Communities in Schools (CIS), the Alexandria, Va.-based national program that brings youth workers into schools, has expelled Janet Langmore, its CEO of...
By Amy Bracken Are for-profit companies fit to serve youth? A group of the nation’s top nonprofits issued a warning last month...
As budget items go, this one seemed simple: “$3,000,000 for the Mount Hope Center for a youth program.” Given the enormity of...
Some 44,000 young people have been targeted by $222 million in Youth Opportunity grants aimed at getting them back to school, enrolling...
By Sue Badeau President Clinton released his eighth and final budget proposal last month, laying out a plan that would shape America’s...
One of D.C.’s more interesting gunsmoke duels is over. The shoot-out between Bill Novelli, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and...
Now you see him, now you don’t. That’s the story on John Govea brought on board by the Packard Foundation a year...
Flexibility and patience. Everyone wants a funder who approaches complex change initiatives with these attributes. But to be fair, wouldn’t we as...
One big-picture impression emerged from weeks of federal budget bickering in Washington: the robust U.S. economy has not spurred Congress to turn...