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ID Card $$$ Approved
Source: New Haven Independent
by Melinda Tuhus New Haven's immigrant-friendly ID card - which this woman said has led newcomers to learn English faster - got a delayed OK for its second year of funding. The Board of Aldermen's Finance Committee unanimously voted Tuesday night to approve the city's…
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Emotions still run high over ID card
Source: The New Haven Register
Original Source By William Kaempffer, Register Staff NEW HAVEN - It took nearly 2 1/2 hours, but an aldermanic committee Tuesday ultimately voted to authorize the acceptance of funding for the city's much-debated municipal identification card. While the Finance Committee vote was unanimous, there was…
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'Uncertainty is the enemy of philanthropy'
Source: USA Today
Original Source By Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - It's a challenging year for non-profits as a sluggish economy and rising prices make it more difficult for groups to raise money from cash-strapped families and businesses. Heading into the busiest fundraising time of year, non-profits'…
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Trickle-down financial crisis hits neediest
Source: The Washington Post
by ROBIN SHULMAN For Citymeals-on-Wheels, a nonprofit group that delivers food to homebound New Yorkers, the Wall Street crisis already means 100,000 fewer meals will be delivered to people who need them. One day this spring, the group lost about $500,000 it expected from employees…
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U.S. Education Budget Roiled by Financial Crisis
Source: Education Week
by Alyson Klein The result of the presidential election will likely help determine how much money education programs receive in the 2009 federal fiscal year, which begins this week. But a multi-billion-dollar federal plan to assist the financial markets may leave the next president with…
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66% want immigration clampdown
Source: Irish Examiner
by Shaun Connolly TWO-THIRDS of the population want immigration restricted, a wide-ranging survey exposing Ireland's contradictory attitude to becoming a multicultural society has revealed. Despite the call for a clampdown, 54% believe the country's decade-long experience of mass migration has been good for the republic,…
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Vietnam: PM's opinions on some foreign-funded projects
Source: Thai News Service
The PM gave permissions on August 26 to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Vietnam Lawyers' Association to take over foreign-funded projects separately. The MoH will adopt the 24-month Project "Capacity increasing in research and training activities of the Injury Prevention and Policy Research…
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A Decline in Uninsured Is Reported for 2007
Source: The New York Times
by IAN URBINA WASHINGTON - After climbing steadily for six years, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than a million in 2007, to 45.7 million, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The drop was the result of growth in government-sponsored health insurance…
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Miami-Dade Voters Give a Great Gift to Children, Say Yes to The Children's Trust
Source: The Children's Trust
Original Source Miami, FL Aug. 27, 2008 Miami-Dade County voters gave a huge thumbs up to children and families by voting Tuesday to reauthorize The Children's Trust. More than 85 percent of voters approved the referendum to permanently establish The Children's Trust as the children's…
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Foundation Joins Effort to Tap Boomer Experience
Source: YourHub.com
by Kate Parmelee In the '60s, Boomers helped change the world. As the first generation of Boomers enters their 60s, will they do it again? National research is showing that as the baby boomer generation ages many want to work, learn and volunteer in ways…
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