All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Letters to the Editor

  Front-Line Youth WorkersLorenzo D. Harrison, AdministratorOffice of Youth ServicesU.S. Department of LaborWashington, DC Thanks for the honorable mention in your editorial [October]...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  News Briefs for December 2002 – January 2003

  Pedestrian Death Decline May Hide Unhealthy News While the number of child pedestrians killed in auto accidents has been cut in half...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for December 2002 – January 2003

  The Demons of Childhood: Young Brains Break. Then Comes the Broken Care System.U.S. News and World Report According to some estimates, 20...

• News

  Report Roundup for December 2002 – January 2003

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Research

  Research of Note for December 2002-January 2003

  As winter sets in, there is less emphasis on outdoor activities, so it is important to know about new research showing that...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Bike Out

    Venice, Calif.(310) 452-7785www.bikeout.org Objective: To promote physical health and foster self esteem in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth and their...

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  Web Watch for October 2003

    Child Welfare Children Awaiting Parents http://www.capbook.org%20is a useful tool for parents, those interested in adoption policy, and social workers for kids...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  News Briefs for November 2002

  Should Convicted Kids Go to Class? Two Philadelphia high school students are suing the school district over a state law that prohibits...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for November 2002

  Lost Children: A Look at Kids, Mental IllnessThe Spokesman-Review A weeklong series in the Spokane, Wash., daily looks at families struggling to...

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  Pubs and Videos for November 2002

  Education The Self-Directed Learning Handbook, by Maurice Gibbons, explains how to help middle and high school students practice self-directed learning, a process...

• Research

  Research of Note for November 2002

  Sometimes research results sound a lot like what our parents or grandparents taught us. Other times research can warn us that products...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for November 2002

    Civic Engagement Free The Childrenwww.freethechildren.orgis a great website for youth workers trying to make a connection between their youth and kids...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  News Briefs for October 2002

  Checking Up on Child Workers: The new head of Florida’s Department of Children and Families, Jerry Regier, said the beleaguered agency will...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for October 2002

  Losing Track of Children in State Care is National Problem Orlando Sentinel By failing to keep data on the number of missing...

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  Web Watch for October 2002

    Civic Engagement Servenetwww.servenet.org is organized by Youth Serve America, an alliance of more than 200 service groups dedicated to getting youth...

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  Press Watch for September 2002

  Side Effects of Welfare Law: The No-Parent FamilyNew York Times National studies indicate that as a result of welfare reform, more and...

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  Pubs and Videos for September 2002

  CommunitySchool, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, by Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Beth S. Simon, Karen Clark Salinas,...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Spectrum Youth and Family Services’ Legal Clinic

    Burlington, Vt.(802) 864-7423resjustice@aol.com Objective: Providing a free, weekly, walk-in legal clinic for youth who are homeless, on the run or in trouble...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for September 2002

    Child Welfare AdoptUSKidswww.adoptuskids.orgis a service of the National Adoption Center, dedicated to matching hard-to-place children with families. More than 60 percent...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for July-August 2002

  Education Building a Community School, by The Children’s Aid Society, is a practical manual for school reform. The book provides innovative suggestions...