We have had "institutes for youth work" before, most notably the National Youth Bureau (NYB), which lasted over a decade into the early 1990s. NYB expanded impressively, establishing units and personnel for youth social work, youth crime, youth training and employment, and youth research. Much of this was not always popular among youth work purists. They wanted to know where the line was drawn between something they understood as "youth work" and broader ideas around "work with young people". The proposed new institute will have to grapple with such boundary maintenance, even if, for now, it proclaims that it would embrace the work of a range of professionals and volunteers working with young people.
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