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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Foster Kids Drum Up Attention

The Bonnie Brae Knights Drum Corps may be the unlikeliest of the 90 groups chosen from a record 1,382 applicants to...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Steering Dollars Toward Action

Robert F. Sherman, who used his position at the Surdna Foundation to help youth rock the boat for their own causes,...

Regional Networks Get Disconnected

Correction to this article: The location of a satellite office for the Southeastern Network of Youth & Family Services was incorrect. The office...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for February 2009

Nonprofits Kevin Ryan has been named the first lay president of Covenant House (CH), the largest homeless youth services organization in North...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

System Fails, Kids Die:

COLUMBUS (OHIO) DISPATCH An investigation by The Columbus Dispatch found that 87 of 234 children who died from abuse or neglect from...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Evidence Gap: Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door

THE NEW YORK TIMES Youths who struggle with drug and alcohol addictions often receive treatments that have not been proved scientifically...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

NBA Player Charities Often a Losing Game

MANAGEMENT THE SALT LAKE (UTAH) TRIBUNE Many professional basketball players have created charitable foundations that are aimed at helping kids from...

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New Education Chief Raises Hopes

Chicago Public Schools students have made slow but steady progress in several key areas during the eight-year leadership of CEO Arne...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

… Train Kin to be Foster Parents

Generic foster parent training programs can make grandparents, aunts, uncles and others who take in children of their relatives feel like...

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Small Price to Keep a Kid in College

As a single mother of a small child with fragile health, and with no educational credentials except a GED, Denise Lee...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Madoff Scandal Claims Youth Work Victims

Youth work lost two major benefactors to the alleged Ponzi scheme created by financial manager Bernard Madoff. The New York-based JEHT...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

A Silver Lining: Giving Weathered Great Depression

With nonprofits planning for lean financial times, development directors might do well to look to historical trends for some comforting news....

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The Bush Youth Legacy

On these pages is a sampling of changes in youth well-being and youth-related federal spending during the Bush administration. Both supporters and...

Flores: Goodbye, or Good Riddance?

J. Robert Flores, the controversial administrator of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), sent out a farewell letter...

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Online Sports Registration Vendor Striking Out

Brooke Briggance discovered in October that Count Me In Corp., a Washington state online vendor that handled sports and activity registrations for...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Kid Power

Youth learn together from the Citizenship Workbook. Photo: Kid Power Calvary Baptist Church Washington, D.C. (202) 383-4543 http://www.kidpowerdc.org Objective: Empower youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Chris Molnar

Chris Molnar Director of Youth MinistriesTakoma Park Presbyterian Church (TPPC)Takoma Park, Md.(301) 270-5550http://www.takomaparkpc.org Age: 25 Salary: $13,000 annually for a 12-hour...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Starbucks Social Entrepreneurs Fund Grants

For: Young social entrepreneurs around the globe. By: Starbucks Social Entrepreneurs Fund and the International Youth Foundation. Winners include: Australian Youth Climate...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier