Youth Today
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Will Get Mentoring Funds from Justice
A memo obtained by JJ Today indicates that despite missing out on OJJDP’s Recovery Act and announced 2009 funds for national mentoring...
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Down to the Wire for OJJDP Job
One of the hopefuls for the OJJDP top job whose candidacy heated up over the summer was Miami-Dade County JJ boss Wansley...
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Lack of OJJDP Funding Worries States
State juvenile justice leaders find staff at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and the officials...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Tracking Nonprofits’ Fiscal Health
As part of its series tracking the nonprofit sector’s fiscal health during the economic downturn, the National Council of Nonprofits last month...
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Study That Algebra!
What makes a community college student focused enough to stay in school and finish? Apparently being poor makes a student more...
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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
Urban Institute Eight new research briefs on youth transitions to early adulthood are now available and include two unexpected findings: 1....
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News
Head of Job Corps Removed; No Replacement Named
The national director of the Office of Job Corps has been removed from her office by U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis,...
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HBCUs, California Colleges Emerge as Top Colleges for ‘Social Mobility’
If you’re searching for the colleges and universities that are best at getting low-income students into and through college, think black...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Justice Awards Millions in Mentoring Grants
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the national juvenile mentoring grants: a total of $129 million that comes partially from Recovery...
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Winners of National Mentoring Grants Divulge Spending Plans (UPDATED Sept. 10)
As we mentioned yesterday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of national mentoring grant winners. The...
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National JJ Mentoring Grants Announced
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the national juvenile mentoring grants today, a total of $129 million in grants that comes partially...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Video Essay on Teenage Grief
Hospice Volunteer Services of Addison CountyMcMulti Production, distributed by Fanlight Productions75 minutes. DVD $249. When sisters Amanda and Meghan were in elementary...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson
Sharon Robinson; illustratedby Kadir NelsonScholastic Press40 pages. $16.99. Sharing a family incident from her childhood, Sharon Robinson bears testament to her...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Girls Gone Activist! How to Change the World Through Education
Edited by Joanne Conelly, Gaëlle Dessus, Anna Diarra, et al. Youth Activism Project, School Girls Unite 118 pages. $16 paperback. Free full-color...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
DOL Grants for Apprentice Programs
Eleven national industry and employer associations will share $6.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor to promote innovation...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded September 2009
Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationSeattle(206) 709-3140http://www.gatesfoundation.org • Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C., $8.3 million to increase the leadership capacity...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
International Young Eco-Hero Awards
Adarsha Shivakumar and Apoorva Rangan For: Youth ages 8 to 16, for projects in environmental advocacy, environmental health, or research, particularly...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for September 2009
Spirit of Service Awards For: Volunteers and Corporation for National and Community Service members who have performed exemplary service in their communities....
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► Reports
A Guide to Effective Investments in Positive Youth Development: Implications of Research for Financing and Sustaining Programs and Services for Youth
The Finance Project This paper reviews some of the most recent research on what makes an effective youth development program, and seeks...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Workshop Out of School
Anne-E WoodPerforming Arts Workshop44 pages. $10 paperback, free download. Since 1965, the Performing Arts Workshop in San Francisco has transformed young...
