John Kelly

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop

Free Minds draws in youth convicted as adults (like Delonte, above) with book discussions and writing exercises … Washington, D.C.(202) 468-4809http://www.freemindsbookclub.org Objective:...

Grants

Grants Awarded for June 2008

Ford FoundationNew York(212) 573-5000www.fordfound.org • Bank Street College of Education, New York, $100,000 to develop curricula and assessments for issues including critical...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

SCHIP Limits: Who Holds the Cards?

Senate Democrats last month tried new legislation and nasty words (“fatwah”) to stop the White House from limiting enrollment in the federal...

News

Child Welfare’s Historic Headache

Historic Removal: FLDS women and children board a school bus to go from the YFZ Ranch to a child protective services processing...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Youths in Programs Rally for Youth Policies

Loud State-ments: Program participants and alumni from around the country rally in Washington for juvenile justice reform. Photo: YouthBuild Washington—More than 500...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

YouthBuild’s Shaky Foundation

Tanarae Greenman watched YouthBuild quickly grow into one of her most popular and effective programs at the Community Services Consortium in Lebanon,...

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Newsmakers for May 2008

Nonprofits Carter Savage, vice president of youth development services for the Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), has left that...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Linn County Summer Youth Wage Grant Program

Teen at Work: Heather Richter earns her partially subsidized paycheck working in the Early Learning Center of the First United Methodist Church....

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Washington Targets Behavior Modification Programs

Privately-run behavior modification programs would face tougher federal scrutiny if a bill proposed by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) becomes law. The Stop...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Medicaid’s Buried Treasure for Juvenile Justice

The Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center in New Mexico is but a speck on the map of the nation’s juvenile justice system....

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Newsmakers for April 2008

To announce changes at your agency, contact jkelly@youthtoday.org. Nonprofits Mike Caslin is leaving his post as executive vice president of the New...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for April 2008

The Joyce FoundationChicago, Ill.(312) 782-2464http://www.joycefdn.org • The Aspen Institute, Washington, $300,000 to continue the efforts of the Commission on No Child Left...

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Newsmakers for March 2008

Jack Kresnak Nonprofits For 34 years, Jack Kresnak used journalistic objectivity to put a public face on the complexities of city...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE)

Stand-up Kids: The PRAISE Academy helps boys lift themselves. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore(410) 467-1605www.paulrobesonacademy.org Objective: Develop the academic and social skills of...

Grants

Grant Awarded for March 2008

Mott Foundation Flint, Mich.(810) 238-5651www.mott.org • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, $600,000 for the State Fiscal and Low-Income Initiatives Project....

X%$*! Box Live

These screen names from XBox Live reveal one way players express racism. So you think you’re providing constructive activities for kids by...

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A Giant Borrows its Way to Growth, and Risk

When the multi-service giant KidsPeace hired C.T. O’Donnell as CEO in 1999, he stepped into the shoes of a long-serving, beloved leader...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett Teen CoordinatorNew York State Museum Albany, N.Y. (518) 486-1420www.nysm.nysed.gov/education Age: 21Salary: $14 per hour. About the New York State Museum:...

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