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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…

by Niall Murray EDUCATION, health and welfare services may be more closely linked to provide an integrated service for poorer families under plans being considered by Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe. However, he has ruled out any merging of health and education agencies, even though the…

We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…

A college-based, one-year certificate programme for after-school workers garnered positive response from U.S. participants who said the programme helped them improve their academic abilities as well as their knowledge about working with youth, according to this evaluation by Policy Study Associates.The Center of After-School Excellence…

Original Source by H. Haveman The National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP) is an American Indian-owned and -operated, nonprofit organization that has been working with at-risk youth for over twenty-five years. Though working out of Gallup for the majority of that time, NIYLP's programs have…

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…

Immigrants must win a rightful place in U.S. society and will do so through the efforts of diverse communities working toward a just and fair society, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech accepting the Raul Yzaguirre President Award at…

Original Source Retirees looking for meaning and ways to use their skills and experience and nonprofits looking for seasoned talent have been slow to connect. But their parallel paths are now bending into arcs that create can-do circles, and ReServe, with a grant from the…

by Mark Hrywna Steve Gunderson has a prediction: Someone from the foundation world will be in Barack Obama’s administration. “There are an awful of my colleagues who have been in government before who are interested in returning,” said Gunderson, president and CEO of the Council…

Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children's Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 - and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…