Youth Today
Grants
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New Teen Pregnancy Funds Revive Sex Ed Debate
A new $110 million appropriation for teen pregnancy prevention and the Obama administration’s elimination of funds for abstinence-only education has revived what seems...
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OJJDP Mentoring Funds Boosted by $20 Million; $50 Million Also will Assist Children of Prisoners
The fiscal 2010 omnibus spending bill signed by President Barack Obama on Dec. 16 adds $20 million – for a total of...
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Feedback Requested on Social Innovation Fund
Officials developing the newly appropriated Social Innovation Fund – a $50 million Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) initiative to support...
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Grants Awarded for December 2009-January 2010
The Hearst FoundationsNew York (212) 586-5404http://www.hearstfdn.org • Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, $50,000 toward scholarship support. • DePaul University, Chicago,...
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National CASA Grants Program Opens Jan. 4
The new year could bring new resources for court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) and guardians ad litem – the association that represents these...
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Update: Digital Innovation Program Delayed
It looks like game changers getting ready to apply for the 2010 Digital Media Learning competition will have more time to nurture...
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Can Youth-Serving Nonprofits Tap into the Strengthening Communities Fund?
Nonprofits may be able to partner with grantees under the Strengthening Communities Fund to build their capacity, according to a November funding...
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Game Changers: Get Ready
Can Facebook, Twitter and mobile phones be transformed into tools that make boring subjects like math and science fun? The White House...
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Steep Drop in Foundation Giving Expected for 2009
Foundation giving could decline by more than 10 percent at the end of this year, reductions that are expected to continue into...
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Spend but Verify
State stimulus spenders beware: New cadres of watchdogs in six states are examining your funding decisions. The Open Society Institute (OSI) recently...
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Recovery Act Data Show Where the Money is Going, Jobs Created or Saved
If you have an abiding interest in data and the patience to navigate an intricate website, you can get the skinny on...
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Grants Awarded for November 2009
View the full list here. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (877) 726-4727, http://www.samhsa.gov Family...
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Bundle of Grants Awarded
We have compiled an extensive list of recent grants awarded – for everything from juvenile drug courts to adolescent drug treatment. Follow...
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Managed Grants
While small youth-serving nonprofits can be gleeful about receiving a new grant, a reality check is soon in order: As The Finance...
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Several Community Health Leaders Honored for Youth Work
Lynne Holden is a doctor honored for encouraging less advantaged students in New York to enter health professions. Rajiv Kumar was honored...
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Court Funding Guidelines Announced
The State Justice Institute (SJI), which provides funding to improve the operations of state and local courts – including the juvenile system...
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Following the Money
Following the Tobacco Money Most people have seen the highly produced anti-teen-smoking tobacco ads paid for by the American Legacy Foundation, the...
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Recovery Act News
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has released a new chart tracking Recovery Act spending under the Child Care and...
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Grants Awarded for October 2009
Office of National Drug Control PolicyWashington, D.C.(202) 395-6618http://www.ondcp.gov Note: The following are 2009 new mentoring grantees from the Drug-Free Communities Program. Each...
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AmeriCorps Grants Open With Kennedy Act Changes
Last week, we alerted you to AmeriCorps funding possibilities for youth organizations, but cautioned that the Corporation for National and Community Service...
