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U.S. Drug Policy: Maximizing Harm

By Robert Sharpe In his June Youth Today column (“What Are You People? On Dope?”), Mike Males accuses the drug policy reform...

Opportunity Up in Smoke

Adults, particularly those holding or aspiring to political office, are fond of lamenting the purported shortcomings of today’s young people. Solutions to...

Dead People vs. Living Youth

Always ready to surprise with appalling public policy, this 107th Congress has been no disappointment. Consider the attention given to two issues:...

Make Colleges Work For the Community

By Andrew Hahn What prominent institution works as an occasional player in youth work but has the ability and resources to do...

Foster Kids Need A Bold Plan

By Betsy Krebs“When I was in foster care, no one talked to me about my future.” These words, typical of a former...

Why College?

Donald T. Floyd Jr.President/ CEONational 4-H CouncilChevy Chase, MD I am writing in response to the article, “College-Linked Training Spreads, But Does...

Stopping Runaways

Erik LaursenPresidentStrength Based Services InternationalVirginia Beach, Va. I commend Harry Wilson (of the U.S. Family and Youth Services Bureau) for his viewpoint...

What Are You People? On Dope? *

Protect our children!” cry the Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation and Common Sense for Drug Policy, groups opposed to the “War on Drugs.”...

Journalists, Teach Thyselves

“Summer learning loss” is the term coined more than a decade ago to highlight the impact of summer idleness on student achievement....

Fund-Raising Advice from Both Sides of the Desk

I remember those halcyon days when I didn’t have to worry about where money came from. I started my youth work career...

Wanted: Adult Safety Nets For Foster Youth

By Mark Redmond I recently attended a two-day training seminar, “Permanent Family Connections for All Adolescents,” which issued some challenging words to...

Youth Workers Beyond Competence?

By Michael Heathfield I am in the joyful position of being both insider and outsider to youth development work in the United...

Of Money Matters

Nothing animates the managers of most youth development programs more than their relentless foraging for money to keep their services running. Compared...

Foster Kids Need A Bold Plan

By Betsy Krebs“When I was in foster care, no one talked to me about my future.” These words, typical of a former...

The General Problem With Project Grants

George W. SarrisConsultant/writer Christian Herald AssociationNew York, NY Thank you for the article in the April 2002 edition (“General Support? Sounds Nice,...

Hip-Hop for Youth

Curtis WatkinsTruancy Coordinator Philadelphia Department of Human ServicesPhiladelphia, PA I agree with your overall contention that hip-hop is an unwieldy genre, too...

Gun Deaths: Don’t Blame Gun Makers

Mike MacharskyCommunity Outreach DirectorYMCA/YWCAAllentown, PAThis is in response to the “Child’s Death Not Gun Maker’s Fault” (April 2002). To sue a gun...

Hyphen-ventilating

James V. DolsonACSWU.S. Administration for Children and FamiliesWashington, DC Mike Males’ column, “Is Joseph Califano a Gateway Drug?” (April 2000) made me...