Youth Today
Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
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The Word: DonorsChoose.org
Stephen Colbert, of the faux news show “The Colbert Report,” recently stepped out of his Republican-pundit persona for just long enough to...
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New Rule Opens Up TANF Money for Employment Training
If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...
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New Rule On TANF Could Mean Millions for Youth and Family Services in Your State
If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...
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New Rule Opens Up TANF Money for Youth Programs
If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...
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Funding from ACF; Private and Public Go Head-to-Head in Washington State; Project to Help Moms Wronged by the System; and more
***The Administration for Children and Families issued two solicitations for the Strengthening Communities Fund, which is part of the Recovery Act funds...
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Funding News of the Week: William “JJ” Shakespeare
Youth involved in the juvenile justice system are a target audience for recently awarded grants that will fund live performances of Shakespeare...
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Funding available for green jobs training
The Department of Labor plans to release $500 million in federal grants next month for agencies prepared to give “green job training”...
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Funding News of the Week: William “JJ” Shakespeare
Youth involved in the juvenile justice system are a target audience for recently awarded grants. Check out the money blog.
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Funding News of the Week: Public School Innovation
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) recently launched a union-led, private foundation-supported initiative to fund and implement public school innovations. One of...
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States Approaching the GAP with Caution
From a policy perspective, there is nary a person with a bad word to say about the guardianship assistance payments established by...
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Weekly Notes: Funding at ACF; Children’s Rights Never Loses; Colorado Examines Racial Disparity; and more
***A few new funding announcements from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), which may finally have a permanent boss soon. –Family...
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President Obama’s 2010 Budget Coverage at Youth Today
Youth Today has summarized how the budget proposal released this week by President Obama affects after-school, mentoring, juvenile justice and community service...
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Obama Budget Cuts Some Youth Programs, Grows Others
President Barack Obama released a proposed 2010 budget Thursday that would eliminate several funding streams for youth programs, including $82 million in juvenile...
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New Drug Court, Mentoring Grants Available
Three new grant opportunities, for Second Chance mentoring, family drug courts and strategic advancements to mentoring, are on the street. All have June 15 deadlines....
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Funding News of the Week: GAO and Grants.gov
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the Grants.gov system, which will process a deluge of Recovery Act-related applications – especially...
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Obamas Donate to Youth Groups
Barack and Michelle Obama donated $75,500 last year to 13 organizations that work with youth, according to tax returns released last...
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Tales from the Field: How the recession is affecting youth services.
Washington—Here is one definition of serious trouble: A funder cuts your $400,000 grant to $185,000. That’s just one of the hits...
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Tales from the Field: How the recession is affecting youth services.
New York—The Juilliard School, the famed performing arts conservatory, has demonstrated how publicity can pay off – literally – for cash-strapped...
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Tales from the Field: How the recession is affecting youth services.
Palm Desert, Calif.—At the beginning of the year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Desert saw an influx of volunteer mentors,...
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Tales from the Field: How the recession is affecting youth services.
Phoenix—Arizona’s Division of Children, Youth and Families has laid off 181 workers this year, including 159 Child Protective Services “specialists” (investigators...
