In 1963, federal economist Mollie Orshansky devised a formula for measuring income adequacy and poverty in this country. The measurement was named...
***Day 988 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
Peter Benson, the long-time CEO of the Minneapolis-based Search Institute, died yesterday at the age of 65 after a year-long battle with...
Almost $500 million in grants to increase graduation rates and provide new job-specific community college programs targeted at unemployed workers were announced...
Marguerite Kondracke, president and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, announced today that she plans to retire and the organization has begun a...
Drop That Knowledge: Youth Radio StoriesElisabeth Soep and Vivian ChávezUniversity of California Press224 pages. Most National Public Radio (NPR) listeners have heard...
Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets are widely used among youth workers as a model for nurturing youth development. Alongside books that provide...
With these printed notes, adults can give quick, positive feedback to young people when they do the right thing. On four pads...
These fire-colored mini-brochures are a nifty tool to engage teens in discovering their own “spark” – personal passions, talents or interests that...
This eight-page, glossy color booklet (8½ inches square) summarizes the 40 Developmental Assets concept to inspire adults in all walks of life...
In a previous column I wrote about the effort to pretend that the racial bias that can be found in every other...
There has been important and productive attention to increasing the maximum jurisdictional age for juvenile offenders to one’s 18th birthday. It is...
UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Sierra Health Foundation, and The California Endowment The study examines and documents the connections between youth...
A new study suggests that a program run by the National Guard can help dropouts who are ready to reconnect and move...
MDRC This report analyzes the results of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program, which targets high school dropouts between ages 16 and...
Roxanne Spillett, whose nearly $1 million salary as head of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America sparked a congressional investigation of...
Children and Youth Services Review New research conducted at the University of Missouri and Central Michigan University looks at the effect that...
The Academy for Educational Development is close to being acquired by major North Carolina nonprofit Family Health International (FHI), and, if the...
Stephanie Jackson says she never thought she would need the disaster portion of her AmeriCorps leadership training. But since a tornado struck...
A university and film production company are creating what both hope will become a repository for training juvenile justice and child welfare...