Managing money can be one of the toughest skills for young people to learn as they transition to adulthood. We spoke to Karen Chan, creator of All My Money, a hands-on curriculum emphasizing money management skills for people with limited financial resources. In this two-part series, we share Chan’s tips on teaching young people about spending, saving and making good money choices.
Research suggests that positive childhood experiences protect young women from becoming pregnant as teens. However, not many studies have considered how these strengths may buffer against the problems teens may face, such as family money problems or divorce. A new study looks at the interplay between the positive and the negative factors that affect teen girls.
Congratulations to the Colorado Rural Collaborative Youth Leadership Team, which has won the 2012 FYSB Mural Contest for Runaway and Homeless Youth. Youth from nine youth-serving agencies across the state designed the team's mural in honor of National Runaway Prevention Month and National Homeless Youth Awareness Month in November.
NCFY Asks: When Did You Make the Biggest Difference, Lynze Bolton?
March 23, 2012
NCFY asked a group of youth workers when they feel they made the biggest difference in a youth's life. Lynze Bolton of First Chance Y-CHOW in San Bernardino, CA, remembers when he helped a young father quit drugs, get a job and care for his son:
Norman Hicks has devoted his life to helping the homeless, in part because he used to be homeless himself. He talks to NCFY about the two adults that changed his life when he was a teenager.
Length: 3:47 | Size: 3.5 MB | Transcript
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