Liz Burns, 22, was in the middle of a crazy-busy time at college. But, for some reason, she couldn’t stop thinking about...
With growing awareness of the challenges young people with experience in foster care face in accessing and completing college, it is more...
A surprising link between youth homelessness and foster care emerged today from a research project at the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall....
UNICEF recently released this report highlighting the tremendous progress of worldwide vaccination coverage efforts over the past three decades. However, now this...
In June 2015, Houston declared the end of veteran homelessness and turned its focus to ending youth homelessness by 2020.
Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in...
American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) seeks a visionary executive who is committed to AYPF’s mission of educating, engaging, and informing policymakers and...
Suzanne McCormick will be the new U.S. president of United Way Worldwide after ten years leading United Way's Portland and Tampa Offices....
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is all the rage when it comes to supporting youth and young adults. But what about staff...
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Sports, Physical Activity, Youth Development, Community Development | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Aug. 30, 2019
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Humanities Education, Humanities, History, Civics, K-12 | Amount: Up to $650,000 | Deadline: Aug. 12, 2019
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Youth in foster care have educational aspirations much like youth who have not been in care, with 70-80% of foster youth reporting...
Youth experiencing homelessness are frequently described as hidden or invisible. The thought is that they are challenging to identify as they do...
The Center for American Progress lays out a comprehensive plan as a guide for the next administration to improve the quality and...
Sitting cross-legged on the pavement, his right arm locked into a bright blue painted tire weighed down by cement and blocking the...
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative, Jewish student who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, made headlines because his admission to Harvard University was...
The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy....