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Communities in Schools
A community-based organization that helps kids succeed in school and prepare for life. Find out how it works and how to get involved.
MoreNational Youth Development Information Center
The National Collaboration for Youth's National Youth Development Information Center provides an introduction to youth development as well as information on everything from program development to evaluation.
MoreNational Youth Employment Coalition
Promising and Effective Practices Network offers tips, assessment tools, and criteria for successful youth programs.
MoreThe Search Institute
Search Institute has identified 40 critical factors necessary for young people's growth and development. Learn more about the 40 developmental assets as well as the Healthy Community, Healthy Youth initiative.
MoreSparkAction
SparkAction, an award-winning multimedia project of the Benton Foundation, helps adults make their communities better places for families and children. The web site offers a place on the Internet for adults—parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers and others—who want to become more active citizens, from volunteering to voting with kids in mind.
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Keeping Dreams Alive
Scholarship America's Dreamkeepers program provides emergency financial assistance to students at community colleges across the country who are faced with unexpected financial crises. These awards -- averaging $500 -- often make the difference between staying in school and dropping out.
Katie Couric Gives Back
All profits from Couric's new book, "The Best Advice I Ever Got," will be donated to Scholarship America, the charity selected by Couric, to further the mission of ensuring education beyond high school for all students.
Our Strategic Plan
2012-2025
Our mission is to make postsecondary education possible for all students; our goal is to assist 750,000 students in completing their education beyond high school by 2025. Our CEO, Lauren Segal, outlines the plan in this video.