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Millennial Donors: A Study of Millennial Giving and Engagement Habits
Millennials, or Generation Y, represent a growing population of donors in the nonprofit field. This report examines the giving, volunteering and...
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Foundation Growths and Giving Estimates
The 2009 decline in giving by foundations was the largest on record, with the more than 75,000 grant-making U.S. foundations reducing...
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The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household
This Pew Research Center report summarizes changes in family living situations over time, noting the rise in multi-generational households and discussing...
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Shaping a Healthier Generation: Healthy Kids, Healthy America State Profiles of Progress
This report on the National Governors Association’s Healthy Kids, Healthy America grant program profiles progress made by states on children’s obesity...
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Soda Taxes, Soft Drink Consumption, and Children’s Body Mass Index
Small taxes on sugar-laden soft drinks have little impact on consumption or childhood obesity, although there may be more visible effects...
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The Rug Rat Race
For much of the 20th century, there had been a steep decline in the amount of time parents in the United...
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Unintended Pregnancy Among U.S. Adolescents: Accounting for Sexual Activity
Lawrence B. Finer of the Guttmacher Institute stresses the need for teen pregnancy prevention programs, based on his finding that sexually...
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Drug Abuse and Obesity Share Brain Mechanism
A study by the Scripps Research Institute has confirmed the notion that the brain’s reward system and dopamine are tied to both...
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Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey
This fact sheet compares results of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) with previous data on gangs and highlights significant...
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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...
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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...
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Competition Opens for Promise Neighborhood Planning Grants
The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced the long-awaited $10 million planning grants competition for the Promise Neighborhood program – an...
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12 Foundations Pledge $500 Million for Education’s Innovation Fund
Twelve national foundations have pledged to add $500 million to the U.S. Department of Education’s $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund,...
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FTC Campaign Designed to Help Tweens Decode Ad Messages
The Federal Trade Commission announced a new advertising-literacy campaign for “tweens” ages 8 through 12 designed to teach kids how to understand...
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Vredenburgh Named to Head Girls Inc.
Judy Vredenburgh – former president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America – has been named president and CEO at...
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15 of 69 SIP Applicants Seek to Address Youth-Related ‘Challenges’
Fifteen of the 69 applicants vying for a share of $50 million in Social Innovation Program (SIP) matching funds – offered by...
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Jury Slams Scouts with $18.5 M for Sex Abuse
In what appears to be biggest judgment ever against an American youth-serving organization for sex abuse, an Oregon jury today hit the...
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House Gets Started on Juvenile Justice Reauthorization
Note: This story has been updated The House Committee on Education and Labor today held its first hearing on the reauthorization of...
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Service Organizations Mark Anniversary of Kennedy Act Signing
The one-year anniversary of the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act brought officials of major service organization to Washington...
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Wagner to Resign as Head of National Network for Youth
The executive director of the National Network for Youth, which advocates for increased resources to aid homeless and runaway youth, will leave...
