Homeboy Industries, the nation’s most famous jobs program for gang-involved youth, laid off 300 people, three-quarters of its staff, yesterday because of...
This story from Saginaw, Mich., touches on both stories in the May edition of Youth Today about hiring and supervision of youth...
When something occurs once, it’s a phenomenon; twice, it’s a pattern; three times, a definite trend. Well, three times in as many...
What’s better than a theoretically sound, research-tested, carefully implemented prevention program to reduce risky adolescent behaviors? An integrated mix of several...
Susan Ragsdale and Ann SaylorSearch Institute Press151 pages. $29.95 paperback with CD. Applying youth development strategies to children from kindergarten through...
A strict interpretation of Recovery Act rules has halted a pair of renovation projects at Job Corps sites that could have provided...
St. Louis(314) 535-0413http://thespot.wustl.edu Objective: Provide a free, one-stop, easily accessible drop-in center for youth that can serve their health, social support...
Life Line: Students in training to be LifeSavers peer counselors discuss a “lifetime timeline.” Photo: Ted Crail Judy Ashby found that...
Mathematica Policy Research Inc. This report presents the findings of the Social Security Administration’s implementation of seven original Youth Transition Demonstration...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oua/ The White House offers a new page for its Office of Urban Affairs website that chronicles the office’s activities. Users will...
Edna Primrose, a longtime youth worker and Job Corps administrator, has been named national director of Job Corps, according to a memo...
Big Brothers Big Sisters is joining forces with popular radio personality Michael Baisden to amp up its mentor outreach efforts. (Look...
“Toilet paper cheerleader competition”: Mentor Dennis Goggin, of the Disney Channel, with his new team during team-building exercises at James Madison...
Bess O’BrienKingdom County Productions90 minutes. DVD, two study guides, one CD soundtrack: $150. Based on interviews with a thousand Vermont teenagers...
http://mentoringforums.educationnorthwest.org Professionals who run youth mentoring organizations can ask questions of one another and share knowledge and experiences on this website....
Long-awaited funding guidelines for the new $50 million Social Innovation Fund were announced Tuesday by the Corporation for National and Community Service...
At his side: Joseph Radelet with Aaron Robinson around the time of Robinson’s high school graduation in 2009. Radelet has served...
If perception is reality, then Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) is everything from an outsider in the black community...
A recent study entitled A Report on the 2007 and 2008 High School Survey of Student Engagement provides some distressing news about...
Girl Scout Research Institute (GRSI) and Harris Interactive Youth today are far more committed to being responsible, valuing diversity, being accepting...