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Bright Idea: Bring Animals and At-risk Youth Together, and Everyone Wins
There’s often a special connection between animals and their caretakers. Penny Ellison, who directs the Hand2Paw Foundation in Philadelphia, sees it every day. Hand2Paw empowers young adults from...
View ArticleNCFY Recommends: Connect Youth With Jobs
Know any young people looking for a job? If you work with youth, the answer is probably yes. Young Americans today face record unemployment.read more
View ArticleProjects of National Significance: Partnerships in Employment Systems Change
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New Podcast: A Young Woman Exits Homelessness and Finds a Career in Youth Work
NCFY's latest podcast in the Youth Speak Out series features San Francisco youth worker Jennifer Cowles, who goes by Yeah Yeah. She first encountered the Homeless Youth Alliance when she ran away from...
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The Intern Chronicles: A Young Man's On-the-Job Training, Part 2
The last time we met with Craig, he was just beginning his internship at the transitional living program run by Sea Haven for Youth, a social services organization in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Now three...
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Primary Sources: Can Mental Health and Housing Services Help Youth Hold Down...
“Adapting the Individual Placement and Support Model with Homeless Young Adults” (abstract). Child and Youth Care Forum, Vol. 41, No. 3 (June 2012).read more
View ArticlePodcast Transcript: Empowerment Through Farming
Jordan Ryan and Alon Coleman both participate in Youth Farm and Market Project, a youth-serving program in Minneapolis, MN. They speak with NCFY about Youth Farm's approach to youth empowerment, which...
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Youth Speak Out: Empowerment Through Farming
You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly. Jordan Ryan and Alon Coleman both participate in Youth...
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The Intern Chronicles, Part 3: Help Youth Make the Most of an Internship
Over the summer, we followed Craig, a young man working as an intern at Sea Haven Youth Services in North Myrtle Beach, SC. As his experience wound down, we spoke to his supervisor, Melissa McGrath,...
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NCFY Recommends: A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Youth Gain Workforce...
Do you want to help youth find a career that matches their goals and interests instead of landing just any job? If you answered yes, you’re in luck. The U.S.read more
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Bright Idea: Restaurant Apprenticeship Programs Cook Up Pride and Employment...
As executive director of Worth Our Weight, a nonprofit culinary arts apprenticeship program in Santa Rosa, CA, Evelyn Cheatham has taught over 100 at-risk young people the skills to cook and manage a...
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YouthBuild Grants
Due Date: March 19, 2013The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has funding available for programs that can oversee the education, training and employment of disadvantaged...
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Q&A: KIDS COUNT Report Recommends Ways to Get Disconnected Youth Back on Track
Youth employment is at its lowest point since World War II, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT, an initiative that tracks the wellbeing of children and youth in...
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Youth Speak Out: How to Avoid 'Secondary Trauma' in Youth Work
You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly.Nia, a one-time resident and current employee of the...
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Q&A: How to Help At-Risk Youth Find 'Promising' Jobs
The Administration on Children and Families’ Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation recently released a series of briefs that explore how service providers can help at-risk youth achieve...
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