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Understanding Donors’ Motivations
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University This new Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University report concludes that the motivations of...
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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 of...
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Child Advocates Push for CAPTA Reauthorization
The need for more interstate cooperation in child abuse cases was one issue highlighted today as six child abuse prevention advocates testified...
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Uncle Sam to Pre-Schoolers: I Want You … to be Ready
America’s national security will be put at risk if the government doesn’t make stronger investments in high-quality early childhood education for the...
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What Are the Best College Access Programs?
Twenty-three programs designed to help youths get to or through college are featured in a new compendium released by the American Youth...
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MENTOR Names New CEO, Again
Less than a year after it named its previous CEO, Arlington, Va.,-based MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership, has chosen Larry Wright, head...
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Obama’s Zone Offense
Focused effort is a key to success for HCZ, and for this youth working on a computer at one of its...
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Why the Zone Will be Hard to Copy
Geoffrey Canada The premise of the Harlem Children’s Zone is deceptively simple: Provide the same cradle-to-college support for low-income, at-risk children...
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Will Mentors Shield Youths from Violence?
Probability is Chicago’s latest weapon in the ongoing fight against youth violence – and the city is banking millions of federal...
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Decoding Data to Help Youth Workers
In juvenile justice and child welfare, it is usually the extremes – sweeping reforms and devastating scandals – that garner attention....
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Running OJJDP: What Does it Take?
“I was very familiar with controversy. I thought that would be an advantage. It wasn’t.” John Rector, former OJJDP administrator “I was...
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Homeless Programs Hit Skid Row
Vicki Wagner: Not going away Last month, Vicki Wagner took a call from the National Council on Accreditation, which was trying to...
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Newsmakers for November 2009
Patrick Corvington Government President Barack Obama has announced nominees for some major youth-related positions within his administration. Patrick Corvington is the...
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The State of City Leadership for Children and Families in 2009
National League of Cities This National League of Cities report, released last month at the league’s National Summit on Your City’s...
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the High School Dropout Rate
Annie E. Casey Foundation Living a successful, financially comfortable life is difficult for many Americans, but especially for high school dropouts....
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What Works for Summer Learning Programs for Low-Income Children and Youth: Preliminary Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Intervention
Child Trends/The Wallace Foundation Preliminary evidence suggests that summer learning programs are an effective way to negate the learning loss that...
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The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School
Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all...
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Availability of Less Nutritious Snack Foods and Beverages in Secondary Schools
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed its School Health Profiles data...
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2008 Investment Performance and Practices of Community Foundations Report
Council on Foundations This Council on Foundations report shows there was a 27 percent decrease in the asset values of community...
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Play Matters
KaBOOM! KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization that focuses on the importance of children’s play, has released a report, Play Matters, as...
