Matt Wagner

Posts By Matt Wagner

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Tsering D. Alleyne: Youth Caseworker

    Tsering D. Alleyne Redwood Community Action Agency, Youth Services BureauHumboldt County, Calif.(707) 923-1147http://www.rcaa.org Age: 23 Salary: $23,160. My Organization: The Youth...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Niles Teen Center

    Niles, Ill.(847) 375-8949http://www.NilesTeenCenter.org Artful use of time: Ceramics projects are among the activities at the Niles Teen Center. Photo: Niles Teen...

• News

  Supreme Court to Hear Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Cases

  The Supreme Court agreed today to hear two Florida cases that challenge the legality of sentencing minors to life in prison without...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Future Agents in Training

    Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office(202) 278-3048Washington, DC 20535http://www.fbijobs.gov/243.asp Objective: To give high school students from around the country a...

• News

  Teen Curfew Laws Challenged

  New York’s highest court heard arguments April 28 on a challenge to the city of Rochester’s juvenile curfew, the first such case...

• News

  High Court Debates Student Strip Searches

  An attorney for an Arizona middle school told the Supreme Court today that strip searches are necessary to combat the ever-changing but...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Camp Worker in the Line of Fire – Literally

  The fire destroyed two cabins and charred half of the wooded property at Nebraska Youth Camp, in Kearney. A youth worker at...

• Grants

  Grants Awarded for April 2009

  AT&T Corp.San Antonio(212) 387-6555http://www.att.com • Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., $25,000 for a mentor program that connects Hispanic high school students with...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Irvine Foundation Awards Its Largest Grant Ever

  The San Francisco-based James Irvine Foundation has awarded $7.5 million, its largest grant ever, to ConnectEd: the California Center for College and...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Policy For Results

  www.policyforresults.org This new site offers an array of up-to-date resources and policy strategies to state and local policymakers on issues that affect...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  The Memory Project

  Madison, Wis.(608) 467-5706www.thememoryproject.org Lead Rosenblith painted a portrait of a girl named … Photo: The Memory Project Objective: To develop caring among...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Long Island Officials: Unlicensed Child Care a Growing Problem

  Newsday The death of 2-year-old Olivia Raspanti at a day care center on Long Island has underlined what New York officials say...

• ► Reports

  Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2007-2008

  National Juvenile Justice Network The United States imprisons more youths than any country in the world. This report highlights state-level juvenile justice...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  YouthActionNet

  http://www.youthactionnet.org Created by the International Youth Foundation, YouthActionNet provides information, social networking and discussion forums for young social entrepreneurs around the world....

• Grants

  Grants Awarded for March 2009

    Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, Mich. (810) 238-5651 http://www.mott.org • YouthBuild USA, Somerville, Mass., $200,000 to provide students with opportunities for...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Who Mentored You?

  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/wmy2008 This interactive site sponsored by the Harvard Mentoring Project showcases testimonials by a host of luminaries such as Oprah and former...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Smart Chart 3.0

  http://www.smartchart.org This updated version of the original Smart Chart is a free tool designed to help nonprofits manage their internal and external...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Children’s Budget

  http://www.childrensbudget.org First Focus’ new web resource provides in-depth statistical information regarding federal spending on children. First Focus is a national bipartisan children’s...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Student Youth Travel Association Youth Foundation

  http://www.sytayouthfoundation.org Designed to promote educational travel experiences for young people, the site offers scholarship and grant programs for individual students, school classes...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Foster Care Central

  http://www.fostercarecentral.org A social networking tool primarily for foster parents and social workers, this site has nearly 1,000 members and includes blogs, discussion...