All posts tagged "Youth Development"

• 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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  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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  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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  ‘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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  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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  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...

• 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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  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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  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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  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....

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 &...

• MENTOR Names New CEO

  Alberto Gonzales might be hard up for a job, but not every Bush 43 guy is having the same trouble. MENTOR, a...

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  A Shout Out to Michelle Obama

    There is one goal that each of us in the youth “business” shares: to ensure that all children receive the full...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Successful Transition to Adolescence Begins at Home

  Program: Strong African American Families (SAAF) Organization: Center for Family Research, University of Georgia Type of Evaluation: Researchers examined whether this intervention,...