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			<title><![CDATA[Children receiving help at Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus make a difference on Global Youth Service Day]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4432/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The more than 140 children receiving help at the Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus in Douglasville recently participated in a wide variety of Global Youth Service Day projects including improving the campus’ own therapy dog kennels weeding and planting tomatoes and other plants in the campus garden creating a campus-wide anti-bullying campaign and more. Read more [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:51:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother’s Day is my day to give thanks]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4431/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Maria Mendez is the mother of six. She lives with three of her children in Somersworth N.H. She also has two grown children and a son who has always lived with his grandmother. Mendez is working on getting a driver’s license and is looking for a job in the hospitality industry. She is extremely grateful [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 18:45:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jordan learns to cope with his anger]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4430/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jordan needed time to work out behavior issues brought on by abuse and neglect. His grades suffered as a result. At Youth Villages’ Dogwood Campus Jordan learned how to cope with anger and frustration. He learned about impulse control and personal boundaries. Much of his coping training involved athletics. He got better. Denise his grandmother [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:13:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Devon gets adopted by his mentor]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4429/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Devon was one of eight children who had lingered in Pinellas County Florida’s child welfare system the longest. Never able to live with his biological parents Devon was taken into foster care as an infant and grew up in foster and group homes. Youth Villages was given 180 days to help Devon and the other [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mississippi families and students plant Gardens in the Gulf ]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4428/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Captain Planet Foundation and Youth Villages recently teamed up to help some of the Mississippi families in our programs learn the basics of organic gardening along with healthy eating. Thanks to a generous grant from the Captain Planet Foundation Youth Villages staff and families were able to join Pascagoula High School students and faculty to [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:54:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[You did it! Starbucks to donate $145k to Youth Villages]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4427/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the fantastic efforts from supporters like you Youth Villages finished in first place in all five of our eligible states in Starbucks’ Vote. Give. Grow. program! As a result of those first-place finishes in Arkansas New Hampshire North Carolina Oregon and Tennessee the Starbucks Foundation will give a total of $145 000 to Youth [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation helps spread Inner Harbour’s drumbeat]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lynn Goodendorf was initially skeptical of the benefits of drumming. She plays the piano and is aware of the power of music. But she was unconvinced of claims that Youth Villages–Inner Harbour’s drumming program stimulates brain activity and makes children more open to therapy. At Inner Harbour the African drum program engages youth in building [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:52:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dyniqua finds a better way to speak her mind]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4425/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dyniqua’s chatty. She likes being involved helping others and keeping up with current events. She doesn’t hold back and speaks her mind. It takes a lot of energy and she has plenty to spare. But that energy was going in a negative direction. She was stubborn  Katherine her mother said. You could tell her she [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[There’s no mystery to Marquell’s success]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4424/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The foster mother reported that he could get out of hand. The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services caseworker assigned to the family said he had a major behavior issue and would really act out. It carried over to school where he was physically aggressive to peers and staff. Marquell was referred to Youth [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:46:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fostering a life-long learning experience at Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4423/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Seven students in Dede Chase’s classroom just finished reading about Liz Murray a young girl who was homeless and earned a scholarship to Harvard University. Her story was made popular by a made-for-TV movie Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. The Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus is one of Georgia’s largest psychiatric residential treatment programs [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:46:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three years’ help for Georgia’s most troubled youth]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4422/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Youth Villages was founded on the belief that every child deserves to be safe happy and loved. This year is the third anniversary of our partnership with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice. We highlight our successes and effective cost-saving practices in our three-year report on our website. [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Talking to children about sexual abuse goes beyond teaching ‘stranger danger’]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4421/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you suspect your child has been abused act immediately. Either call your local police department your local rape crisis center Child Protective Services or the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) then push 1 to talk to a hotline counselor. Parents generally teach their children about stranger danger from an early age [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:10:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baggo Tournament raises more than $4 000 for Youth Villages in Massachusetts]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4420/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[2012 Baggo Tournament – Boston posted with vodpod Youth Villages’ 2nd Annual Baggo Tournament It’s in the Bag! was an overwhelming success. The April 10th event at Ned Devine’s in Boston raised more than $4 000 to help provide youth in our programs access to positive extracurricular activities that they would otherwise be unable to afford. [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:51:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AmeriCorps volunteer Jacob Fox receives President’s Call to Service Award]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4419/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jacob Fox an AmeriCorps member serving at the Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus in Douglasville Ga. has received the President’s Call to Service Award for completing 4 000 hours of volunteer service. The President’s Call to Service Award is the highest level of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. For his service Fox received a lapel pin personalized [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:44:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vote for Youth Villages in Starbucks’ Vote. Give. Grow. Program during April]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4416/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Watch this video to learn how you can help Youth Villages get a donation of up to $145 000 from Starbucks in April. Youth Villages has been invited to participate in the Starbucks Community Card: Vote.Give.Grow. program in recognition of our effectiveness in helping families live successfully. Based on the number of votes we receive Starbucks [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:58:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kris Sheridan makes Top 40 Under 40 list]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4413/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Youth Villages employee Kris Sheridan a CCA/Outpatient MST therapist and regional supervisor in Greensboro N.C. has been named to the Triad’s 40 Leaders Under 40 for 2012 by the Triad Business Journal which serves the Greensboro and Winston-Salem N.C. area. The Triad Business Journal praised Kris for being a mentor and role model to her [...] ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:02:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[We’re “The Force for Families”]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4412/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[At Youth Villages we believe that building strong families is the key to helping children with emotional and behavioral problems. Watch the video to learn more.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:47:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A legacy of support]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4411/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Youth Villages receives $42 million challenge grant from the Day Foundation to continue the generosity of the late philanthropist Clarence Day.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:47:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Extreme Measures]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4410/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 3.5 million kids in America are involved with the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. Many of these kids demonstrate extreme behaviors. VIDEO: How can Youth Villages help?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Celebrating Three Years of Progress in Georgia]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4409/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since 2008 Youth Villages has helped more than 1 000 children in Georgia and 429 in our intensive in-home services. Many of the children we have helped had been in the foster care system for more than two years. Click the headline for a full report.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My Voice: Youth Villages Program Report 2011]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.youthvillages.org/tabid/61/indexid/4408/default.aspx]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[This year is quite a milestone for Youth Villages – our 25th year of helping children and families live successfully.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
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