March 1, 2004
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Program Result
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national, non-profit child advocacy organization, conducted an educational campaign to increase policymakers' awareness of the value of publicly funded programs to strengthen youth and fragile families.
June 1, 2000
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Program Result
In 1998, Laura Sessions-Stepp, a reporter on leave from The Washington Post, carried out research for a book on the developmental needs of young adolescents and adult responses to those needs.
October 22, 2010
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Program Result
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants developed a pilot project to provide aid to children who are released from immigrant detention in North Carolina - which has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the country.
May 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fighting Back project sought to combat the problem of substance abuse by developing a single, comprehensive system of treatment and prevention that would reduce the demand for alcohol and illegal drugs in the community.
March 1, 2002
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Program Result
Starting in April 1998, Communities in Schools, a Virginia-based nonprofit stay-in-school network, sought to provide schoolchildren around the country with access to five key resources.
August 1, 2007
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Program Result
South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces (SEEDS) in Durham, N.C., expanded Durham Inner-City Gardeners (DIG) - a program that teaches teenagers about organic farming and healthy eating habits.