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Stand Up For Children
$1,328,649
Resource type: Grantee
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Western Health Trust 'in breach' of duty to boy's carer
Source: BBC News
"The Trust made me feel as if I was exaggerating all our problems in order to offload my son”Disabled boy's mother A health trust breached its duty to a woman who asked for help to care for her disabled son, a judge has ruled.The ruling…
Resource type: News
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Protective behaviors on trial in Mayo
Source: Prevention Action
A community in the far west of the Republic of Ireland is the focus of the first trial in the country of a program designed to help children and young people cope with the experience and consequences of domestic violence. The Mayo Children's Initiative, which…
Resource type: News
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ND Dem governor candidate unveils health plan
Source: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
by DALE WETZEL North Dakotans who lack health insurance should be eligible to buy into a plan that covers state employees at a price that reflects their ability to pay, the Democratic candidate for governor says. Fargo state Sen. Tim Mathern, at news conferences Tuesday,…
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N.J. and feds tangle in court over kids' health care rules
Source: The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)
by ROBERT SCHWANEBERG A U.S. District Court judge heard arguments yesterday on whether a federal agency acted unlawfully when it told New Jersey to restrict its program for providing health insurance to children in lower-income families. If enforced, the so-called "August 17 directive" - outlined…
Resource type: News
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Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
$2,482,030
Resource type: Grantee
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Atlantic Joins the White House and Leading Foundations to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Over $200 million invested to-date to address racial disparities in life outcomes Additional $70 million earmarked for school discipline, criminal justice and Elev8 grantees February 27, 2014 – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that they have joined with the White House and nine other leading…
Resource type: News
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Put Reading Power First says youngballymun
Source: Youngballymun
We have a national literacy emergency as well as an economic emergency - and one won’t be fixed without the other - is the message of youngballymun, making its election call to all political parties to put reading power first. Launching its 2011 Literacy Manifesto,…
Resource type: News
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Preschool raises morality levels, says study
Source: The Irish Times
RONAN McGREEVYCHILDREN WHO have the benefit of preschool are less likely to lie, cheat or steal as adults, a conference was told yesterday.US educator Dr Larry Schweinhart, who pioneered a long-term longitudinal study into the benefits of early childhood education, said it was an accepted…
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Parents Scramble as Ax Falls on After-School Programs
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Original Source Afterschool Alliance and The After-School Corporation are Atlantic grantees. By SUE SHELLENBARGER A critical safety net for working parents is unraveling, and many are bracing to pay a hefty price. As schools open their doors this month and next, closings and cutbacks at…
Resource type: News
