Feature Story

Is Child Abuse Declining?

How a big drop was calculated and what it means.

Youth Today Founder Retires; New Publisher Named

Obama Budget Tries to Make Change

It boosts AmeriCorps, Promise Neighborhoods, YouthBuild; trims Justice programs

Youth Opportunities Still Knock

Keeping alive a program that showed promise, then lost its funding.

What One YO Achieved, and How It (Sort of) Continues

California’s Gambit Pays Off for Kinship Care

Fed change in ‘GAP’ rules can save states money.

Changing of the Juvenile Justice Guard

New state directors have more JJ experience and diversity. Will they stick around to make their marks?

Awards

Awards for March 2010

Evaluation Spotlight

Targeting All Parents

A promising community-wide approach to reducing maltreatment

Grants Awarded

Grants Awarded for March 2010

How To ...

Reach At-Risk and Underserved Youth Through Performing Arts

Youth organizations teach life skills through arts education.

Kids Quill

The “Talk”: Are Schools Doing It Right?

Talking the Talk

We Deserve Better Sex Ed

Talking the Talk

My Job

Ryan Plantz

Public Allies Teaching Fellow in Service Learning

News Briefs

100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America

CNCS Unveils Guidelines for Social Innovation Grants

DOL Tips for Reaching Hard-to-Serve Youths

Dropout Prevention Group Calls it Quits

First Lady Begins Anti-Obesity Campaign

Free Webinars Set for Nonprofits

Radio Personality Launches Mentoring Drive

Newsmakers

Newsmakers for March 2010

Pubs and Videos

50 Best College Majors for a Secure Future

Condom Nation: The U.S. Government’s Sex Education Campaign from World War I to the Internet

Shout It Out: The Voices Project Movie

Two Moms in My Heart: Teens Explore the Adoption Option

Report Roundup

A Look Back at the Adoption and Safe Families Act

College- and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success

Conceptualizing Juvenile Prostitution as Child Maltreatment: Findings from the National Juvenile Prostitution Study

Diploma Attainment Among Teen Mothers

Efficacy of a Theory-Based Abstinence-Only Intervention Over 24 Months: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Young Adolescents

Expanding Access and Opportunity: The Impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program

Facing Our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement

If Parents Don’t Speak English Well, Will Their Kids Get Locked Up?

Language Barriers and Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System

Kids Count Data Center

The Foreclosure Generation: The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families

What Are the Important Differences Among Kinship Foster Families?

Viewpoints

They Won’t Stay Outside Forever: Black Young Men and Unemployment

Time to Pay for Hazardous Youth Work

Web Watch

Child Welfare Information Gateway – State Statutes, System Reforms

Mentoring Forums

Non-Profits on Facebook

University of New Hampshire Center for Professional Excellence in Child Welfare

Youth Work Snapshots

Los Angeles Team Mentoring

MultiMedia Today

Watch: YO! Youth Opportunity Center in Baltimore Struggles on Behalf of Dropouts

Youth Today original video