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Detention Centers:
Staunton, Va. — When Superintendent Tim Smith goes to work every day at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Center here, the layout...
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CWLA Chief Seeks a New Placement
Taking over the Child Welfare League of America after David Liederman retired in 1999 was never going to be easy. The...
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Newsmakers for March 2006
Nonprofits David Doi is out as executive director of the Washington-based Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ), a national resource provider on...
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Report Roundup for March 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Pork Chopped
Sitting in his Louisville, Ky., office, Vern Rickert contemplates the sudden hole that’s been blown in his program’s budget by a decision...
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Hunting for Grandma
Campbell, Calif. — Like many children in foster care, the one on Kevin Campbell’s mind this morning has no known relatives. But...
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Newsmakers for February 2006
Foundations William Bell, vice president of child and family services for Seattle-based Casey Family Programs (assets: $2 billion), will replace the...
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Report Roundup for February 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Report Roundup from December 2005 – January 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Newsmakers for December 2005 – January 2006
Nonprofits Public/Private Ventures CEO Gary Walker announced his retirement after a decade running the Philadelphia-based nonprofit. Walker’s migration to P/PV began when...
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In Windy City, Dropouts Drift In
Chicago People here call Jack Wuest many things.“Passionate advocate.”“Bulldog.”“Hope merchant.”“A real a—hole.” That last one comes from Wuest, projecting what some people...
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YAPing it Up
Lebanon, Pa. Alan McLoughlin spends much of his week laboring in his family’s construction business, doing what’s commonly considered tiring work. He...
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Cadillacs for Kids
Knoxville, Tenn. There is nothing fancy about where Rick Bowen lives, except perhaps the shiny Cadillacs in the parking lot. “I wouldn’t...
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Katrina’s Harsh Winds of Change
The Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana (CCNL) is based in Monroe, safely tucked away from the winds of Hurricane Katrina and the...
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Newsmakers for November 2005
Nonprofits After seven years at the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), Executive Director David Brown departs this month to join the ever-expanding...
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Report Roundup of November 2005
Child Welfare Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable ChildrenCasey Family Programs At least $10...
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The Meth Epidemic: Hype vs. Reality
To even the most casual observer, the news media this summer gave the impression that a methamphetamine epidemic has created a child...
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Newsmakers for October 2005
Nonprofits YMCA of the USA President Ken Gladish announced last month that he will resign at the end of February, after six...
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Youth Work in Hurricanes
The Impact: Buildings lost, staff and kids scattered The executive director of the Youth Empowerment Project was trying to hold her...
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Report Roundup from October 2005
Education2005 ACT ScoresAmerican College Testing Program Hundreds of thousands of 2005 high school graduates will begin college or work academically unprepared and...
