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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Classroom Inc.

http://www.classroominc.org Seeks to improve the academic skills of middle school and high school students with computer simulations that place them in managerial...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org Launched last fall by several foundations, including the Annie E. Casey and Eos foundations, this site addresses poverty issues in the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Child Welfare Information Gateway

http://www.childwelfare.gov This federal government service, which provides information and resources to help protect children and families, recently made its website more user-friendly....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

My First Paycheck

http://www.myfirstpaycheck.com Created by a 16-year-old high school sophomore and her brother, this job-posting site offers employment advice, an interactive tool that builds...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

OMB Watch’s Regulatory Resource Center

http://www.ombwatch.org/regs The U.S. Office of Management and Budget Watch recently launched this new sub-site to help citizens get involved in federal regulatory...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Congratulations for Reading a Winner

Jim Myers Silver, Case History American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2007 “Then La Paloma [Family Services] did something unusual: It turned...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Adult Time Raises Youth Crime

Trying juveniles as adults and housing them in adult prisons is “counterproductive” – leading to higher and often more violent recidivism rates...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Fire Destroys Historic Home

A fire allegedly set by a resident last month destroyed a cottage at a Georgia home that was created for children orphaned...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

$5 Million to Train Future Workers

American Humanics has received a $5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund a new competitive internship program, called the...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

New Group for Professionals

A group of consultants has started what it calls the “first and only trade association for mentoring professionals.” The mission of the...

Guest Opinion Essay

Of Money Matters

Nothing animates the managers of most youth development programs more than their relentless foraging for money to keep their services running. Compared...

Guest Opinion Essay

The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work

The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Not Quite Expired

Another life-after-death tale is taking wing among the former affiliates of Children’s Express (CE). The 26-year-old youth journalism enterprise’s D.C. headquarters crashed...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Expiration Expected

Hometown-girl-made-good Marian Wright Edelman, 62, is far from dead. But that hasn’t deterred Congress from approving two earmarks for the planned Marian...

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USA Recycle Corps

In the beginning there was compassionate conservatism, which begat the Armies of Compassion, which begat the faith-based initiative, which begat the USA...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

News Briefs for March 2002

Gay Adoptions OK: Citing the estimated 9 million children in the United States with at least one gay parent, the American Academy...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Connecting With a Caring Adult

A caring adult can make a huge difference in a teen’s life. Here, two young writers describe how this kind of relationship...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for March 2002

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health 770 Welch Rd., Ste. 350Palo Alto, CA 94304(650) 497-8365www.lpfch.org • Asian American Recovery, San Mateo...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier