President Obama gave a strong speech last night reinforcing the importance of the recently passed economic recovery bill and also highlighting three of his domestic policy priorities: energy, health care and education. He will present a budget to Congress in the coming days that will provide his blueprint for federal spending for the year. As [...]
Archive > February 2009
Searching for Youth
The word ‘youth’ appears 29 times in the conference report that accompanies the $787 billion economic recovery bill. Here are some excerpts from the report:
Byrne Competitive Grants.–The conference agreement provides $225,000,000 for competitive, peer-reviewed grants to units of State, local, and tribal government, and to national, regional, and local non-profit organizations to prevent crime, improve [...]
Big Apple
I took the 6:00am JetBlue shuttle to New York City on Friday to make a presentation to the government relations committee of the YMCA of Greater New York. Much of the discussion focused on the economic recovery bill that Congress passed Friday and the President is expected to sign into law tomorrow. Here is [...]
3 Youth-Related Grants at Dept. of ED
I sent an email this morning to a person who works in the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools at the U.S. Dept. of Education. She is out of the office for several days, but her auto-reply message was chock full of useful information related to 3 different grants that have upcoming deadlines. [...]
Senate Passes Stimulus
Three Republicans joined all Democrats in the Senate in passing a $838 billion stimulus package. Congress Daily featured a nice chart comparing the Senate version to the House version. Conference negotiations will begin immediately and the President hopes to have a bill to sign before the weekend.
Meet Me, Greet Me
The National Collaboration for Youth (an affinity group of the National Human Services Assembly) did a nice job this week hosting a ‘meet and greet’ on Capitol Hill with Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a newly elected Democrat from Erie, Pennsylvania. The afternoon event was held in the basement of the Capitol and was attended by [...]
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 [...]
