Congressman Jim Oberstar, the chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has announced that he intends to move the surface transportation bill through his committee and the full House during the month of June. This will be a massive bill. The last highway bill to make it through Congress, known as SAFETEA-LU, authorized [...]
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Charities get left behind
With a decrease in donations and an increase in demand for services, the nation’s charitable sector is facing a crisis. The Wall Street Journal carried a front-page article last week focused on the amazing Geoffrey Canada and his Harlem’s Children Zone (HCZ). The cuts faced by HCZ provide a perfect example of how the downturn in [...]
Begging for Change
A recent survey conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies asked charity executives what a new presidential administration could do to help nonprofit groups. According to these nonprofit leaders, their No. 1 priority for a new administration is the ”growth of federal funds” for ‘their’ cause. How uninspiring!
Other priorities on the list include [...]
3 Cheers for 4-H
Holy Cow! The National 4-H Council issued a great PYD-related report back in May and it is just now making its way across my desk. The report, entitled The Positive Development of Youth: Findings from the First Four Years of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, was written by Richard Lerner and his colleagues [...]
28th Place is a Cryin’ Shame
In recognition of September being Infant Mortality Awareness month, I want you to be aware that infant mortality is defined as the death of a baby before it reaches its first birthday. In case you were wondering how we stack-up against the rest of the world, the United States currently ranks a dismal 28th among [...]
