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Trend: Ideas to Help Youth from 'Crossover'

A new buzzword for those focusing on at-risk populations is "crossover" youth, referring to children and youth who move from the child welfare system to the juvenile delinquency system. The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown U. offers a model for counties to deal with cro...

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Pell Grant Demonstrations under Scrutiny

(Comment Deadline: Feb. 7) The Institute of Education Sciences (DoEd) seeks clearance under privacy laws to conduct an evaluation of two Pell Grant experiments. The experiments, conducted under DoEd's Experimental Sites Initiative (https://experimentalsites.ed.gov), expanded Pell Grant eligibility ...

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Organizations Join Forces to Improve Low-Income Communities

Higher education, finance collaborations are the focus.

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Coalition Will Advocate for After-School Programs

The Ford Foundation launches a coalition to advocate for more learning time to be added to the school day and year as a way to expand learning opportunities for all children. With a $50 million commitment from the foundation, the Time to Succeed Coalition will promote redesigned and expanded learni...

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HUD Proposes Another Evaluation to Prove Choice Neighborhoods Worthiness

(Comment Deadline: April 27) The Housing & Urban Development Dept. (HUD) offers details on the initial evaluation of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. The HUD program employs a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. This year, $110 million in Choice Neighborhoods funding is a...

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White House Taking Matters Into Own Hands to Promote Summer Youth Jobs

At a recent FY 2013 budget briefing, Jane Oates, who oversees the Employment & Training Admin. at the Labor Dept., tells FAM that the proposal doesn't include funds for Summer Jobs+ initiative, but another avenue is available. Oates says President Obama has proposed $1.5 billion in the America...

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SAFER, COPS Applicants Will Receive Preference for Hiring Veterans

While the future of much of the president's jobs plan for veterans is uncertain, provisions pertaining to this year's funding for law enforcement and firefighter hiring will be adopted. President Obama formally unveils the new Veterans Jobs Corps Initiative on Feb. 3, after referencing it in his St...

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Education Dept. Latest Agency to Evaluate Transitional Jobs Program

(Comment Deadline: April 3) The Office of Special & Rehabilitative Services at the Education Dept. wants to evaluate the success of the Supported Employment (SE) Grant Program (CFDA Number: 84.187). The program provides about $30 million each year to states to help them develop and implement ...

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Education Dept. Offers Final SFSF Revisions, Glimmer of Funding Hope

(Effective: Jan. 31/March 1) The Education Dept. (DoEd) offers the final reporting revisions for its State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), a Recovery Act program. SFSF provided states approximately $48.6 billion in formula grants to help stabilize state and local budgets and minimize and avoid re...

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Labor, HHS Partnership Seeks to Gauge Success of ‘Transitional Jobs’ Funding

(Comment Deadline: March 18) The Health & Human Services (HHS) and Labor (DOL) Depts. are partnering on national evaluations to determine the effectiveness of subsidized and transitional employment programs. HHS' Admin. for Children & Families (ACF) will spearhead the agency's Subsidized &a...

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