Strong Interest in 2012 Promise Neighborhoods Competition

As in past years, the 2012 Promise Neighborhoods Grant Competition attracted substantial interest throughout the nation. According to a st...

Summit Highlights Resources for Ex-offenders

Tomorrow, July 31st at 8:30am ET, the Department of Labor (DOL) is hosting a web-based summit focused on approaches supporting the re-entry...

Department of Labor Introduces "Pay for Success Pilot Projects"

Earlier this summer, the Department of Labor announced $20 million in funding for the second round of Workforce Innovation Funding. For th...

Technology in Education Brief Released

The Education Commission of the States recently released a brief called “ Technology in Early Education: Building Platforms for Connections...

“Spotlight on the States” Resource Map Updated

In November of 2011 , the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity released “Spotlight on the States”—an interactive resource map intended to pr...

Webinar: Healthy Food, Healthy Economies

PolicyLink and the Food and Agriculture Policy Collaborative have partnered to present a webinar titled “ Healthy Food, Healthy Economies .”...

Seven Additional States Receive NCLB Waiver Requests

The Obama Administration announced today that it has granted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver requests to seven additional states. Toda...

Capacity Building Webinar **Updated Time**

The  Promise Neighborhoods Institute  (PNI), of which  Center for the Study of Social Policy  is a partner, is hosting a webinar to announce...

124 Pre-Applicants Invited to Apply for 2012 "Investing in Innovation" Funding

The Department of Education (ED) has invited 124 high-scoring Investing in Innovation (I3) pre-applicants to apply for 2012 i3 Development...

Dept. of Labor Awards Grants to help Ex-Offenders

To help formerly incarcerated women, the Department of Labor (DOL) awarded more than $12 million in grants to help nonprofit organizations d...

Strong Cities, Strong Communities Announces $11 Million in Support for Cities

Last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Admini...

Dept. of Transportation Announces Funding for 47 TIGER Projects

As part of the fourth round of TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants, The U.S. Department of Transportatio...

Webinar: Capacity-Building Toolkit

Next week, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute (PNI), of which Center for the Study of Social Policy is a partner, is hosting a webinar to...

Annie E. Casey Foundation Releases New Report on Kinship Families

The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) recently released a Kids Count policy report: Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and Communities Sho...

New K-12 Education Database

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation have launched the Education Resource Information Navigator (ERIN) Project , an education database that...