The first round of AmeriCorps grants under the Kennedy Serve America Act – which emphasizes health, education, veterans, clean energy and the...
First lady Michelle Obama and Corporation for National and Community Service CEO Patrick Corvington announced today that several foundations and private philanthropists...
The directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service todaty elected Mark Gearan, president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in...
Stephen Goldsmith, interim board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has been named New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s...
The birth rate for U.S. teenagers dropped 2 percent in 2008, reversing two years of increases that had interrupted a 14-year...
The one-year anniversary of the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act brought officials of major service organization to Washington...
Births to U.S. teenagers dropped two percent in 2008, reversing two years of teen birth increases that had interrupted a 14-year decline,...
An uproar over expenditures of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, including the salary of CEO Roxanne Spillett, could jeopardize...
Long-awaited funding guidelines for the new $50 million Social Innovation Fund were announced last month by the Corporation for National and...
Long-awaited funding guidelines for the new $50 million Social Innovation Fund were announced Tuesday by the Corporation for National and Community Service...
YT SUBSCRIBERS: Click here for a chart of the president’s proposed spending on youth programs at every agency. A proposed appropriation of...
A recent federal court ruling will limit the ability of child protection workers to interview suspected child abuse victims at school...
The Red Jacket: Former Sen. Harris Wofford with Sen. Ted Kennedy, who often donned his City Year jacket for sailing. Photo: City...
Less than a year after it named its previous CEO, Arlington, Va.,-based MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership, has chosen Larry Wright, head...
Geoffrey Canada The premise of the Harlem Children’s Zone is deceptively simple: Provide the same cradle-to-college support for low-income, at-risk children...
A new report by the nonpartisan child advocacy group Every Child Matters Education Fund shows that the deaths of 10,440 U.S....
A report released today by the nonpartisan child advocacy group Every Child Matters Education Fund shows that the deaths of 10,440 U.S....
Stephen Goldsmith, former board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has assumed the position of interim board chairman with...
The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began...
Household Help: Legacy lent Healton money to buy this house, which extends far into the back. Photo: John Kelly In 2002, the...