$3 million goes to study of mentoring program (Aug., 2007)

Lecture Series Takes on Issues of Childhood Risk, Resilience (Apr., 2007)

The National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) has awarded $2.91M over the next five years Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) to fund a national study of the Friends of the Children youth mentoring program.Click here (.pdf) for press release.

Friends of the Children receives a grant of $1,000,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Click here for press release.

Read about Friends of the Children’s recent visit from First Lady, Mrs. Laura Bush. KATU Article regarding the First Lady's visit.

Read about the “Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act” bill that was recently introduced to Congress. Read about current projects going on at Friends of the Children.

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