterred Congress from approving two earmarks for the planned Marian...

Opinion

Early and Sustained Supports Needed

Early investments have big payoffs. We know this from the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project in Michigan that is often credited for the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for March 2002

Child welfare nonprofit says give it timeTampa Tribune An experiment to privatize child welfare in two Florida counties isn’t going so well,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for March 2002

Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is a valuable tool for those who work in social services as well...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Forging 21st Century Partnerships

Now that the ink is dry on the recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it’s time to examine the implications...

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Role Models, Ethnic Identity, and Health Risk Behaviors in Urban Adolescents

A youth's role model often shares his or her gender and/or race, according to this survey conducted in Los Angeles.

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Learning In Deed: The Power of Service-Learning for American Schools

At a time when students are increasingly disengaged from academics, they are becoming more involved in volunteer and community service activities, according...

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Illicit Drug Policies: Selected Laws from the 50 States

A valuable and convenient reference for anyone involved in drug policy, the data reveal a significant variance of drug abuse policy from...

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Technology Applications in the Behavioral Health & Social Service Fields

This report is based on a poll of 5,000 behavioral health and social service industry employees to assess the level of information...

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Beyond Access: A Foundation Guide to Ending the Organizational Divide

While foundation grant-making for information technology (IT) continues to grow, strategies for improving the distribution and effectiveness of that money need to...

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