SOCIAL INSECURITY

New rules governing who can receive a Social Security number makes life a little tougher for non-citizens.

LEADERSHIP GRANTS

United Way of New York is launching a nonprofit leadership training fellowship to deal with the crises it sees in the industry’s cultivation of future EDs.

GIVING TRENDS

Giving to the largest 400 foundations in the U.S. dropped last year for the first time in the 12 years since the Chronicle of Philanthropy began tracking it.

RESOURCES AND BEHAVIOR

Researchers found a clear link between the number of behavioral problems a school has and the amount of key resources that are available there.

LEGAL STRIKE

The staff of the 30-year-old MFY Legal Services unanimously voted yesterday morning to go on strike.

RESPONSIBLE GROWTH

Assets in professionally-managed investment portfolios that screen for “social responsibility” grew by 7 percent from 2001 to 2002.

DENIALS REVIEWED

A federal court ordered the city to inform thousands of New Yorkers denied public assistance that they have the right to contest that denial.