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Gangster’s Path to a Peace Prize
King: “I’ve done more harm than good.” San Francisco—A round-faced man whose attire suggested modest means stood in the sun-splashed lobby outside...
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Newsmakers for December 2009-January 2010
Marian Wright Edelman Nonprofits What’s been going on the past two years at the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)? More than a...
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OJJDP Leaders Talk Money, Politics and Advocacy
The administrators meet for the first time, minutes before the forum. Standing (left to right): Robert Sweet, Shay Bilchik and Verne Speirs;...
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OJJDP @ 35: Recollections
[See related article, OJJDP Leaders Talk Money, Politics and Advocacy; watch videos from the forum at http://www.youthtodayexchange.org] John Rector1977-1979Appointed by Jimmy Carter The...
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Using Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach: Preliminary Results of the Maryland Kids First Act
State Health Access Data Assistance Center The state of Maryland has started to use adjusted gross income and various data from...
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The Future of Children: Preventing Child Maltreatment
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University The investigations of the families of 1.86 million U.S. children for...
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Evaluating the Long-term Impacts of AmeriCorps Service on Participants
Pardee Rand Graduate SchoolThe RAND Corp. Since the establishment of AmeriCorps in 1993, more than 500,000 people have served in its...
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Community Schools Improve Graduation Rates
National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Coalition for Community Schools Community schools are effective in increasing high school graduation...
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Lifelines: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing the importance...
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Understanding Donors’ Motivations
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University This report concludes that the motivations of donors are highly correlated to level...
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Social Isolation and New Technology
Pew Internet & American Life Project Research findings in 2006 found that the number of core discussion networks had declined and...
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Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens’ Decisions About Sex
Child Trends A new study of the relationship between parental roles and teen decisions on sex revealed that the two are...
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Assessing Bullying: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
Assessing Bullying: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners and Assessing Peer Conflict Aggressive Behaviors: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners...
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A Bumpy, Dangerous Path to Success
Martinez: “I wanted to cry, but I was too happy.” Kauffman Scholars might have saved Rene Martinez’s life. On a Friday...
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Another Kauffman Test: For Drugs
For youths enrolled in Kauffman Scholars, the road to higher education isn’t just paved with preparation for college entrance tests. It’s also...
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Does Kauffman Put Too Much Emphasis on Four-Year Schools?
College access experts increasingly lament the small percentage of low-income youths entering college who achieve the more important goal: making it out...
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From Family Loss, a Success Story
Eighteen-year-old Latisha Smith decided long ago that she wanted to go to college, but wasn’t sure how she could afford it. She...
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OJJDP Mentoring Funds Boosted by $20 Million
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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Largest Budget Ever for Community Service Agency
Congress has brought change to the Obama administration’s Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS): its largest appropriation in history. The fiscal...
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Connecting the Data Dots to Better Serve Disconnected Youths
Cross-system collaboration, caring adults and meaningful data analysis will help programs for disconnected youth succeed, grow and get funded, program and policy...
