POY Announces Website To Promote the Well-Being Of Youth Worldwide
-- Perspectives On Youth (POY) has premiered as a new Internet forum (http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org) for professionals in multiple disciplines serving young people to exchange information, research and experiences with one common goal: promoting the well-being of youth worldwide.
(PRWEB) October 2, 2002
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Perspectives On Youth (POY) Announces Website To Promote the
Well-Being Of Youth Worldwide
MANHASSET, NY, Oct 3, 2002- Perspectives On Youth (POY)has premiered as a new Internet forum
(http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org (http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org)) for professionals in multiple disciplines serving young people to exchange information, research and experiences with one common goal: promoting the well-being of youth worldwide.
"There's never been a more crucial time to reach out to >oung people and to support those in professions that deal ith youth on a day to day basis," notes POY's founder Joi Kohlhagen. "The problems of child abuse, depression, poverty and aimlessness affecting young people today has reached epidemic
Proportions. POY's website and its changing content offers a wide variety of information and resources to help professionals in many different walks of life who work with youth -- attorneys, educators, mental health professionals, social workers -- get the support they need to promote the well-being of children of all ages."
The core of POY's website (http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org (http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org))
Is a "Perspectives" newsletter that changes bi-monthly and offers reports and reflections about issues affecting young people. The premiere issue features remarks from First Lady Laura Bush, a Perspective on the Effect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on children; a report by the United States Department of Health and Human Services on Child Maltreatment; and a Perspectives on the Youth Movement from 1945 to the present. The next edition of "Perspectives" is slated for January 2003 and guest contributors are welcome
To submit ideas and articles.
The Perspectives On Youth website was designed to serve as an information clearinghouse and offers visitors numerous resources, all free of charge. These include a listing of National Resource Centers for Youth; information about pending legislation in the United States House and Senate affecting young people; links to other websites dealing with children and family issues; a directory of toll free resource numbers; and suggested Publications About Youth.
Kohlhagen adds, "Professionals who work with youth are the unsung heroes of our society. Many work for low pay and in high frustration atmospheres. The results of their efforts are often difficult to measure immediately. Yet these professionals often have lifelong impact on the children they serve. Our goal is to provide them with extensive resources and information that can help make their jobs easier."
To access POY, log onto http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org (http://www. perspectivesonyouth. org).
Joi Kohlhagen can be reached for media interviews
Poyemail@aol. com.
