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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Health and Human Services (Updated July 17)
July 17 David Hansell, who was the commissioner of the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for New York, will be...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Employment and Training Administation (Updated June 30)
UPDATE, June 30: Jane Oates has been confirmed by the Senate. UPDATE, Apr. 10: President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jane...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Education (Updated July 17)
July 17 Obama’s choice for undersecretary of education, Martha Kanter, has been confirmed. Since 2003, Kanter had been chancellor of Foothill-De Anza...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Justice (Updated May 18)
Office of Justice Programs The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: White House (Updated July 15)
July 15 President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Aaron Williams, a longtime leader and designer of assistance programs around the world, to...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Corporation for National and Community Service
There are a handful of names we hear either could run CNCS well, or want to run CNCS. The most frequently uttered...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Updated May 11)
Update, May 11: David Myers will head the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. For the...
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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Agriculture (Updated June 30)
June 30 President Obama in April nominated Kevin Concannon to serve as undersecretary of agriculture for food, nutrition and consumer services. Concannon...
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Author Says OJJDP Buried Suicide Report
The author of a recent U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report on suicides in juvenile facilities says that, despite...
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Foster Care Abuse Ruling Goes Against State Workers
Foster care workers can be held liable if the children they place in foster homes are sexually abused by other children in...
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New Funder Set to Pump $10 Million into Yet-to-be-Chosen
Boston NeighborhoodBoston Rising, a new funding entity incubated by the Eos Foundation, has announced a five-year, $10 million “Impact Zone” grant designed to...
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Staffer Assault on Youth Prompts Shutdown of Facility
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is preparing to revoke the license of Visions for Youth, the Springfield-based foster care...
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Obama Signs Children’s Health Bill Vetoed by Bush
President Obama signed into law this afternoon a bill that is projected to extend health insurance to 4.1 uninsured children by 2013. ...
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What’s Your CEO Worth?
“I’m guessing you don’t have too Robert Barnett $84,000 Donna Rice Hughes $91,173 many people wanting to Billy Stanfield $98,000 talk about...
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Can Technology Ease Pain of Budget Cuts?
Indianapolis Judge Marilyn Moores spoke at a juvenile justice conference in Dallas in 2007 about how her jurisdiction solved a massive...
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Steering Dollars Toward Action
Robert F. Sherman, who used his position at the Surdna Foundation to help youth rock the boat for their own causes,...
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Regional Networks Get Disconnected
Correction to this article: The location of a satellite office for the Southeastern Network of Youth & Family Services was incorrect. The office...
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Newsmakers for February 2009
Nonprofits Kevin Ryan has been named the first lay president of Covenant House (CH), the largest homeless youth services organization in North...
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New Education Chief Raises Hopes
Chicago Public Schools students have made slow but steady progress in several key areas during the eight-year leadership of CEO Arne...
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Small Price to Keep a Kid in College
As a single mother of a small child with fragile health, and with no educational credentials except a GED, Denise Lee...
