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Big Brothers Big Sisters Head to Leave This Summer

Judy Vredenburgh, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) has announced she will leave the post this summer after a...

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$5 Million to Help Reduce Violence in Five Boston Neighborhoods

The Boston Foundation has announced a $5 million commitment to StreetSafe Boston – a public-private partnership designed to decrease violent crime by...

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The Economic Crisis Hits Home

First Focus/National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth The nation's school districts are experiencing an upsurge in the number...

New Federal Mentoring Funds Coming; Website Launched

New solicitations for federal mentoring grants could be announced in the next few weeks and months from several federal agencies – although...

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Obama’s Transition Team for Youth-Serving Agencies

Youth advocates are readying their appeals for a larger investment in youth services as members of president-elect Barack Obama’s transition team are...

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Advocates Ask Obama for W.H. Youth Office

President-elect Barack Obama received a letter this morning, signed by hundreds of youth-serving organizations and individuals, asking for the creation of a...

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Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities

National Research Council/Institute of Medicine (NRC/IOM) Adolescents receive health services from a fragmented system that's poorly designed to meet their needs, according...

Burns Releases First in Series of DMC Reports

The San Francisco-based Burns Institute (BI) has released the first installment of “Adoration of the Question,” the first in a series of...

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Letting the Media Wolf in the Door

As executive director of Christ Child House — a Detroit-based residential treatment center for severely troubled boys in foster care — John Yablonky...

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Sex and Tech: Results from a Survey of Teens and Young Adults

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy/CosmoGirl.com About one in five teens say they have electronically sent, or posted online,...

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Expanding Options: State Financing of Education Pathways for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth

National Youth Employment Coalition The report looks at how three "leader" states, Indiana, Massachusetts and North Carolina, are accessing public funds for...

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Educationally/Insufficient? An Analysis of the Availability & Educational Quality of Children’s E/I Programming

Children Now Commercial television broadcasters are required by law to air a minimum of three hours of children's educational/instructional (EI) programming per...

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