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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org Launched last fall by several foundations, including the Annie E. Casey and Eos foundations, this site addresses poverty issues in the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Classroom Inc.

http://www.classroominc.org Seeks to improve the academic skills of middle school and high school students with computer simulations that place them in managerial...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

YouthLink Online

http://www.hispaniclink.org/youthlink/about.htm This site, hosted by the Hispanic Link Journalism Foundation, publishes articles, poems, personal stories, plays and art work of English- and...

Grants

Grants Awarded for June 2008

Ford FoundationNew York(212) 573-5000www.fordfound.org • Bank Street College of Education, New York, $100,000 to develop curricula and assessments for issues including critical...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

More SSI Money for Disabled Youth

A new federal regulation should make it easier to get more money for families trying to secure Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Make College Pay for Youth Workers

In response to the cover story in February [“Local Schools Give Youth Workers More Class”]: You noted that youth workers who enroll...

Opinion

After-School Data Old, Discredited

Your readers would have been well-served if your brief article on the RAND Corp.’s recent paper on afterschool programs (“Current-Generation Youth Programs:...

Opinion

Judges’ Council Above Reproach

As president of the National Juvenile Court Services Association, I am concerned by recent press reports regarding the operations of the National...

Research

Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties

Urban InstituteAvailable at http://www.urban.org/publications/1001174.html. Studies of former foster youth who age out care find that they generally experience high unemployment, unstable employment...

News

Former Justice Official Says Juvenile Chief Misled Her

A former assistant attorney general says the head of the nation’s juvenile justice agency misled her into approving millions of dollars in...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

SCHIP Limits: Who Holds the Cards?

Senate Democrats last month tried new legislation and nasty words (“fatwah”) to stop the White House from limiting enrollment in the federal...

News

Child Welfare’s Historic Headache

Historic Removal: FLDS women and children board a school bus to go from the YFZ Ranch to a child protective services processing...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Dropout Campaign Launched; Will Youth Agencies be In?

The dropout problem is getting a lot of attention lately, and last month brought a new sign of its growing stature as...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Youths in Programs Rally for Youth Policies

Loud State-ments: Program participants and alumni from around the country rally in Washington for juvenile justice reform. Photo: YouthBuild Washington—More than 500...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Database to Track Foster Youth

The final federal rule on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) went into effect on April 28. The rule establishes data...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Worker Can be Fired for Being Gay

Can faith-based child welfare organizations that receive state funds fire someone based on her sexual orientation? A Kentucky judge says yes, depending...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier