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The Nation’s Children 2010: A Factsheet of America’s Most Vulnerable Children
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) CWLA’s 2010 National Fact Sheet provides snapshots of the nation’s “most vulnerable” children, reflecting hardships...
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Can I Get a Little Advice Here? How an Overstretched High School Guidance System Is Undermining Students’ College Aspirations
Public Agenda This report examines the high school guidance system through the eyes of its former customers and concludes that it...
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Terms of Engagement: Men of Color Discuss Their Experiences in Community College
MDRC Issues of manliness, self-reliance and respect are among those explored in this report, which examines the experiences of “men of...
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Raising Their Voices: Engaging Students, Teachers and Parents to Help End the High School Dropout Epidemic
Civic Enterprises Based on focus group discussion in four cities – Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis and Kingsport, Tenn. – this report contributes...
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Building a Comprehensive Youth Employment Delivery System: Examples of Effective Practice
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) To create an effective youth employment delivery system requires a strong convening entity, an...
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Wealth and Values Survey: The Affluent and Philanthropy
PNC Wealth Management At a time when nonprofits need assistance the most – during the deepest recession since the Depression –...
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The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Implementation Lessons from the Original Projects
Mathematica Policy Research Inc. This report presents the findings of the Social Security Administration’s implementation of seven original Youth Transition Demonstration...
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Fewer Eligible Families Have Received Cash Assistance Since the 1990s, and the Recession’s Impact on Caseloads Varies by State
U.S. Government Accountability Office In an effort to help Congress understand the dramatic decrease in the number of families receiving welfare...
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High-level Strategy and Leadership Needed to Continue Progress toward Protecting Children from Environmental Threats
U.S. Government Accountability Office Lack of consistent and strategic leadership from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on efforts to protect the...
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Just the Facts: A Snapshot of Incarcerated Hispanic Youth
National Council of La Raza This factsheet by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) breaks down the American youth population...
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State of the Sector Survey
Nonprofit Finance Fund Leaders at more than half of all nonprofits (51 percent) do not believe they will be able to...
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2009 Camp 2 Grow Impact Report
American Camp Association A program to teach leadership skills through environmental issues and activities at summer camps is a positive experience...
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Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next. Confident. Connected. Open to Change.
Pew Research Center This new report reflects the Pew Research Center’s effort to capture the nature of the nation’s newest generation:...
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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report: Substance Use among Black Adults
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) This new national survey shows that alcohol use and abuse by African-American adults...
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A New Era of Partnerships: Report of Recommendations to the President
President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships This far-reaching reports calls for new types of partnerships – not just those involving...
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Boy Scout Confidential
Web Extras Book: Scout’s Honor: Sexual Abuse in America’s Most Trusted Institution A look inside a Confidential File Data on molesters in...
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Study Examines Teaching Occupational Skills Along with English
This new evaluation from the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration deals with lessons learned from the Limited English Proficiency and...
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Is it OK to Party on the Federal Dime?
Ho, ho, ho? Hell no. That sums up the reaction that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) had...
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Study Examines Teaching Occupational Skills Along with English
This new evaluation from the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration deals with lessons learned from the Limited English Proficiency and...
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Labor Dept. Reveals Youth Activities Funds
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has released its final allotments for Youth Activities for program year 2010. The...
