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4.6KWashington State Leader in Paying for Apprenticeships for Youth in Foster Care
What many consider routine and the direct path to college can be a quagmire for traumatized youth in foster care.
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2.4KBroken Promises to Our Children: A State-by-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement 20 Years Later
This report from a coalition of organizations and published by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids takes a look at how each state...
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3.8KDr. Faith Mitchell, President & CEO of Grantmakers in Health, To Step Down
Dr. Faith Mitchell, president and CEO of Grantmakers in Health, recently informed the GIH board and staff that she will be stepping...
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2.7K2008 Recession Helped Create Many More Homeless Youth, Expert Says
Medical sociologist Eric Wright’s work has taken him into parks, abandoned buildings, shelters and other places off the beaten path.
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2.9KThe Young and Homeless Have Hard Time Avoiding Arrest
They’re on our streets. In our schools and colleges. They’ve probably taken your fast-food order. But you wouldn’t know it.
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1.9KReal Estate Investor Stagmeier Ready to Educate Landlords About Her After-school Model
High above Peachtree Street, on the 11th floor of the Colony Square building, a cool blue-gray light filters through the windows of...
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1.8KTougher Rules Force Out Residents With Warrants, But Help Students’ Grades
ATLANTA — On the staircase outside his apartment at Summerdale Commons, Damien Small, 23, sat watching his 4-year-old son ride a green...
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1.5KGetting to Work on Summer Learning
The Wallace Foundation releases the 2nd edition of this report offering comprehensive guidance and detailed recommendations on how to run an effective...
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2.6KAfter-school Programs Offer Protective Factors, Research Shows
More and more research is linking transiency to student achievement. Transiency refers to students leaving a school in the middle of the...
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2.0KAfter-school Director Has Quiet Presence, Strong Purpose
Children are making mud in the after-school program at Willow Branch apartments — and it’s not a carefully crafted science project. They...
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2.9KApartment Complex Tests Whether Stable Rent, After-school, Health Programs Can Change a Struggling School
Children shoulder their book bags as they stream out of Indian Creek Elementary School at 2:30 each day. They walk in twos...
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1.5KAfter-school Teacher: ‘I Want to Help People Find Wholeness’
Kristin Hemingway sits at a card table in a tiny room behind the leasing office at Summerdale Commons apartment complex. Her big...
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2.5KDr. Todd Sosna Appointed Chief Program Officer at Children’s Institute
Dr. Todd Sosna, Ph.D. is the new chief program officer of Children’s Institute (CI) in Los Angeles, CA. Sosna’s new role will...
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5.0KCan After-school Program at Apartment Complex Turn Around a Failing School?
But 200 children lived there — one-third of Brumby Elementary’s student population. That year, something happened at Madison Hills. The complex was...
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4.0KPublic Housing Increasingly Place for After-school Programs
Public housing is increasingly taking a role in supporting kids’ education, according to Megan Gallagher, senior research associate at the Urban Institute....
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1.4KAfter-school Programs in Housing Complexes Less Visible, Face Challenges
Most after-school programs are located in schools or at community-based organizations. Those located in housing complexes are less connected to the larger...
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2.3KStart Your Planning Now for Summer Learning Programs, Wallace Report Says
It’s time to plan your summer learning program! Yes, the holidays are in full swing and summer seems far away, but school...
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1.8KThe Prevalence of Parent-Reported Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children
This new report published in Pediatrics shows that the prevalence of children with parent-reported autism in the U.S. is nearly 1 in...
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2.7KLeticia Peguero is New Vice President of Programs at Nathan Cummings Foundation
Leticia Peguero, current executive director of the Andrus Family Fund (AFF), will join the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) to be its next...
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2.4KU.S. Dept. of Education – Report on Rural Education
The U.S. Dept. of Education recently released this report summarizing the current state of rural education across the country. The report highlights...
