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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

No Beer, No War, and Now This…

The federal government has moved to eradicate the potentially corrupting influence of youth on politics by banning them from contributing to national...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for April 2002

Child Welfare "Quotas alleged for child-abuse caseworkers"The Miami HeraldA company hired by the state of Florida to help administer child welfare...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Congress’s Anonymous “Healthy Youth Prevention Program” ($100,000)

The names of actual groups or programs in the criminal justice, education and social service sectors directly funded by Congress amply illustrate...

News

Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs

Back in 1998 a wonderful youth program in Brooklyn, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, came under the spotlight of critical...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Connecting With a Caring Adult

A caring adult can make a huge difference in a teen’s life. Here, two young writers describe how this kind of relationship...

Guest Opinion Essay

Go Global, Too

Rosemary Tisch, FounderKids Are SpecialFamily Education FoundationSan Jose, CA I just finished reading your [February] article, “U.S. Youth Programs Go Global.” Because...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

News Briefs for March 2002

Gay Adoptions OK: Citing the estimated 9 million children in the United States with at least one gay parent, the American Academy...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

USA Recycle Corps

In the beginning there was compassionate conservatism, which begat the Armies of Compassion, which begat the faith-based initiative, which begat the USA...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Not Quite Expired

Another life-after-death tale is taking wing among the former affiliates of Children’s Express (CE). The 26-year-old youth journalism enterprise’s D.C. headquarters crashed...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Expiration Expected

Hometown-girl-made-good Marian Wright Edelman, 62, is far from dead. But that hasn’t deterred Congress from approving two earmarks for the planned Marian...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for March 2002

Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is a valuable tool for those who work in social services as well...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Forging 21st Century Partnerships

Now that the ink is dry on the recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it’s time to examine the implications...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

AIDS Awareness In Madison County (AAIM)

Alton, Ill.(618) 463-1906nayturMS@aol.com Objective: Promoting AIDS Awareness in the St. Louis area through hip-hop culture and youth-run media campaigns. In a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Honors for February 2002

Youth Leadership Award For: Leaders whose work reflects the importance of cultural understanding and education in improving peoples’ lives. By: Academy for...

News

4-H Marks a Century, Looks to the Next

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, 4-H has been holding a series of discussions nationwide about the future of youth work. 4-H has...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen’s Suicide May Prompt New Rules on Student Pilots

Four days after a 15-year-old flight student committed suicide by flying a plane into a Florida building, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for February 2002

Foundations The New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s policy shift to focus on strengthening urban youth service agencies in the Northeast has...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier