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Three Nominees Confirmed for Major Youth Work Agencies

The Senate confirmed more than two dozen nominees of President Barack Obama yesterday, including three leaders of family and child-serving agencies. Patrick...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Richard Fernandes

Richard Fernandes Program DirectorSpark the WavePhiladelphia(267) 784-4235http://www.sparkthewave.org Age: 24. Salary: $10,000. My Organization: Spark the Wave runs educational seminars throughout the year...

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8th Global Conference, National Youth Service: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

The International Association for National Youth Service (IANYS) This is a report on the 8th Global Conference of the International Association...

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A Business Model for National Service

The Red Jacket: Former Sen. Harris Wofford with Sen. Ted Kennedy, who often donned his City Year jacket for sailing. Photo: City...

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Evaluating the Long-term Impacts of AmeriCorps Service on Participants

Pardee Rand Graduate SchoolThe RAND Corp. Since the establishment of AmeriCorps in 1993, more than 500,000 people have served in its...

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Youth Participatory Evaluation: Strategies for Engaging Young People

Kim Sabo FloresJossey-Bass/Wiley181 pages. $45. Most youth workers understand youth participation as young people’s involvement in planning and leading their own...

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Go To Service Learning

http://www.gotoservicelearning.org K-12 teachers can search for lesson plans focused on service learning and submit lesson plans of their own on this site,...

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Largest Budget Ever for Community Service Agency

Congress has brought change to the Obama administration’s Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS): its largest appropriation in history. The fiscal...

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Corvington Nomination Approved by HELP Committee

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of Patrick Corvington to serve as CEO of the Corporation for...

Eliminate the 12th Grade?

Here’s a novel way to reduce the dropout rate and increase the number of students who go to college: Get rid of...

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Corporation for National and Community Service

http://www.Servir.gov The Corporation for National and Community Service’s online database of service work opportunities is now available in Spanish. http://Servir.gov, the Spanish...

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World Flix

http://www.worldflix.org Nonprofits from across the globe can raise awareness of their issues – and potentially increase funding – by posting videos about...

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Goldsmith Becomes Interim Chairman of CNCS

Stephen Goldsmith, former board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has assumed the position of interim board chairman with...

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Obama Names Casey Official to Head CNCS

Patrick Corvington, a mid-level manager with Baltimore’s Annie E. Casey Foundation was named yesterday by President Barack Obama to be the new...

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Biggest AmeriCorps Program Gets Slashed

The Corporation for National and Community Service has penalized the largest AmeriCorps program in the nation, but not nearly to the...

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Youth Ambassadors (YA)

Street-level diplomacy: Fanon Hill and his Youth Ambassadors pound the Baltimore pavement to develop and promote ideas to help the community....

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Midterm Scorecard: How U.S. Senators Have Voted on Key Children and Family Issues in 2009

Vote Kids This midterm report, compiled by Vote Kids, a nonprofit organization focused on children as a political priority, focuses on...

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EnergizeInc.com

http://www.energizeinc.com Energize Inc., a nonprofit designed to help organizations use volunteers effectively, provides a referral network of conferences, associations and other...

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