2015: Year in Review | Page 594 of 666

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Bid Goodbye to Earmarks

The elimination of earmarks in the 2007 budget should mean more open competition for federal funds, according to a memo from the...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Groups Win $1 Million for Social Change

Organizations that focus on youth have won five of the ten $1 million prizes to be given out this year through the...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Denmark’s Famous Youth House

The house – for 25 years a symbol of youth liberation or criminal anarchy, depending on your point of view –...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Community Service Giants Explore Merger

Two of the nation’s premier nonprofits in community service and volunteering – the Points of Light Foundation and the Hands On Network...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Unemployment Trusts For Nonprofits Merge

Two of the nation’s leading unemployment trusts for nonprofits have merged, creating one of the largest such firms in the country. Joint...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Congress Urged to Boost Kinship Care

Advocates of more federal support for kinship care took their case to Congress last month. Representatives from Generations United, the Pew Charitable...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Boot Camp Death Costs $5 Million

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a boy...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for April 2007

Nonprofits Andy Munoz is the newest leader at the Academy for Educational Development’s Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. After a...

A ‘Very Nice Person’ Takes a Hot Seat

JAMES-BROWN: Can “go by the rules when she needs to and think outside the box when she needs to.” When Chris James-Brown...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Beyond Planting Trees

Like a lot of community-based organizations aimed at troubled youth, the Oasis Center in Nashville began by trying to do a lot...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Teens Buying Books at Fastest Rate in Decades

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Book sales to teens are booming – up by more than 25 percent since 1999, according to one industry analysis....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Working Together for the Sake of the Kids

Chicago Tribune Child welfare experts say that over the past decade, child-welfare systems have shifted toward more collaborative relationships between birth and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Faith’s Battlefield

San Francisco Chronicle TeenMania is a $23 million-a-year nonprofit that stages three huge “BattleCry” rock concerts and 35 smaller “Acquire the Fire”...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

After-School Jobs Take Their Toll

The Marietta (Ga.) Times Nearly eight in 10 U.S. teens work during their high school years. But parents, teachers and experts worry...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Community Uniting Against Gangs

The Denver Post Six years after it was forced to disband after losing major funding, the Metro Denver Gang Coalition has revived...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Concerned About Juvenile Sex Offenders, States Move to Tighten Their Regulations

Education Week Several states are rethinking how they deal with juvenile sex offenders who are enrolled in schools. Recent cases in which...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Seattle Youth Garden Works

Seattle, Wash. (206) 632-0352 http://www.sygw.org Objective of the program: Provide job training to homeless and underserved youth. In a Nutshell: Seattle Youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Taryn Roberts

Taryn Roberts Chapter Support Coordinator Idaho Drug Free Youth Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (208) 664-4339 http://www.idahodrugfreeyouth.org Age: 22 Salary: $4,000 a year, for...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Awards for April 2007

Spirit of Youth Award For: Individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to America’s youth. By: National Runaway Switchboard. Winner: Rapper...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier