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Obama Spotlights Community Nonprofits

President Barack Obama made it clear today that he is counting on nonprofit organizations to advance education, training and health care in...

Whither, Wyoming?

More than 320 people turned out last week for the Wyoming Children’s Justice Conference, which was hosted by the Wyoming Supreme Court’s...

Learn How Reclaiming Futures Works

Anyone interested in learning about how the Reclaiming Futures model works should check into the July 9 webinar that will be hosted...

Five Teams Receive Grants to Expand Learning Opportunities

Leadership teams from five states received a total of $250,000 in grants to support after-school and summer learning opportunities for students through...

‘Men II Boys’ Examines the Toll of Fatherlessness among Black Youth

  Learn how to tie a tie. Know when to keep silent and when to speak up. Keep illegal substances out of...

New Recovery Act “Green” Training Grants on the Street

A couple of the listings today are about a new set of Recovery Act competitive grants – totaling $500 million in all...

New Documents Explain CNCS Firing

The acting head of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has told Congress that the agency’s inspector general was excluded...

Supreme Court Rules School Strip Search Illegal

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 today that the strip search of a 13-year-old Arizona girl suspected of having prescription-strength pain relievers...

Samuels Tapped to Head Administration on Children, Youth and Families

President Barack Obama has tapped a veteran Chicago youth services leader to run the Administration on Children, Youth and Families – a...

FAFSA Process Simplified for Online Applicants

  Next year students who go online to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – better known as the...

Four AmeriCorps Members Get Spirit of Service Awards

  The federal government agency overseeing the efforts of millions of Americans in the service and volunteering field zeroed in on seven...

Top 10 Nonprofit ‘Brands’

Four AmeriCorps Members Get Spirit of Service Awards

  The federal government agency overseeing the efforts of millions of Americans in the service and volunteering field zeroed in on seven...

How Often Do Judges Approve Transfers? In Big Cities, Little is Known

Kudos to Lise Olsen and whoever else pitched in at the Houston Chronicle to produce last month’s article on the transfer of...

Five States Get Help With Green Job Training

  Five states will get technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE)...

A Good Resource if You’re Huntin’ for Recovery Act Money

YouthBuild has circulated guidance to its own network of sites entitled Memo on Accessing 2009 Recovery Act and Stimulus Funding Opportunities. Some...

Good Resource if You’re Huntin’ for Recovery Act Money

YouthBuild has circulated guidance to its own network of sites entitled Memo on Accessing 2009 Recovery Act and Stimulus Funding Opportunities. Some...

Grants Focus on Getting Students Through Remedial Courses

  Fifteen community colleges and five states will share $16.5 million in grants meant to support and expand remedial education programs that...

Weekly Notes: Funding at ACF; New Measure for Poverty; Jim Casey Youth Opportunity Initiative Report

***The Family and Youth Services Bureau, a division of the Administration for Children and Families at Health and Human Services, is taking...

CNCS coverage at Youth Today.

Youth Today’s coverage of the goings-on at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNSC) has garnered a significant level of interest...