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Nose Knows for September 2006

Never Focused The premise for FirstFocus, a public policy adjunct to America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth, is sensible enough: Provide what FirstFocus...

Another DeLay Casualty

The precipitous collapse of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s political career is reverberating in national child welfare policy circles. The Hammer,...

When a Thief Strikes from Inside

Retired police investigator Jim Brauch blames himself for the troubles that helped force the South Everett Youth and Community Center to...

America’s Overpaid Promise

The February edition of Youth Today arrived one recent day, and as I do every year with this particular issue, I flipped...

Federal Budget Forecast: More Pain

February was a painful month for youth programs that get federal funding. President Bush presented a plan for domestic spending that...

By Their Earmarks Ye Shall Know Them

Nose Knows is miffed. Why should shyster lobbyist Jack Abramoff, felonious ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) get all...

Pork Chopped

Sitting in his Louisville, Ky., office, Vern Rickert contemplates the sudden hole that’s been blown in his program’s budget by a decision...

The Atlantic Cup Winners

Once feared lost in the Bermuda Triangle of consultant-induced philanthropic anomie, the Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $4.3 billion) has sailed into port with...

Cadillacs for Kids

Knoxville, Tenn. There is nothing fancy about where Rick Bowen lives, except perhaps the shiny Cadillacs in the parking lot. “I wouldn’t...

Getting Evaluated – and Noticed

It’s a common and much complained-about paradox: How can nonprofit youth-serving agencies pay for the rigorous evaluations that funders require, when no...

Bush’s New Deal

Every year, the release of the president’s proposed budget sets off a ritual of sky-is-falling wails from youth advocates and people who...

Plentiful Pork

At a time when the federal government increasingly demands that youth-serving programs prove their effectiveness through evaluations in order to get funded,...

It’s Time to Rethink Youth Programs

America has too many youth programs. We have after-school programs, prevention programs, skill-building programs and character education programs. And we have built...

Times are Tough – Get Used to It

Chicago, Ill.—Former congressional staffer Ron Haskins stood before a gathering here last month of some of the most notable researchers and advocates...

Times are Tough – Get Used to It

Chicago, Ill.—Former congressional staffer Ron Haskins stood before a gathering here last month of some of the most notable researchers and advocates...

Grants Awarded – SAMHSA – For November 2004

Download the list of SAMHSA grantees.

Grants Awarded for May 2004

The Nord Family Foundation747 Milan Ave.Amherst, Ohio 44401 (440) 984-3939www.nordff.org • Cleveland Museum of Natural History, $5,000 to help fund the Science...

Grants Awarded for April 2004

Ben & Jerry’s Foundation30 Community Dr. South Burlington, VT 05403-6828(802) 846-1500 www.benjerry.com/foundation • C-Beyond, Concord, Calif., $10,000 for youth-led leadership development programs.•...

Web Watch for April 2004

Child Welfare The Adoption History Projecthttp://www.uoregon.edu/%7EadoptionThis digital history resource profiles the people, organizations and writings that have shaped adoption in the...

New SAMHSA Grants Process

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) last month began implementing a new process for announcing funding availability. The agency...