Deborah FisherSearch Institute Press28 pages. $14.95. This slim guide describes how to infuse the developmental assets model into existing prevention programs...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance issued a solicitation today for nonprofits interested in seeking funds to mentor adult or juvenile offenders headed...
Visalia, Calif.(559) 636-5000http://www.co.tulare.ca.ushttp://www.stepuptc.com Objective: Provide at-risk youth with free transportation to activities that connect them to mentoring and gang prevention programs...
By Tanya L., 14LA Youth, Los Angeles I was born with a physical disability. Three of the fingers on my left...
By AnonymousNew Youth Connections, New York One day in fifth grade, a boy came and sat next to me in the...
The fiscal 2010 omnibus spending bill signed by President Barack Obama on Dec. 16 adds $20 million – for a total of...
A lot of people who’ve read Carter G. Woodson’s famous 1933 treatise, The Mis-Education of the Negro, believe the book’s message...
A GED – or general education diploma – once was a “good enough diploma,” as comedian Chris Rock has called it. But...
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the first of a series of “green jobs” grants designed to prepare targeted populations –...
Dead cockroaches, expired food, filthy conditions, and unreported drug- and weapon-related incidents were all uncovered at a Florida Job Corps center operated...
Focused effort is a key to success for HCZ, and for this youth working on a computer at one of its...
Geoffrey Canada The premise of the Harlem Children’s Zone is deceptively simple: Provide the same cradle-to-college support for low-income, at-risk children...
Probability is Chicago’s latest weapon in the ongoing fight against youth violence – and the city is banking millions of federal...
Ruby Takanishi, President and CEO Moves to: 295 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10017 (212) 213-8337
Like 9/11, Columbine was an event that “changed everything.” It challenged our belief that kids, for all their quirks, would always...
If there is one idea that dominates the youth work and positive youth development fields, it is that every kid needs...
http://www.campfireusa.org Camp Fire USA has launched its newly designed and formatted website to mark its 100th anniversary celebrations next year. The site...
Real Jobs, Real Stories: Stories by Teens About Succeeding at WorkEdited by Laura LonghineYouth Communication 179 pages. $16.95. A Leader’s Guide to...
College scholarships and apprenticeships. Jobs for teens in trouble with the law. Book clubs for kids and free trips to the museum....
Kyle Ozechowski Friends of Youth – Griffin HomeRenton, Wash.(425) 228-5776http://www.friendsofyouth.org Age: 27 Salary: $30,000 My Organization: Friends of Youth provides services...