The holidays will be a little merrier for many needy and homeless Rhode Islanders thanks to $500,000 in one-time emergency grants announced today by the Rhode Island Foundation.

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The Aspen Institute Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group YES GROUP, chaired by the President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship NFTE launched the 'I Said Yes' campaign and released the nation’s first policymaker action guide on youth entrepreneurship education.

The guide was unveiled on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 during a Global Entrepreneurship Week YES GROUP Policy Briefing event at the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. The event, entitled We Say YES To Youth Entrepreneurship Education in America's Schools: What Policymakers Can Do to Prepare Youth for the Market Economy, focused on bringing about change in how youth are educated and empowered.

HandsNet: Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group Publishes Action Guide for Policymakers.