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...
Cultural Divide Over Parental DisciplineThe New York Times Cultural differences concerning corporal punishment are causing problems for some immigrant families in the...
Education Building a Community School, by The Children’s Aid Society, is a practical manual for school reform. The book provides innovative suggestions...
Sometimes research seems to prove the obvious, but there are times when research challenges what we think we know and has the...
After School "Child centers balk at policy"The Sacramento BeeA new regulation issued by Gov. Gray Davis requires childcare providers to inform...
Activities Art for the Heart: Creative Art Expression for You and Your Friends, by Mary Wallace, is a fun book for any...
This month’s Research Watch provides information about the effectiveness of drug prevention programs, the impact of role models on youth and new...
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...
HASBRO Teens With the Courage to Give Award For: Young people who have “faced physical and/or emotional obstacles, reached out to make...
The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...
Feds After languishing in the Senate for 10 months, the appointment of John Robert Flores as administrator of the Office of Juvenile...
Child Welfare "Quotas alleged for child-abuse caseworkers"The Miami HeraldA company hired by the state of Florida to help administer child welfare...
Pollution Kills Children Environmental hazards account for the annual death of approximately 3 million children under age 5 worldwide, according to the...
The names of actual groups or programs in the criminal justice, education and social service sectors directly funded by Congress amply illustrate...
Aside from watching football, humorous beer commercials and Britney Spears, Super Bowl fans were the first to glimpse the Office of National...
Gay Adoptions OK: Citing the estimated 9 million children in the United States with at least one gay parent, the American Academy...
Nonprofits After almost 30 years in operation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) has decided to plunge into the media game. The...
Child welfare nonprofit says give it timeTampa Tribune An experiment to privatize child welfare in two Florida counties isn’t going so well,...
Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is a valuable tool for those who work in social services as well...
A valuable and convenient reference for anyone involved in drug policy, the data reveal a significant variance of drug abuse policy from...