Every year, teens in a region of western Illinois and eastern Iowa launch a six-week race to collect as much donated food as they are able. Lee Nelson reports on a 20-year history of friendly competition in the service of fighting hunger.

As evacuees from Hurricane Katrina started pouring in to the Houston Astrodome, a youth development trainer from Washington D.C. named Charles Modiano found himself working side by side with energetic young volunteers to help the displaced. In those hours, Modiano decided that needs created and uncovered by the storm could be the focus of a new effort to strengthen youth volunteerism nationwide. He spoke to Rob Capriccioso about his vision.

Even with failed teen voting bills on each coast in Cambridge, Mass., and Berkeley, Calif., student activists haven't lost their passion for lowering the voting age. Here, Connect for Kids highlights Children's PressLine's coverage of the issue.

When Connect for Kids began in 1996, child advocacy and nonprofit organizations were just becoming acquainted with the Internet. Everyone was learning to use terms like "interactive" and "browser." Today, nonprofit Web sites dedicated to the well-being of children are springing up around the world. At a recent workshop in Berlin, Germany, Connect for Kids' Cecilia Garcia learned first-hand about some of them.

Vocational education programs, child care, and health insurance for low-income children are targeted for cuts in President Bush's proposed fiscal 2006 budget. Connect for Kids Advocacy Director Jan Richter follows up on her Feb. 7 look at the local impact of federal budget decisions with a round-up of how the president's plan stacks up for kids.

President Bush and Congressional leaders have warned that domestic spending will be taking a hit in the federal budget for FY 2006. Connect for Kids advocacy director Jan Richter says we all need to learn more about how federal dollars work for kids and families in our communities, and what the proposed cuts will mean.

Arcane, confusing, and incredibly important—that's the federal budget process. And it starts next week. Spending decisions made in Washington, DC determine what resources will be available all the way down the line, at the state, county and community level. Connect for Kids Executive Director Cecilia Garcia says this year, child advocates need to prepare a rapid response to the President's budget proposal, due by February 7.

Millions of children rely on Social Security payments. What might reform of the system mean for them? Rob Capriccioso reports.

Workers in an Indiana factory are helping children and families, through an informal, employee-led organization started 16 years ago by the factory nurse. Leanna Skarnulis describes their efforts.

CNN anchor Judy Woodruff has a big job covering national politics, and another big job parenting three children. She has also taken on an active role advocating on behalf of children with spina bifida. In this interview, Woodruff shares the personal reasons behind her advocacy with Connect for Kids' Rob Capriccioso.