Puerto Rico Stories | Children and Youth Funding Report

DoEd Needs Better Oversight of $35M Teacher Prep Grants

The Education Dept. (DoEd) needs to do a better job monitoring a $35 million program that helps improves teacher preparation and enhance K-12 student achievement, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. DoEd is doing a poor job in making sure that state preparation progra...

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(FREE) NEW GRANT RESOURCE FROM CD PUBLICATIONS

Spread the word….tell you colleagues in other departments about our newest grant publication--Public Safety Funding Report. You'll find comprehensive coverage of public and private funding opportunities for a wide range of safety needs, from local police and fire to first responders and EMT's,...

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ACF Seeks Comment on Foster Care Funding Monitoring

The Health And Human Services Dept's Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is seeking public comment on a new form it wants to use to track federal funding of state programs under title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance (FCAA) Programs. Deadline fo...

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New Report Is Good Tool to Influence Legislation

As Congress devises new ways to help rural areas, a new report finds these regions are more than agriculturally-based. Place Matters: Challenges & Opportunities in Four Rural Americas, issued by the Carsey Institute at the U. of New Hampshire, finds rural America is home to 17% of the nat...

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Charitable Donations Exceed $300B for First Time in 2007, Report Finds

Charitable giving topped $300 million for the first time in 2007, a new report by the Giving USA Foundation finds. An estimated $306.4 billion was given via donations in 2007, finds Giving USA 2008, with each type of public charity seeing gains. The report attributes the increase in giving t...

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Nestle

Deadline: Nov. 20. Swiss food conglomerate Nestlé launches the 2008 Very Best in Youth program which spotlights the best in youth leadership by identifying teens whose efforts are making a profound impact in lives other than their own. Nominees must be between 13 and 18 years of age and have permi...

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HHS Offers Grants for HIV Education for Women in PR, VI

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS), Office of Public Health & Science (OPHS), Office on Women's Health (OWH); Program: 2008 Prevention for HIV Infected Women Living in Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands, or: HIV Prevention Programs For Women (Puerto Rico & Virgin Is...

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OSERS Extends Deadline for Special Ed Training Program

Agency: Education Dept., Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services (OSERS); Program: Special Education Preservice Training Improvement Grants (CFDA 84.325T); Eligibility: Colleges and universities (public or private); Funding: An estimated 21 awards ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 ...

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Cigna Foundation

Deadlines: Rolling. The Cigna Foundation is seeking applications for its funding efforts that support nonprofit organizations with a focus on community and civic affairs, culture and the arts, education, and health and human services. Priority project...

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NEA Foundation

Deadline: Nov. 12. The NEA Foundation, giving arm of the Nat'l Education Assn., launches its 2007 Books Across America Library Books Awards. The foundation advances student achievement by investing in public education that will prepare each of America'...

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