Youth Today
All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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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...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
News Briefs for April 2002
Pollution Kills Children Environmental hazards account for the annual death of approximately 3 million children under age 5 worldwide, according to the...
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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...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Ignorance on School Security
Kenneth S. Trump, PresidentNational School Safety and Security ServicesCleveland, OH Small Nonprofits As I read the February issue of Youth Today, I...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
More Kids Insured; Trouble Ahead?
Health coverage for children in the United States reached a four-year high in the first half of 2001, the Centers for Disease...
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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...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for March 2002
Nonprofits After almost 30 years in operation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) has decided to plunge into the media game. The...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for March 2002
Child welfare nonprofit says give it timeTampa Tribune An experiment to privatize child welfare in two Florida counties isn’t going so well,...
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► Reports
Role Models, Ethnic Identity, and Health Risk Behaviors in Urban Adolescents
A youth's role model often shares his or her gender and/or race, according to this survey conducted in Los Angeles.
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Research
Research of Note for March 2002
A focus on studies that help youth workers identify the strengths in even the most at-risk youth, but also remind staff to be...
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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...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Draft Objector Sentenced to Ames, Stays for Life
By Linda Lutton Ames, Iowa—When George Belitsos first rolled into town in his Volkswagen in 1971, this college town had a growing...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for March 2002
Teen Hoopla: Say What?www.ala.org/teenhoopla/saywhat/index2.htmloffers a forum for youths to express their views on issues ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to school...
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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...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Sane School House Safety
No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...
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Guest Opinion Essay
“Senior Year” Refreshes, ASH Chokes
I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...
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News
The Preemies Are Alright
A study of people who were born prematurely sheds more light on the ever-amazing resiliency of kids to overcome trauma. The study...
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► Reports
Cybercafe Crackdown
The Garden Grove, Calif., city council last month imposed new restrictions on cybercafes, which cater largely to youth and young adults, after...
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► Reports
Vatican and Molesters
The Vatican has disseminated new rules for secret church-run courts to try priests facing allegations of molesting children. The letter, sent to...
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► Reports
More Church Bad News
A jury last month convicted former Boston-area priest John Geoghan of molesting a 10-year-old boy. More than 130 people have accused Geoghan,...
