Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Rejecting doubts that he is too young to head the NAACP, Benjamin Jealous moves to renew the organization Everyone wants to meet the new guy. And so as Benjamin Todd Jealous works the room at Baltimore's Annie E. Casey Foundation, there is a receiving line of sorts that forms everywhere he turns.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Rejecting doubts that he is too young to head the NAACP, Benjamin Jealous moves to renew the organization Everyone wants to meet the new guy. And so as Benjamin Todd Jealous works the room at Baltimore's Annie E. Casey Foundation, there is a receiving line of sorts that forms everywhere he turns.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... correspondence which accompanied the grant application. The $12,000 grant, funded in part by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, was open to the governors of all states and U.S. territories, but only a few were chosen, said Government House spokesman Jean Greaux. This is the first time the territory has received a grant from the national association. "The Summit on Poverty and Economic...
IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... offenders get sent home while their delinquency cases are pending.The program is part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. Advocates say keeping youths out of the lockup encourages them to develop community connections instead of learning to become criminals."We were selected (for the conference) on the basis of our accomplishments in a short...
CrimProf Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
... the "Missouri Model," that garnered the Missouri Division of Youth Services last week the 2008 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System of Reform. The award, administered by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, comes with a $100,000 prize to promote the model. [Mark Godsey]
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
... the "Missouri Model," that garnered the Missouri Division of Youth Services last week the 2008 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System of Reform. The award, administered by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, comes with a $100,000 prize to promote the model.Judges commended the program for its staying power, its current push to link its programs...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School today announced Missouri’s Division of Youth Services as the winner of the 2008 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform. The D
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
FROM STAFF REPORTSMissouri's system for rehabilitating delinquent youths has been singled out again as a national model, this time being honored as "the guiding light for reform in juvenile justice" by a leading child advocacy group.On Tuesday, the Annie E. Casey Foundation gave the Missouri Division of Youth Services its 2008 Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform. The...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Public resources are getting scarcer, but in some areas of government doing the right thing costs less. That's often true with criminal justice policies: Relying too heavily on incarceration, especially for young people, has hurt taxpayers and the community.This year's KIDS COUNT report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation correctly portrayed a national juvenile justice system that incarcerates...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Annie E. Casey Foundation award recognizes exemplary work in their communities CHICAGO, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- YMCA of the USA today announced that five YMCAs have been named recipients of the 2008 YMCA of the USA/Annie E. Casey Foundation Families Count: Family Strengthening Award in recognition of their exemplary family strengthening work. This is the third year that YMCA of the USA, with the...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... to say there has been progress," he said.According to a report published earlier this year by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which advocates for public policies and reforms to alleviate poverty, both the Democratic and Republican parties have made the "fight against poverty a priority in their campaigns."And a survey released this month by the non-profit Commonwealth Fund showed that...
