Many are enrolling in summer classes or doing community service while others are squeezed out by adults competing for the same entry-level jobs.
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DoSomething.org has ideas to keep youth active this summer, even if they’re working. One of the ideas is applying for the Youth Advisory Council, which brings teens together as staff to generate ideas, work on the site and solicit feedback from other teens. It includes expenses-paid travel to New York City for […]

Young people between the ages of 12 and 20 can apply for $1,000 micro-grants from Youth Service America’s (YSA) Youth Venture Program to create sustainable community-benefiting “social venture” projects. The application deadline is August 13, 2007.

America’s Promise - the Alliance for Youth is hosting an upcoming regional forum to strengthen cross-sector collaboration on behalf of young people. The forum, which take place in Nashville, TN, on July 31-Aug. 1, is open to representatives from government, business, education, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, and youth. Presenters at the […]

The Finance Project and The Forum for Youth Investment have teamed to launch this new information source. It currently houses more than 400 resources to help leaders craft sound policies to improve the lives of children, families and communities, and it will be updated daily. You can filter for data, toolkits, […]

Opening the Door to the American Dream — Increasing Higher Education Access and Success for Immigrants (April 13)
Latino immigrants and those arriving in America as teenagers are the least […]

Two high-ranking officials of the British Government visited members of the Greater Littleton Youth Initiative (GLYI) last week to learn more about the organization’s innovative and award-winning approach for helping children from birth through their teen years.
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