All posts tagged "OST"

• Guest Opinion Essay

  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...

• 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...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Ignorance on School Security

  Kenneth S. Trump, PresidentNational School Safety and Security ServicesCleveland, OH Small Nonprofits As I read the February issue of Youth Today, I...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  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...

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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

  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...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  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...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Youth Jobs Program Gets Pink Slip

  By Natalie Gardner Lake Village, Ark.—Federal dollars for a limousine ride and a manicure? Toyce Newton knows that what she did here...

• News

  After-School Funds Feds Open Door to Youth Agencies

  With a rare victory over Washington’s education lobby, youth-serving agencies can for the first time directly tap into the federal government’s biggest...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Sane School House Safety

  No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...

• News

  Whistleblower: “My Life Ruined”

  Ever since the 1999 Columbine massacre, adults have preached that the best way to prevent school violence is to get youths to...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  “Senior Year” Refreshes, ASH Chokes

  I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...

• News

  The Preemies Are Alright

  A study of people who were born prematurely sheds more light on the ever-amazing resiliency of kids to overcome trauma. The study...

• News

  4-H Marks a Century, Looks to the Next

  To celebrate its 100th anniversary, 4-H has been holding a series of discussions nationwide about the future of youth work. 4-H has...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Teen’s Suicide May Prompt New Rules on Student Pilots

  Four days after a 15-year-old flight student committed suicide by flying a plane into a Florida building, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

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  Newsmakers for February 2002

  Foundations The New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s policy shift to focus on strengthening urban youth service agencies in the Northeast has...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for February 2002

  Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...