THE SACRAMENTO BEE A special investigation by The Sacramento Bee, in which reporters cross-referenced the names of 969 employees of Sacramento...
The Basics Launched in 1993 as a small, five-year demonstration project designed by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Guard Bureau to...
http://www.helpstartshere.org In a partnership with several schools of social work, this National Association of Social Workers site educates the public and connects...
http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/gh5/ip Formerly “World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers,” IP helps social service professionals throughout the world maintain their awareness of breaking...
Click image for .pdf chart This chart outlines recently enacted fiscal 2009 spending levels for youth programs – everything from child nutrition...
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) Many of America's nonprofits - including "safety-net" organizations that offer basic and social services to at-risk populations -...
The federal government’s vital statistics records show a second year of increase in the birth rate among U.S. teens from 2006 to...
Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Obama and chair of the new White House Counsel on Women and Girls. Saying that...
Community Youth ServicesOlympia, Wash.(360) 943-0780http://www.communityyouthservices.org/p_rosies_place.shtml Out-of-the-box lunch: Staffers serve a hot meal dailyto the homeless youth who drop in. Objective: To provide...
Program: Strong African American Families (SAAF) Organization: Center for Family Research, University of Georgia Type of Evaluation: Researchers examined whether this intervention,...
Below is a look at how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will affect funding for youth services in federal...
Project Assistant Amanda Gilman Mayor’s OfficeSan Bernardino, Calif.(909) 384-5133 http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us (see link to Operation Phoenix) Age: 24 Salary: $0. Gilman’s job fulfills...
A sceen shot from the ACLU video. Credit: ACLU. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, decided 40 years ago this month,...
Boston Rising, a new funding entity incubated by the Eos Foundation, has announced a five-year, $10 million “Impact Zone” grant designed to...
The National Institutes of Health announced in early January that the National Children’s Study has begun to recruit volunteer mothers-to-be and...
The Boston Foundation has announced a $5 million commitment to StreetSafe Boston – a public-private partnership designed to reduce violent crime...
COLUMBUS (OHIO) DISPATCH An investigation by The Columbus Dispatch found that 87 of 234 children who died from abuse or neglect from...
MANAGEMENT THE SALT LAKE (UTAH) TRIBUNE Many professional basketball players have created charitable foundations that are aimed at helping kids from...
With nonprofits planning for lean financial times, development directors might do well to look to historical trends for some comforting news....
Youth learn together from the Citizenship Workbook. Photo: Kid Power Calvary Baptist Church Washington, D.C. (202) 383-4543 http://www.kidpowerdc.org Objective: Empower youth...