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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Last Chance to Fight the President

Just weeks after Congress enacted a fiscal 2008 appropriations law that some youth advocates viewed as short-changing many kids’ programs, they were...

Grants

Grants Awarded for February 2008

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, Calif.(650) 234-4500www.hewlett.org • Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Washington, $270,000 for engaging law...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Help for When College Years Are Not So Carefree

Chicago Tribune Students with average or above-average intelligence who benefit from special-education programs usually find that their learning and support services come...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Youth Voices Reach Lawmakers’ Ears

While youth workers might see the value of seeking youth input on government policy as a no-brainer, the practice of developing youth...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Ready = Ready = Ready

The month of May produced yet another study showing that the skills young people need to be ready for life beyond high...

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Newsmakers for August 2007

Jill Schumann Nonprofits Changes are afoot at the Washington-based, 70-member National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) as Chairwoman Roxanne Spillett and Vice Chairman...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

STEP-UP

Minneapolis, Minn. (612) 455-1530 Working on It: Local business volunteers conduct mock interviews to help Minneapolis teens obtain summer jobs and...

Grants

Grants Awarded for July-August 2007

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, Mich. (810) 238-5651 www.mott.org • Whaley’s Children Center, Flint, Mich., $73,566 for capacity building. • Genesee Chamber...

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...

Foster Kids Waive at College

A decade ago, Roy Block, president of the Texas Foster Families Association, rarely heard about former foster youths going to college. Oh,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Of Pork and Baked Alaska

SEN. STEVENS FEEDING HAPPY THE HIPPOPOTAMUS: One of them is where he belongs – behind bars. Wondering about that weeping and chattering...

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Newsmakers for November 2006

Nonprofits Judy Nee officially became the first person to serve as the board president and CEO of the 18-year-old, Boston-based National AfterSchool...

Research

Research of Note for November 2006

Rebuilding Families, Reclaiming Lives: State Obligations to Children in Foster Care and Their Incarcerated Parents The Brennan Center for Justice at New...

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Newsmakers for October 2006

Nonprofits Mark Russell is the new executive director at Kids Enjoy Exercise Now USA (KEEN), a D.C.-based nonprofit that provides free one-on-one...

Guest Opinion Essay

Don’t Deify Graduation Rates

The buzz about improving the high school graduation rate is becoming a roar. Governors’ children’s cabinets are picking this as the leading...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Plugging In Disconnected Youth

The statistics can be depressing: One-third of all Americans drop out of school. Only half of African-American, Latino and American Indian youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Service-Learning: What Have We Learned?

Youth volunteerism is being celebrated around the country in commemoration of National Service Day this month, but Andrew Furco recalls the resistance...

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Newsmakers for November 2005

Nonprofits After seven years at the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), Executive Director David Brown departs this month to join the ever-expanding...

News

Report Roundup of November 2005

Child Welfare Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable ChildrenCasey Family Programs At least $10...

Guest Opinion Essay