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Fired Official Bypassed Grant Deadlines

DeKonty: Actions for faith-based organizations sparked angry e-mail from a federal official. A federal juvenile justice official who was fired last month...

Safety Nets Stretched Thin

The Boston Globe Nonprofit organizations, particularly charities and social service groups, are facing financial strains as the economy slows, jeopardizing the safety...

Youth Golf: On the Green and in the Rough

Shippen: African-American golfer who played in first U.S. Open, in 1895. Correction: This version corrects two errors from the printed article: Andrew...

Tobacco Settlement Revenue – Recent State Actions and Opportunities for Youth Programs

The Finance Project To pursue tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds as a potential financing source for youth programs, it is necessary...

Medicaid Rule Changes Delayed

Medicaid rules that would slash funds spent on youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have been delayed because of...

In Defense of Flores

J. Robert Flores calmly sat before a congressional committee yesterday and steadfastly defended himself against accusations from his own staff that he...

The Case Against Flores

The head of the nation’s juvenile justice office and his chief of staff helped favored organizations win competitive grants, pressured staffers to...

At Justice, 84th Place Wins

When it comes time to decide who gets millions of dollars in grants, the head of the federal juvenile justice agency doesn’t...

Will United Way Shift Affect Youth Groups?

Some youth-serving organizations might benefit, while others might lose, under the United Way of America’s decision to focus its spending on three...

Paperwork that Pays

For people writing grant proposals on behalf of youth-serving nonprofits, few applications can look as daunting as those for the federal Community...

Children’s Budget 2008

First Focus Since 2003, only one penny of every new non-defense dollar spent by the federal government went to programs for youth,...

American Grants and Loans Directory

Canada Books400 pages. $149.95, CD $69.95. This 2008 Canadian publication covers more than 1,500 U.S. government financial programs, subsidies, scholarships, grants and...

More SSI Money for Disabled Youth

A new federal regulation should make it easier to get more money for families trying to secure Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for...

SCHIP Limits: Who Holds the Cards?

Senate Democrats last month tried new legislation and nasty words (“fatwah”) to stop the White House from limiting enrollment in the federal...

4-H Finds More Green in Country

You don’t have to be a country music fan to wish you had this lineup to help raise money for your program:...

More Money for Summer Food

Programs that will provide snacks or meals to youths this summer should consider two major funding sources. First, food reimbursement rates under...

A Friend at Justice

Flores: Says agency followed proper procedures. The odds didn’t look good for the Best Friends Foundation when it applied for a competitive...

Medicaid’s Buried Treasure for Juvenile Justice

The Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center in New Mexico is but a speck on the map of the nation’s juvenile justice system....

Congress Probes Justice Grants

A congressional committee last month launched an investigation into whether the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) violated its...

Grants Awarded for April 2008

The Joyce FoundationChicago, Ill.(312) 782-2464http://www.joycefdn.org • The Aspen Institute, Washington, $300,000 to continue the efforts of the Commission on No Child Left...