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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

www.aecf.org The grant-making organization’s revamped website features the latest news about AECF’s philanthropic efforts in the family- and child-welfare field, and...

Innovations in Effective Compassion

http://www.innovationincompassion.hhs.gov A comprehensive guide to faith-based and community groups, the site posts articles about how these groups have partnered with federal, state...

The Search Institute

http://www.search-institute.org The Search Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that promotes healthy youth and communities, has launched a new Web site featuring...

Youth Outlook

http://www.youthoutlook.org Youth Outlook’s site is a virtual collection of all that this Bay Area-based youth literary journal has to offer: magazine...

At Busy South Bronx Pool, Unlikely Volunteers

The New York Times Crotona Pool in the Bronx has become a new summer hotspot as neighborhood violence has waned, thanks...

Homeless Shelter Focuses on Youths

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Being homeless is hard enough, but being a homeless teenager adds even more problems to an already tumultuous...

Fairfax Fed Up With Lunch-Line Thieves

The Washington Post Video cameras will monitor Fairfax County, Va., high school cafeterias for the first time this fall, to keep...

Number of Teen Shooting Deaths Drops to Decade Low

The Sacramento Bee The number of Sacramento County teens who have been killed in 2008 is the lowest in at least...

Too Few Low-Income College Students?

The Christian Science Monitor Getting a college education in the United States requires more than just good grades and hard work;...

Graffiti Vandals Turn Violent in LA

The Associated Press/USA TODAY In Los Angeles, graffiti taggers are turning violent when confronted by members of the community, and three...

How To … Increase the Youth Vote

Photo: Marc Nozell Here’s something you don’t often hear before an election: The youth vote is expected to be big. It’s...

AMEN Dogs (Academy of Missouri Educational Network of Graduate Dogs)

Warrenton, Mo. (636) 456-3115http://www.amendogs.org Objective of the program: Helping youth develop life skills through animal therapy. Furry staffers: Faun Collett with...

Danielle Warthen

Danielle Warthen Director of Clinical ServicesThe Children’s CenterSalt Lake City, Utah(801) 582-5534http://www.tccslc.org. Age: 26 About Children’s Center: The Children’s Center works...

Awards for September 2008

Roommates

Washington’s most parochial federal office holder might be headed for Texas. No, not short-timer President George W. Bush, but 84-year-old Sen....

Teens Need to Have a Say in Placement

Represent, New York City In foster care, a voice is one of the most important things you need to survive. Without a...

I’m Not Safe Here: Facing Abuse in Foster Care

Represent, New York City Foster care exists to keep kids safe, but sometimes kids who are removed from their homes wind up...

When You Can’t Prove Cause and Effect …

Program: The Enough Abuse Campaign. Organization: The Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership. Type of Evaluation: Statewide program inventory; pre- and...