Children, Youth and Families

Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

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10/03/2016

On September 19th, Pinkett Smith joined Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin for the third edition of Insight Dialogues, touching on the many roles she balances in Hollywood, her vocal advocacy for girls and women and youth empowerment and...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

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09/21/2016

A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry.

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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment

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09/14/2016

The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy financial skills and behaviors.

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting program to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home.

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Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City

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07/25/2016

A funder collaborative led by the New York City-based Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation has emerged onto the child care funding scene in a big way.

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Citi, Rockefeller Contribute to City's Nonprofit Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York

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07/22/2016

The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York raised $25.4 million over the past year.

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New York-Based Groups Benefit From $23 Million Grants By the Conrad Hilton Foundation

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06/27/2016

Westat, Inc. was awarded $400,000 to serve as the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning partner to the Foster Youth initiative strategy.

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Schott and Arcus Foundations Partner to Empower Trans Students with Super Powers

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06/17/2016

In partnership with the Arcus Foundation, Schott has supported the work of Massachusetts grantee BAGLY, the Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth, to elevate the voice of trans students in Boston Public Schools over the past...