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New Meet the Fellows Video: Candace Putter and the Pennsylvania Academic & Career Technical Training Alliance
9/3/10
Candace Putter talks about her work at the Pennsylvania Academic and Career Technical Training Alliance (PACTT) and how this can help improve outcomes for youth released from residential placements. 
A Farewell Message from Julia Dutton
8/26/10
Julia Dutton, former founding Executive Director of Stoneleigh Foundation, gives her farewell message.
Delaware Valley Grantmakers Features Stoneleigh in its Giving Stories
8/19/10
"... some of the best ideas start at the kitchen table: family members debating issues and swapping stories, often agreeing, occasionally arguing, always fully engaged... such is the case with the Haas family and Stoneleigh Foundation." - Excerpt from the Delaware Valley Grantmakers Giving Stories on the Stoneleigh Foundation.
Gregg Volz Backs Youth Courts as Alternative for Low-Level School Offenders
7/21/10
Stoneleigh Fellow Gregg Volz expounds on the advantages of student-run courts for low-level school offenders as a guest columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times and in his commentary in The Times Leader.  
Meet Our 2010 Junior Fellows
6/24/10
Three new Stoneleigh Junior Fellows will work with Philadelphia non-profits to help design and implement social change projects for at-risk children.  The one-year fellowships begin on July 1, 2010.
Cathy M. Weiss Named New Executive Director of Stoneleigh Foundation
6/18/10
Stoneleigh welcomes new Executive Director Cathy M. Weiss.  Beginning August 2, 2010, she will lead the foundation into its next phase of funding fellowships for social change.
Meet the Fellows Video: Dr. David Rubin and Placement Stability for Children in Foster Care
6/17/10
Learn more about Dr. David Rubin's research on placement stability for children who have been placed in foster care.
Meet the Fellows Video: Leslie Acoca and the Girls Health Screen
6/17/10
Meet Leslie Acoca in this new video as she talks about her work with the Girls Health Screen project for girls entering juvenile detention.
Mayor Nutter Cites Stoneleigh's Support to Reduce Truancy and Improve Educational Outcomes
3/31/10
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter acknowledged the support of Stoneleigh in the City's effort to reduce truancy and improve educational outcomes during the presentation of the new Education Support Center on March 30, 2010 at City Hall.
Stoneleigh Hosts 2010 Fellows Reception
3/26/10
Stoneleigh Foundation welcomes four new 2010 fellows at a reception held on February 23, 2010.