May 08: Highline Times: New director chosen by New Futures.
Mar 08: Highline Times: Vntage Park purchase spurs housing concerns.
Feb 08: Real Change: Burien families get boot
Jan 08: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures helps immigrants lower language barriers.

Dec 07: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A New Future tempts teens with the badge.
Dec. 07: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures wants to help more kids expand horizons.
Dec. 07: Stanford Social Innovation Review: Evaluation Blues.
Nov. 07:Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures knocks down language barriers.
Sep. 07: Puget Sound Business Journal: Relieving Poverty where it hides.
Jul. 07: Afra Genesis Network, KKNW-AM, 1150 Ruth E. Dickey, Executive Director, speaks about New Futures programs.
Mar. 07: Highline School District e-newsletter: Students working hard at New Futures.
Jan. 07: Puget Sound Busines Journal: Susana Schuarzberg, our Finance Director, is named CFO of the Year for the category of Small Nonprofit Organziation. See article. (PDF)

Dec. 06: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Program aids needy kids, families
Dec. 06: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Teen volunteers tutor kids in after-school program
Nov. 06: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures puts families on track
Oct. 06: Sandusky Radio: An interview with Executive Director, Ruth Dickey, about New Futures broadcasts on KKNW 1150 AM, KIXI 880 AM, KWJZ 98.9 FM, and KQMV 92.5 FM.
Sep. 06: Puget Sound Business Journal names Executive Director Ruth Dickey as one of 2006′s 40 under 40 (PDF).
Aug. 06: Seattle Times: Philanthropy: Putting the power of change in our own hands
Jun. 06: National League of Cities selects New Futures as a “Promising Practice.”
Jan. 06: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Readers Care Fund: Students critique teachers

Nov. 05: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Program Brings Music into Lives of Children
Nov. 05: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Teen Program Is a Big Boost to All Ages

Dec. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures Helps Build Sense of Community
Nov. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Program Teaches Immigrants English and Other Skills
Feb. 04: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: A New Future in a New Land
Feb. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Run-Down Burien Apartments Now Empty
Feb. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Most Tenants Leave Apartments That Failed Inspections
Jan. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Burien Council to Help Move Tenants of Shuttered Apartments
Jan. 04: United Way’s Campaign News: Real Results
Jan. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Burien Orders Rat-Infested, Crumbling Apartment Complex Vacated
Jan. 04: Puget Sound Business Journal: Holiday Donations Increase for Local Charities
Jan. 04: Puget Sound Business Journal: Health Dept. Problems, Violence Bring Closure to Charity Program
Jan. 04: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures Works to Bridge Language, Cultural Barriers

Dec. 03: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Photo Essay
Dec. 03: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Educators Took Help Straight to the Kids Where They Lived
Nov. 03: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New Futures Helps Translate Need Into Opportunity
Nov. 03: Puget Sound Business Journal: South King County Groups Seek Anti-Poverty Grant
May 03: Puget Sound Business Journal: Groups Aim to Keep At-Risk Kids Off the Street
Mar. 03: Burien City News: Citizen Awards Honor Community Leaders (PDF)
Dec. 02: Puget Sound Business Journal: New Name Reflects Family Agency’s Broader Goals
Aug. 01: Self-Discovery Through Photography Workshop (PDF)
May 00: Forbes Magazine: Spreadsheet Philanthropy
Jan. 00: Seattle Times: Social-Service Strategies Prevent Crime
Jan. 98: Seattle Times: Giving A Lift To Low-Income Highline Students

Family Testimonial

“Sometimes as an immigrant, it’s very frustrating to know you can do something better than what you can find for a job. Immigrants have a lot of skills but no opportunities. New Futures finds opportunities.”

- Former New Futures client, and current staff member