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The National Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Aging issued the following news release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging Edwin L. Walker today announced that 19 awards have been made…

Teach for America is an Atlantic grantee. Teach For America-Los Angeles has announced a four-year, $2 million grant from the Wasserman Foundation to help build a pipeline of leaders committed to closing the academic achievement gap in Los Angeles. Teach For America recruits and trains…

Original Source By DAVID BROOKSOp-Ed Columnist The fight against poverty produces great programs but disappointing results. You go visit an inner-city school, job-training program or community youth center and you meet incredible people doing wonderful things. Then you look at the results from the serious…

The U.S. federal government must assume more of the costs of afterschool care to reduce the burden on low-income families, according to this report by the Harvard School of Public Health.  The study provides a roadmap to ensure that all low-income students benefit from afterschool…

Original Source AARP and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. By: Rob Gurwitt It was not a promising start. Getting ready to head out for the Utah wilderness, Lee Verner had packed her clothes in a black bag, laid it down on a black chair and…

Original Source By: Gara LaMarche The recent report by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), “ Philanthropy at its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaking Impact,” has stirred up a storm among foundations not seen since, well…the last time foundations were called upon to be more…

On a mellow California afternoon earlier this month, I drove a few hours up the coast from Los Angeles, where I’d been on a panel at the annual meeting of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, to spend some time with one of the most influential…

Original Source The Center for Community Change is an Atlantic grantee. By SARA RIMER CAMBRIDGE, Mass. QUINN RALLINS, 23, graduated magna cum laude last year from Morehouse College with a dual major in international studies and Spanish. This spring, Mr. Rallins is finishing his master’s degree in…

The number of United States children living in poverty increased in 2007 - continuing an upward trend dating back to 2000, according to this report by Child Trends, which includes recommendations for policy-makers who seek to reduce the rate of child poverty. Child Trends is an Atlantic…

Original Source by Gara LaMarche Americans are all too familiar with the ups and downs of the tech, housing, and stock-market bubbles. Now we are learning that there has been a "nonprofit bubble," too. The nonprofit world grew rapidly as a result of generous giving…