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Welfare-to-Work Overhaul Boosts Fatherhood Groups
It took 20 phone calls to persuade him, but 21-year-old Julius Armstrong – a noncustodial never-married father – finally said, “I’ve got...
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Case Could Harm U.S. Kids Abducted to Foreign Lands
The Elian Gonzalez child custody case may thrill foes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, but it may jeopardize the return of more...
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Youth Empowerment’s Spotty Gains
For today’s youth activists the era of considering teens as primarily passive recipients of adult guidance may seem like life from another...
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Fatherhood Groups Aim to Make Men ‘Secure Within Themselves’
Although around since 1994, the D.C.-based National Practitioner’s Network for Fathers and Families (NPNFF) is just beginning to hit its stride as...
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In Milwaukee, Youth Worker Training Pays
Milwaukee, Wis.—Wanted: Youth workers to go to school to learn how to be better youth workers. Money a problem? We’ll pay. Time...
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Promises, Promises …
By Sue Badeau President Clinton released his eighth and final budget proposal last month, laying out a plan that would shape America’s...
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Separate and Unequal: A report on educational barriers for homeless children and youth
Homeless children and youth are often denied their right to attend public schools, according to this report funded by the W.K. Kellogg...
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Youth and Board Service: Experiences of Participation in Organizational Governance
The inclusion of youth on the boards of directors of youth-serving organizations benefits the youth clients, the youth board participants and the...
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Boot Camps Get a Kick in the Head
By David J. Krajicek Military-style boot camps for juvenile offenders have proven to be no more effective and no less costly than traditional...
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Conflicting Views On Dropout Rate
By Amy Bracken Two recently released reports offer conflicting views on U.S. education. The first, “Do You Know… The Good News About...
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The Case of the 6-Year-Old ‘Refugee’
By Amy Bracken The international hot potato over six-year-old Elian Gonzalez of Cuba landed in the lap of a family court judge...
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Shay’s Sashay
In one of the children and youth field’s most surprising and important leadership developments in a decade, Shay Bilchik, the presidentially appointed...
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Corralling Recent Events
One of D.C.’s more interesting gunsmoke duels is over. The shoot-out between Bill Novelli, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and...
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Pig Headed Pierce
Bill Pierce, president of the 130-member National Council for Adoption (NCFA) since its founding in 1980 retired at year’s end. Pierce surely...
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Packard Packs, UPS Delivers, Reader’s Digest Shrinks
Now you see him, now you don’t. That’s the story on John Govea brought on board by the Packard Foundation a year...
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Dangerous Liaisons: Substance Abuse and Sex
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) Teens who drink are seven times more likely to have sexual...
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To Establish Justice, To Insure Domestic Tranquility
The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation Violence, fear of crime, the proliferation of firearms and racism in the criminal justice system have all...
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Millennium Hangover: Keeping Score on Alcohol Drug Strategies
This report on the impact of alcohol abuse examines drinking from several perspectives, including public health, criminal justice, the workplace, treatment and...
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The Right Start: Conditions of Babies and Their Families in America’s Largest Cities
Annie E. Casey Foundation Babies born in the nation’s 50 largest cities are likely to start life at a significant disadvantage compared...
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Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles
U.S. Justice Department, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Violent crimes against juveniles are less likely to be reported to...
