Youth Today
Posts By mbloom
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16.1KNewsMurdered on the job: A year after a child welfare investigator was killed, little has changed
The day Deidre Silas was murdered, the social worker went alone on a house call.
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3.1KNewsQ&A: Meet U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention chief Liz Ryan
Ryan led work that closed six prisons and allocated $50 million to local communities.
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2.6KOpinionAdults need calming rooms, too
The solution to uncomfortable conversations is to expand the discussions, not shut them down.
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5.2KNewsPublic school districts move into the affordable housing business
Teacher salary: $52,000. Median home price: Nearly $500,000. Solution: District-sponsored affordable housing.
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4.0KOpinionThe youth mental health crisis is hitting girls the hardest. Here’s what needs to change.
Four in ten of the young women I work with experience suicidal ideation.
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3.2KOpinionA state is being sued for warehousing children with disabilities in foster care
The lawsuit alleges that North Carolina children are isolated in restrictive, clinically inappropriate placements.
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4.7KNewsEffects of pandemic school closures linger, especially for students with disabilities
Students with disabilities were an “afterthought” for schools before the pandemic and remain so.
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3.0KNewsCan Cleveland reduce the harm eviction does to Black families?
Evictions can have far-reaching consequences beyond a miserable day with a housing magistrate.
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3.0KNewsGrandfamilies disproportionately at-risk for food insecurity, advocates say
One in four grandparent-headed households said they have trouble providing food for their families.
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11.1KNewsZen dens, peace rooms, chill-out spaces: How schools and afterschool programs are giving kids space to reflect and regulate
Calming rooms offer young people a safe, quiet space to manage their emotions.
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3.6KNewsQ&A: Monique Couvson on why philanthropy should “cede power” to girls of color
Monique Couvson is the CEO of the philanthropic institution Grantmakers for Girls of Color.
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3.4KNewsNevada gave away $5 million to children with disabilities in just three days
Families can use the funds for living expenses, medical care, education and more.
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2.1KOpinion
The value of unbounded resources and relationships
School and community-based educators agree that resources and relationships are critical to youth success.
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5.2KNewsFor foster youth, new restrictions make abortion access even more difficult
And less than a third of teens in foster care receive birth control information.
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3.0KNewsQ&A: Reporter Roxanna Asgarian’s upcoming book dives deep into the murder-suicide that killed six adopted Black children
There's a larger story behind the Hart murder-suicide, Asgarian says.
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3.4KNewsQ&A: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s JooYeun Chang wants to give the child welfare system a ‘helping hand’
Chang aims to use fund organizations that are transforming the system "upstream."
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4.1KOpinionHiring part-time, temporary staff to work with youth isn’t okay any more
We did something revolutionary with our two newest job postings in our youth program: offered them as full-time, year-round positions.
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3.0KNewsAfterschool programs raise pay, lower hiring requirements amid staff shortage
Some programs face long waitlists due to staffing shortages; others have closed.
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5.5KNewsThe extraordinary surge in gun-carrying by teens comes with a heavy cost
The increase in gun carriage was especially pronounced among rural, white, and higher-income adolescents.
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2.4KNewsStudy: More girls are carrying guns
However, it's still less common for girls and young women to carry guns.
