With the national economic crisis deepening, youth programs and youth service advocates are scrambling to save funding as they cut their current...
Three Washington, D.C., high school students who asked first lady Michelle Obama questions during her recent visit to their after-school program were...
A sceen shot from the ACLU video. Credit: ACLU. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, decided 40 years ago this month,...
A little more than half of the 3.7 million jobs expected to be created by the new economic stimulus package will require...
Youth sports and after-school groups from Alaska to New Jersey that hired a Washington company to register program participants online are...
Academy of Pediatrics Childhood obesity has emerged in recent years as a serious problem in America, receiving widespread media coverage. According to...
July 17 David Hansell, who was the commissioner of the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for New York, will be...
UPDATE, June 30: Jane Oates has been confirmed by the Senate. UPDATE, Apr. 10: President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jane...
July 17 Obama’s choice for undersecretary of education, Martha Kanter, has been confirmed. Since 2003, Kanter had been chancellor of Foothill-De Anza...
Office of Justice Programs The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...
July 15 President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Aaron Williams, a longtime leader and designer of assistance programs around the world, to...
There are a handful of names we hear either could run CNCS well, or want to run CNCS. The most frequently uttered...
Update, May 11: David Myers will head the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. For the...
June 30 President Obama in April nominated Kevin Concannon to serve as undersecretary of agriculture for food, nutrition and consumer services. Concannon...
The author of a recent U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report on suicides in juvenile facilities says that, despite...
Foster care workers can be held liable if the children they place in foster homes are sexually abused by other children in...
Boston Rising, a new funding entity incubated by the Eos Foundation, has announced a five-year, $10 million “Impact Zone” grant designed to...
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is preparing to revoke the license of Visions for Youth, the Springfield-based foster care...