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The $100 Million Club
A hundred million here, $77 million there-and that’s just the new money flowing toward the Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America...
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Shepherd’s Watch
If Dubya is the preacher of those flocking to the faith-based standard, the senior deacon is former Indianapolis mayor Steve Goldsmith, who...
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Foundation Events
Youth organizing programs and initiatives will receive a big boost next month when $600,000 in grants launch the first joint effort of...
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National Groups
The U.S. program office of the Baltimore-based International Youth Foundation (IYF) is changing its name and modifying its mission. Located in the...
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Youth Work On Ice
ANAHEIM, Calif. An unusual twist in youth development work began modestly in 1977 when Neal Henderson decided to use his driveway outside...
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Burned Out? Take $100K and Call Us in the Morning
BY AMY BRACKEN New York City, youth worker Barry Joseph of Global Kids uses a New Voices fellowship to design a...
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In U.S. Budget, the Winner Is…
BY SUE BADEAU While not officially adjourned, the 106th Congress came to a halt a few days before Election Day and...
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Putting the Plural in Casey
It’s image remake time for the Seattle-based Casey Family Program (CFP). Started in 1966 by hometown-boy-made-good Jim Casey, founder of the United...
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Rewarding Search
When the Minneapolis-based Search Institute gathered for its annual Healthy Communities * Healthy Youth Conference in early November, it had plenty to...
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National Nonprofits
The Children’s Partnership, a small but polished advocacy organization, is expanding again. It was founded in 1993 by Wendy Lazarus, a former...
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The Foundation World
The Arsalyn Foundation (assets $9.6 million) in Glendora, Calif., founded in 1996 to “address the increased cynicism and the resultant decline in...
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Donna Departing
Donna Shalala, the longest-serving secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services since its establishment under Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the...
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Once Lame Juvenile Justice System Jockeys to the Lead
Richmond, Ky.—In four short years, Kentucky has erased a blot of shame from the record of what was laughably described as the...
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When Confidentiality Dies with a Child
Detroit, Mich.—Social workers and Child Protective Services investigators across the nation are adjusting to a new reality – their once confidential cases...
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Young Vote Inches Up, Falls Short
Efforts to involve more young people in last month’s elections reaped some moderately good results: The precipitous decline in voting among young...
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America’s Promise Mentoring Impact is Foggy in Philly
PHILADELPHIA—It is a mentor’s mecca, this town of cheesesteaks, hoagies and sticky buns. That was one of the...
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Charter Schools: CBOs’ Risky Pot o’ Gold
LOWELL, Mass.—To understand the enormous benefits of becoming a charter school, consider the Lowell Middlesex Academy: Five years ago, as an...
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GARY MALLON
“Let me tell you something, honey. You’re a big queen yourself and you need to come out of the closet.” A fine...
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Chopping Block: The Rise And Fall of Title XX
BY SUE BADEAU Title XX, the Social Services Block Grant, is one of the oldest block grant programs to...
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Making the Case: Linking Youth Development and Positive Psychology
Now and then you have the unsettling experience of hearing your thoughts come out of someone else’s mouth. This is the experience...
