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February 2008
In This Issue:
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What’s the best way to learn to design a Web site, write a poem, shoot a basket, or start a business? By doing it! Help the young people you know learn, create, develop, get involved, and be connected. The new Learning by Doing fact sheet series from the Family and Youth Services Bureau's National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth provides practical tips on engaging young people through the Arts, Civic Action and Community Service, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Sports, and Writing. To order these fact sheets and other free NCFY publications, go to http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/publications/. Funding Opportunities & Recent Awards FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Basic Center Program MAC AIDS Fund Student Drug-Testing Grants Drug Free Communities Support Program (PDF) Science and Service Award Hamburger Helper Grant Program Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community Project Ignition Saucony Children's Running Programs W.H.O. Foundation (PDF) Track Renovation Program The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents American Eagle Outfitters Foundation Do Something Youth Grants RECENT AWARDS HHS Proposes $737 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2009 Secretary Spellings Awards Over $38 Million to 20 States in School Improvement Grants Positive Youth Development at Work American Eagle and Aéropostale Campaign for Social Awareness Voices Emerge as Homeless Youth Find Opportunities MySpace Helping Runaway Teens Come Home President Bush Establishes Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs America’s Promise Alliance Announces the 2008 100 Best Communities for Young People Reading Pays Off for Youth Leaders for Literacy Nationwide Search Begins for 30 American Young Ambassadors Teenage Smokers Can Easily Be Hooked Parental Drinking Encourages Youth Alcohol Use, Hurts Discipline Rap, Country Music Rife With Alcohol, Other Drug References 15% of U.S. 12th Graders Have Used Prescription Drugs Non-medically in the Past Year (PDF) Nicotine Dependence Associated With Increased Risk of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use (PDF) Prescription for Danger: A Report by the ONDCP (PDF) Bullied Kids Suffer Depression and Anxiety Adolescents and Young Adults Have Used Non-Prescription Cough and Cold Medicines To Get High at Least Once in Their Lifetimes The Youth Initiatives Update comprises links to Web sites with information on programs, organizations, resources, and publications relevant to children, youth, and family issues. Inclusion of this information does not imply endorsement by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), or the National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY). Moreover, the points of view or opinions expressed on these Web sites do not necessarily represent the official position, policies, or views of FYSB, HHS, or NCFY. To subscribe or unsubscribe to Youth Initiatives Update, please send your request to ncfy@acf.hhs.gov. |
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