Foot soldier Kristy Schultz is a bubbly Hoosier from Valparaiso, Ind. and one of 450 kids emerging from the new Phoenix program this summer.

FORBES: One Pen At A Time

Experts want to caution those who think the Neighborhood Stabilization Program will solve Phoenix's devastated real estate market.

CNN: New program yet to help buyers land homes

At a concert Saturday night, the Phoenix Symphony added to the program a somber selection from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations to honor the victims.

WSJ: Sorrow Racks Tucson After Killings

Strode would like to expand beyond Colorado later this year, and he hopes Phoenix will one day become a national program.

CNN: Ex-addicts staying sober through sport

They convinced a local recycling business owner, Phoenix Recycling to help with getting the program started by providing free pick up for the first half of the school year.

WHITEHOUSE: Energy and Environment Latest News | The White House

That's when a friend, Lance Connolly, a Phoenix Realtor, told Locascio of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

CNN: New program yet to help buyers land homes

She told me about a youth program she runs in inner-city Phoenix.

NEWYORKER: Sheriff Joe

Phoenix housing officials hope to help about 900 home buyers before the loan program ends in October 2010.

CNN: Patience needed for housing loan program, home buyer finds

Smith estimates the loan program will probably help only about 1, 000 families acquire homes across the Phoenix metro area.

CNN: New program yet to help buyers land homes

Critics of the program's slow progress also blame real estate investors for showing a renewed interest in Phoenix.

CNN: Patience needed for housing loan program, home buyer finds