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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Pork Comes Flying Back

Once again, writing to your local congressman literally pays off. After being all but banned in a purported wave of concern over...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Youth on the Agenda in Congress

Youth issues are a hot topic in Congress, but whether that leads to legislative progress remains to be seen. After several youth-related...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Will Musical Chairs Create a Different Tune?

Youth issues are expected to get greater attention under the Democratic Congress that will be seated in January. As a result of...

Guest Opinion Essay

Why So Silent About the War?

American youth development programs, like the American people, are all over the place when it comes to helping young people learn and...

Elections: Attack with Care

Washington, D.C. — The Capitol Hill office of Vote Kids is not your typical youth advocacy headquarters, sporting warm-hearted mission statements and...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Policy and Practice: Will The Gap Ever Close?

Youth workers’ lack of knowledge about and engagement in public policy issues has been noted time and time again at professional gatherings...

Trying to Awaken a Sleeping Treaty

Nobody would count Jeffrey Newman among the uninformed when it comes to children’s rights. But one day last month, the executive director...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Federal Budget Forecast: More Pain

February was a painful month for youth programs that get federal funding. President Bush presented a plan for domestic spending that...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Pork Chopped

Sitting in his Louisville, Ky., office, Vern Rickert contemplates the sudden hole that’s been blown in his program’s budget by a decision...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Feds Find it Painful to PART

Youth-serving programs might take comfort in knowing that even federal agencies feel the pain of funding, designing and conducting program evaluations. The...

Guest Opinion Essay

Wanted: Bipartisan Leadership

By Karen Pittman I thought nothing could be more sobering than the photos and stories that continue to pour forth from...

Guest Opinion Essay

Message in a Bottle

Sometimes you have to cross the ocean to get a clearer picture of what is happening in your own country. I just...

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Laura Bush’s Youth Work Tour

Throughout the year, first lady Laura Bush has traveled the country touting programs that the White House says do everything from steering...

Guest Opinion Essay

Put Every Child Ahead

In recent weeks, children and youth advocates from across the country have joined forces with anti-poverty activists to oppose President Bush’s proposed...

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