Results List
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National Community Service Initiative Launched, Leveraged by Organizations Across the Country
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source America's Promise Alliance, the United Way, and the Huffington Post are Atlantic grantees. The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced that it will lead a national, twelve-week initiative developed by the Obama administration to stimulate economic growth and encourage community service…
Resource type: News
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'Expectations Gap' May Be Contributing Factor in Dropout Crisis, Report Finds
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source America's Promise Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. In contrast to most students who drop out, many educators do not believe that students at risk of dropping out would work harder if more were demanded of them, revealing an "expectations gap" that…
Resource type: News
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A New Credential for Home Care Aides
Source: New York Times
By PAULA SPAN When the Direct Care Alliance first offered the test that would lead to becoming a credentialed “personal care and support professional,” Maria Frank, a 60-year-old home care aide in Nazareth, Pa., signed up. She didn’t need the certificate to land a job;…
Resource type: News
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Don’t Drop Out of School Innovation
Source: The New York Times
By Paul Tough. Last month, the Senate subcommittee that allocates federal education money weighed in on one such promising innovation, slicing, by more than 90 percent, the $210 million that President Obama requested for next year for his Promise Neighborhoods initiative. Mr. Obama first proposed…
Resource type: News
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Rogers: House OKs Child Safety Program Extension
Original Source U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, MI-08, issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives voted Monday evening to adopt a six-month extension of the Child Safety Pilot Program, which allows youth-serving organizations to obtain criminal history background checks on their volunteers.…
Resource type: News
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AFT Conference Aims to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education
Source: Schott Foundation
Over the last 30 years, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has organized a series of biennial Civil, Human and Women’s Rights conferences addressing a wide range of social justice issues. The 2013 conference focused on public education. Will it continue to exist as a truly…
Resource type: Video
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Chandler chosen again as one of best places for young people
Source: The Arizona Republic
by Weldon B. Johnson For the third time, Chandler has been selected one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People according to the America's Promise Alliance. The honor doesn't amount to just a plaque that hangs on a wall in City Hall or a…
Resource type: News
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Government Promises to End the Detention of Minors in an Adult Regime
Source: Children's Rights Alliance
Statement from Children's Rights Alliance By Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of Children's Rights Alliance The Children's Rights Alliance congratulates the Government’s promise to end the detention of 16- and 17-year-old boys in St. Patrick’s Institution. This is a momentous achievement for the Minister for Children…
Resource type: News
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Correcting Bush's Math on Afterschool for Kids
Source: Gara LaMarche
From time to time, Atlantic Currents will be written by my colleagues at Atlantic and by the staff of organisations we support. This week, two programme executives with Atlantic’s U.S. Children & Youth Programme, Nicole Gallant and Marisha Wignaraja, share their thoughts about the importance…
Resource type: News
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Houston’s Kids: Collaborating Across Sectors in Times of Crisis and Beyond
Source: The Bridgespan Group
In August and September 2005, 30,000 children, driven from their homes by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, arrived in Houston, Texas. Responding to the immediate needs of these children and their families, local agencies formed unprecedented partnerships to provide aid and support, including after-school educational and…
Resource type: Case Study