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    Downtown Streets Team: Working to Tackle Homelessness in the Bay Area
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    By Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
    In grantmaking, grassroots, non-profit
    Posted December 16, 2013

    Downtown Streets Team: Working to Tackle Homelessness in the Bay Area

    Despite the ever-increasing wealth of Silicon Valley, poverty and homelessness continue to plague many living in the Bay Area.  One group working to tackle this is Downtown Streets Team, an [...]

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    From Foster Care to Forever Families: Celebrating Alameda County’s 13th Annual Adoption Day
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    By Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
    In Juvenile Judges Program, Social Worker Grant Program
    Posted November 26, 2012

    From Foster Care to Forever Families: Celebrating Alameda County’s 13th Annual Adoption Day

    By Ashley Murphy, Program Associate The 17th of November marked National Adoption Day, a day in which families all across the country gathered in courthouses to legalize and finalize the adoption [...]

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    Social Worker Resource Grant Thank You’s
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    By Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
    In Social Worker Grant Program
    Posted November 18, 2011

    Social Worker Resource Grant Thank You’s

    How much of a difference can $250 make to a youth in dependency court? Read some of the thank you’s we have received from awardees of our Social Worker Resource grant to find out. For more [...]

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