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Awards for September 2007

Kathy Cloninger ABA Child Advocacy Award For: Dinstinguished service for children by members of the American Bar Association (ABA). By: ABA Young...

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Clearinghouse on Expanding and Sustaining Youth Programs and Policies

www.financeproject.org/irc/youth/index.asp This new, growing database launched by The Finance Project and The Forum for Youth Investment contains nearly 400 searchable resources to...

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Nabulungi Akinshegun

Nabulungi Akinshegun Photo: Interages Program Coordinator Across Ages Mentoring Interages (301) 949-3551 http://www.interagesmd.org Age: 28 Salary: $41,500 About the Organization: Interages links...

Guest Opinion Essay

Time to Consider

In late March, the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association staged call-ins to the legislature to oppose budget cuts for youth services in...

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Child Advocacy 360

Vowing to “engage, enrage or motivate” people to take action against child abuse and neglect, this independent, nonprofit news service uses video,...

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The Philadelphia Children’s Commission

A model site for putting a youth spin on local information. Postings include the city’s “Children’s Budget,” its Children’s and Community Report...

High Hopes Stored in a Children’s Cabinet

In a rare Capitol Hill victory for youth advocates, President Bush last month signed legislation to create the nation’s first youth development...

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Sure They Talk, But Can They Walk?

As a symbol of the wrong way to do things, the razor wire-enclosed Oak Hill Youth Center in Laurel, Md., has long...

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Nose Knows for September 2006

Never Focused The premise for FirstFocus, a public policy adjunct to America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth, is sensible enough: Provide what FirstFocus...

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Winning Over the Neighbors

In a downtrodden neighborhood in Tucson, Ariz., La Paloma Family Services faced a struggle typical to group homes around the country: The...

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Report Roundup for July-August 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

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Child Welfare’s Death Penalty

It’s the ultimate nightmare for child welfare administrators: Tied to a bedpost and weighing just 47 pounds, a 9-year-old Baltimore County, Md.,...

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What Part of Mediocre Don’t We Get?

We hear it all the time. We hear it from the podium and the pulpit, from policymakers and pundits: Children are...

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CWLA Chief Seeks a New Placement

Taking over the Child Welfare League of America after David Liederman retired in 1999 was never going to be easy. The...

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The Atlantic Cup Winners

Once feared lost in the Bermuda Triangle of consultant-induced philanthropic anomie, the Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $4.3 billion) has sailed into port with...

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Age of Aquarius Meets Era of Accountability

I recently participated in back-to-back meetings about outcomes of community schools and after-school programs. At each event, leaders in the field gathered...

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Blueprint for Political Action?

So-called “527” organizations drew national attention last year for helping to torpedo the presidential candidacy of Democrat John Kerry with allegations about...

After-School Caucus Strives for Congressional Clout

Hoping for some congressional help around budget time and beyond, national advocates for after-school programming announced the formation last month of after-school...

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