Annotation: The American Youth Work Center supports the work of service providers in settings that serve youth, from adolescent health clinics to youth employment programs. Its newspaper, Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work, is directed to youth policymakers and youth workers. Youth Today provides a broad range of information and resources related to adolescent education, health, and well-being. Services to consumers include publications and reference information.

Web Site: http://www.youthtoday.org/template/index.cfm

Keywords: Working adolescents

Annotation: The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) works to facilitate positive development of youth into successful and productive adulthood through advocacy, research, and assistance. Areas of concern are adolescent parents, alcohol abuse, migrant poverty, migrant education, child exploitation in the workforce, child labor law compliance, youth preparedness for the workforce, promoting developmentally sound work opportunities for young people, and other topics affecting youth development. Services to consumers include publications. The organization publishes a newsletter and sponsors conferences.

Web Site: http://www.kapow.org/nclc.htm

Keywords: Adolescent parents, Advocacy, Alcohol abuse, Child abuse, Child exploitation, Child labor, Cooperative work experience programs, Education, Migrants, Pregnant adolescents, Research, Small businesses, Substance abuse, Working adolescents