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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Website Reveals Applicants

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a website that brings a new level of transparency to its grant-making process. The website,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Website Reveals Applicants

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a website that brings a new level of transparency to its grant-making process. The website,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

DC Action for Children

www.dcactionforchildren.org DC Action for Children, which aims to provide educational and work-related opportunities for youth, has a launched a newly improved website...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

State Health Facts

www.statehealthfacts.org A comprehensive online source of national health policy topics and data, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s StateHealthFacts.org has been enhanced...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Girls Health

www.twitter.com/girlshealth The U.S. Office on Women’s Health (under the Health and Human Services Department) has started a Girls Health twitter account, which...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Attendance Counts

www.attendancecounts.org The national organization promoting the role of school attendance in academic success launched this new home page. Dividing its content into...

Weekly Notes: Walsh Act Delayed; LWOP in Penn.; Illinois’ mental health problem; and more

***Pennsylvania leads the nation in two things: cheese steak consumption and locking up juveniles for life without parole (LWOP). One of those...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Struggling to Keep the Promise

The hope that greeted President Obama’s biggest youth initiative last year – replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone in communities around the...

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What Works for Home Visiting Programs: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions

Following rigorous evaluations of 66 home visitation programs, researchers found that less than half positively affected their communities, this fact sheet says....

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Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?

A pressing question regarding the effectiveness of certain adoptive parents has increasingly found its way into courtrooms, resulting in legal proceedings and...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Child Welfare Experts Urge Congress to Expand Title IV-E Waivers

The federal government should expand a flexible funding program that helps states and counties reform their child welfare systems and keep more...

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Congress Passes Law to Reduce Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparities

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday that will reduce the gap in...

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Solutions Storytelling: Messaging to Mobilize Support for Children’s Issues

Many youth-serving organizations need to focus more on getting out positive stories about their work, this report says. The difficulty of mobilizing...

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An Employment Training and Job Placement Program for Foster Youth Making the Transition to Adulthood in Cook County, Illinois

Research indicates that youths who exit foster care often become unemployed or hold unstable, low-paying jobs. This report analyzes the research, and...

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