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Child Nutrition Bills Stalled in Congress

Michelle Obama has pleaded with the U.S. Congress (in a Washington Post opinion piece). Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has pleaded with her...

Hornberger, Choice of Some Nat’l Advocates, Not on Justice’s Short List?

Office of Justice Programs boss Laurie Robinson told JJ Today last week that the department was in the process of interviewing a...

Prove It or Lose It

Barack Obama campaigned on the promise to eliminate federal programs that don’t work, change programs that don’t quite measure up and consolidate duplicate...

Grants Awarded July-August 2010

Carnegie CorporationNew York(212) 371-3200http://carnegie.org • Battelle For Kids, Columbus, Ohio, $650,000 for enhancement of a system of assessment-based professional development to...

Struggling to Keep the Promise

The hope that greeted President Obama’s biggest youth initiative last year – replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone in communities around the...

Child Welfare Experts Urge Congress to Expand Title IV-E Waivers

The federal government should expand a flexible funding program that helps states and counties reform their child welfare systems and keep more...

Money for Promise Neighborhoods Cut Again

The news from Capitol Hill keeps getting worse for the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) – one of President Obama’s signature new youth...

Promise Neighborhood Funding at Stake in Congress Tuesday

Supporters of the federal initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) have been working to sway the funding decision of...

Social Innovation Fund Boosts Youth Programs

The Corporation for National and Community Service announced the 11 groups that will receive the first grants from its $50 million Social...

Senators Seek More Financial Explanations from BGCA

Updated July 21, 2010 6 p.m. Three leading Republican senators are continuing to press the Boys & Girls Clubs of America about...

New Reports Predict Downturn in Federal Funding for Children

Two new reports – both from the youth advocacy group First Focus – present the prospect of a troubling future for the...

Washington Post Examines Gates Foundation’s Influence on Education Reform

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has helped plant the seed of national education standards and merit-based pay for teachers with nearly...

Report: Declining College Degree Prospects For Low-Income Youths

In the coming years, low- and moderate-income youth will find it increasingly difficult to afford the cost of a college degree because...

Labor Department Announces $125 Million in Job Training Grants

Forty-one community colleges and organizations will receive a share of $125 million the U.S. Department Labor awarded Tuesday for the schools and...

Hundreds Vie for Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grants

More than 300 organizations are vying for 20 planning grants worth $500,000 each through the Obama Administration’s Promise Neighborhood initiative, data released...

Weekly Notes: Federal JJ Issues Languishing; Funds for Mentoring Available; and more

Hope everyone’s summer is going swimmingly, pun intended! Notes has been on hiatus while Youth Today wraps up the final print edition...

Summer Jobs Money Is Part of Jobless Benefits Bill Blocked in Senate

With the yet another congressional recess approaching, Congress missed another chance Thursday night to approve $1 billion in federal summer jobs program...