Youth Today
All posts tagged "Youth Development"
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Job Corps: Better Targeted Career Training and Improved Preenrollment Information Could Enhance Female Residential Student Recruitment and Retention
U.S. Government Accountability Office Job Corps should confront the under-enrollment among females in its residential programs by offering career training that...
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Making Every Day Count: Boys & Girls Clubs’ Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Teens
Public/Private Ventures This latest report on P/PV’s multi-year study of Boys & Girls Clubs finds that the more often youths participate...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
When Kids Hurt: Help for Adults Navigating the Adolescent Maze
Chap Clark, Steve RabeyBaker Books208 pages. $13.99 paperback. Adolescence, according to Chap Clark, senior editor of YouthWorker Journal and professor at...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Great Group Skits: 50 Character-Building Scenarios for Teens
Lynn Grasberg, Gina OldenburgSearch Institute Press/Independent Publishers Group172 pages. $16.95 paperback. Full of teen appeal, these often hilarious original skits by comedienne/theater...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for July-August 2009
Maggie Doyle 2009 Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Awards For: Teen girls ages 12 to 18 who demonstrate exceptional entrepreneurship and community service....
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News
Children’s Aid Society Announces New CEO
Children’s Aid Society (CAS), which provides a range of programs for 150,000 New York City youth each year, has hired Richard Buery...
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Afterschool Workforce Development Strategies: From Recruitment to Career Pathways
Children Now After-school workforce development projects that focus their outreach efforts on specific demographics, like high school and college students,...
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Workforce Investment Act Needs Updating, Agency Says
Jobs for the Future (JFF) There’s no shortage of ideas on how to retool the Workforce Investment Act in order to make...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
‘Men II Boys’ Examines the Toll of Fatherlessness among Black Youth
Learn how to tie a tie. Know when to keep silent and when to speak up. Keep illegal substances out of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
School-Based Mentoring Needs a Friend
School-based mentoring – a cornerstone of the rapidly expanding mentoring field – took a big hit last month when President Obama announced...
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News
Karen Mathis Named to Head Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Karen Mathis, a lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association, has been named president and chief executive officer of...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Funding available for green jobs training
The Department of Labor plans to release $500 million in federal grants next month for agencies prepared to give “green job training”...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Obama Budget Cuts Some Youth Programs, Grows Others
President Barack Obama released a proposed 2010 budget Thursday that would eliminate several funding streams for youth programs, including $82 million in juvenile...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Add It Up
http://www.ala.org/additup Librarians and youth advocates seeking funds and programming for public libraries will find this to be a valuable resource. It...
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Formal Youth Mentoring Relationships Between Adolescent Girls and Adult Women
Journal of Primary Prevention This study found that successful female mentors can have a strong positive influence by providing emotional support, confidence...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Use Agriculture in Youth Development
Farming at The Food Project in Massachusetts provides ample hands-on learning opportunities. Photo: The Food Project While agriculture-based youth development programs are...
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Change it Up: What Girls Say About Redefining Leadership
Girl Scout Research Institute The findings of this national study provide a nuanced view of girls' attitudes, aspirations and experiences regarding leadership....
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OJJDP to Take Bids on Stimulus Mentoring Money (Updated)
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently developing a solicitation for proposals to spend local mentoring funds carved out...
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OJJDP to Take Bids on Stimulus Mentoring Money
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently developing a solicitation for proposals to spend local mentoring funds carved out...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
BGCA Struggling
Late last month, AS Today had a chance to speak with Kevin McCartney, who heads government relations for the Atlanta-based Boys &...
