RUNAWAY/HOMELESS YOUTH SERVICES:
THE FIRST OF THE RFPs RELEASED
On May 10, the Family & Youth Services Bureau released its Basic Center RFP for agencies working with runaway and homeless youth. It is due July 9. As always, the competition for this funding will be fierce. NEN has more than 30 years of experience writing and reviewing Basic Center proposals. Take advantage of our experience by contacting Doug Tanner as soon as possible to dicuss your needs. See the Basic Center RFP. Transitional living, maternity group home, and street outreach RFPs are due out soon. THE FIRST OF THE RFPs RELEASED
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MOVING TO THE FARM
OPENS NEW VISTAS TO YOUTH
OPENS NEW VISTAS TO YOUTH
Laraway Youth & Family Services moved to a 39-acre farm in rural Vermont last year. The agency, which provides educational, substitute foster care and therapeutic services to young people and their families, is discovering the many benefits, and challenges, of going back to nature. We interviewed executive director Greg Stefanski about the move and its implications for the youth in the agency's care. Listen to the audio and see a slideshow here.
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GIRLS & THE SEXUALIZATION PHENOMENON  From 'Toddlers & Tiaras' to pre-teens seeking plastic surgery to 'sexting,' the cultural landscape is pushing girls to adopt earlier and earlier sexual identities. Who or what is responsible, and what, if anything, can be done?
In a new report, What Are We Doing to Girls? The Early Sexualization Phenomenon and How Communities are Responding, we identify a variety of forces that are driving the early sexualization of girls, from media and marketing to biological and social factors. The report describes an array of community-based approaches to the problem, ranging from parental education, sex education, and adventure and girls empowerment groups to media education and advocacy campaigns. It also examines the theoretical underpinnings of these approaches and what evaluations have shown about their effectiveness.
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WHERE DO YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN
OUT OF SCHOOL? WE MAPPED THE PLACES
Rethinking the notion of where young people actually learn is one of the tenets of educational reform. Last year, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation commissioned NEN to develop learning resource maps of 14 communities in New England, the aim being to help guide schools toward potential educational collaborators. They might be formal or informal, a nonprofit organization, a business, a club, or an individual. The 'education' could take any form: mentoring, tutoring, job shadowing, internships, apprenticeships — any opportunity to learn that lets young people follow their own interests and gets them out into the community. See the maps here. OUT OF SCHOOL? WE MAPPED THE PLACES