Youth Today
Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
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Tales from the Field: How the recession is affecting youth services.
Philadelphia—A pilot program to help youths who have been literally struck by violence has been eliminated by budget cuts. The Pennsylvania...
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Tales from the Field: How the recession is affecting youth services.
The federal stimulus package set aside $1.2 billion in funding for youth services, including summer job opportunities, for people under 24....
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Camp Cope
New York YMCA camps pledge to raise more money for camper scholarships, and lower fees for low-income parents. The New York YMCA...
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From GrantsToday …
OJJDP announced a new funding opportunity for mentoring youth in foster care. Check it out, along with other grants available, at GrantsToday.
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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Fifth Group of Youth Service Improvement Grants
The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded its fifth group of Youth Service Improvement Grants (YSIG) to community-based organizations in New York,...
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The Obamas’ Donations to Youth Groups
Barack and Michelle Obama donated roughly $75,000 last year to 13 organizations that work with youth, according to tax returns released this...
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OJJDP Demonstration Grant RFP: Don’t Bother?
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention issued its solicitation for field-initiated demonstration programs, a piece of paper that at first...
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Funds Available at SAMHSA, OJJDP; Young Teens Sentenced to Die in Prison; New Boss at ETA; and more
A few federal funding notices and some interesting stories on the state level this week: ***The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Help Decide Who Gets Stimulus Grants
Several federal agencies are looking for peer and grant reviewers to help with the increased volume of solicitations for the stimulus funds....
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Stimulus Funds Could Help Prevent Foster Placements
Although the funds are not described as “family preservation” money, child welfare workers and agencies can tap into more than $1.5 billion...
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Conference Call on Summer Learning Funds Friday (Must RSVP Today!)
Johns Hopkins University’s National Center for Summer Learning will host a conference call Friday at 1 p.m. about how to access funds...
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Money for Nonprofits to Build Capacity
A new $50 million program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for nonprofit capacity building should be ready for preliminary...
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Juvenile Justice Stimulus Grants Announced
The Department of Justice has announced several juvenile-related grants under the stimulus bill, including the following. For information about how to apply...
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Help Decide Who Gets Grants
Several federal agencies are looking for peer and grant reviewers to help with the increased volume of solicitations for the stimulus funds....
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Earmarks 2009
Earmark Samples(Click image to open full .pdf chart) Here is a sample of youth-related earmarks from fiscal 2009 appropriations legislation. The numbers next...
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Irvine Foundation Awards Its Largest Grant Ever
The San Francisco-based James Irvine Foundation has awarded $7.5 million, its largest grant ever, to ConnectEd: the California Center for College and...
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The Federal Youth Budget: 2009
Click image for .pdf chart This chart outlines recently enacted fiscal 2009 spending levels for youth programs – everything from child nutrition...
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Weekly Notes: Drug Court Funding; JJDPA Reintroduced; Missouri Model Profiled in NYT; and More
Apologies for the absence of Weekly Notes for the past couple weeks. JJ Today has been hard at work on a story...
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BGCA Struggling
Late last month, AS Today had a chance to speak with Kevin McCartney, who heads government relations for the Atlanta-based Boys &...
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How-to on Getting After-School Money out of the Stimulus
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama last month includes lots of money for states to spend on education...
