Youth Today
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20GrantsHigher education student support center program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Postsecondary/Higher Education, Student Support, Financial/Academic Assistance | Amount: $238,000 - $3,000,000 | Deadline: May 14, 2026
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70OpinionEvery Connection Optimized: Four accelerators for activating learning ECOsystems where all youth thrive
A new blueprint identifies four accelerators crucial to constructing learning ecosystems and a workforce dedicated to thriving youth and families.
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40GrantsMassachusetts childcare/healthcare access, affordable housing and underserved community grants
GRANT FOCUS: Childcare/Healthcare Access, Youth Development, Affordable Housing, Massachusetts | Amount: $15,000 - $100,000+ | Deadline: May 12, 2026
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61GrantsNew Mexico Pueblo community, culture and youth development grants
GRANT FOCUS: Pueblo Community/Culture, Youth Education/Leadership, New Mexico | Amount: $3,000 - $15,000 | Deadline: May 8, 2026
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116From the FieldThe power of voice
Debate’s transferable skills — including public speaking, critical thinking and intellectual humility — empower youth voice.
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183OpinionWe keep asking young people to trust us. But how much do we really trust them?
Across the allied youth fields, youth are often asked to contribute but rarely allowed to shape outcomes.
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208GrantsGrants to expand access to community-based treatment for youth with substance use and mental health problems
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Substance Use/Abuse, Youth Mental Health, At-risk Youth, Community-based Treatment | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: May 4, 2026
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98GrantsScholarship grant for higher education students preparing to be math teachers for grades 7-12
GRANT FOCUS: Middle/High School Math Education, Higher Education Scholarship, Educator/Teacher Support | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: May 1, 2026
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93GrantsScholarship grant for higher education students preparing to be PreK-6 math teachers
GRANT FOCUS: Math Education, PreK-6 Education, Higher Education Scholarship, Educator/Teacher Support | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: May 1, 2026
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1.9KGrantsNational youth mentoring resource center program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Mentoring, Mentoring Resource, Juvenile Justice/Delinquency | Amount: Up to $2,600,000 | Deadline: May 4, 2026
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1.2KGrantsBrooklyn BIPOC community nonprofit support grants
GRANT FOCUS: BIPOC/Minority Community, Racial/Social/Economic Justice, Nonprofit Support, Brooklyn | Amount: $100,000 | Deadline: May 15, 2026
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418NewsQ&A with Katherine Plog Martinez, Ed.D.
Karen Pittman and Merita Irby speak with Katherine Plog Martinez about her research, her time with Youth Today and advice she has...
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836GrantsSanta Barbara area child care facility support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care/Development, Early Care/Education, Santa Barbara, California | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2026
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1.4KGrantsChicago underserved community health, well-being, education and economic empowerment grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Education, Job/Career Training, Underserved Community, Chicago | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2026
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1.6KGrantsService grants for children, youth and families impacted by opioid epidemic
GRANT FOCUS: Opioids, Addiction, Substance Abuse, Youth Health, Opioid Epidemic, Family | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: May 4, 2026
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524OpinionPermanency without connection fails foster youth. True support means lasting relationships.
Foster youth need relational permanency — lasting, supportive relationships into adulthood.
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147GrantsCT, TX and WY juvenile justice system improvement program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice/Detention, Racial/Ethnic Disparity, Connecticut, Texas, Wyoming | Amount: Up to $1,045,806 | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2026
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474OpinionWhat the Starfish Story reveals about child welfare — especially in April
There are moments in child welfare work where you know, without question, that what you did mattered.
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273GrantsLGBTQ+ youth-led project support grants
GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Youth/Communities, Youth-led Projects, Minority Youth, Youth w/ Disabilities | Amount: $5,000 or $10,000 | Deadline: May 3, 2026
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204GrantsJuvenile justice system improvement, training and technical assistance program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Workforce Training/Development, Juvenile Justice Reform | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2026
