The Southern Poverty Law Center produced this report showing how youth incarcerated in Florida's jails miss out on education during their formative...
Before the slaughter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, The New York Times produced a powerful graphic showing the...
Robert Langford is executive director of Operation Shoestring in Jackson, Mississippi. It offers after-school and summer programs plus offers services directly to...
By now you’ve surely heard time and again that, as a nonprofit, it’s critical that you measure your organization’s “impact” so that...
In a replay of last year, President Donald Trump proposed scrapping the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the federal funding for...
Children and youth could see some gains under a bill that passed Congress early this morning, funding the government through March 23....
Subject: Native Youth, Youth Development, Civic Engagement Deadline: Apr. 9, 2018 Amount: $100,000 - $300,000
“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...
The Tulsa Girls’ Math Circle is just one of several University of Tulsa’s community engagement programs that reach out to youth. The...
Since local violence peaked in the 1990s, the Compton neighborhood has battled gang culture and worked to lower its high crime rates....
Let's start by saying that it’s clear that all professionals who work with youth have full schedules, are always busy with weekend...
Last year, 11th-grader Terri Holden, 17, found herself on the road to dropping out of high school — like one in every...
Video: Roger Newton SANTA FE, New Mexico — Mauricio Lopez-Marquez hadn’t wanted to be carted from Mexico City to Santa Fe when...
Marisela Montoya is the director of education for Foundation Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing organization in Austin, Texas.
Rick Alleva is a field specialist at the University of New Hampshire and co-author of a curriculum called “Courage to Care,” which...
Dana K. Bezerra is the new president of the New York City-based Heron Foundation, whose mission is to help impoverished communities through grantmaking...
Youth employment programs are one of the most effective ways to assist disadvantaged youth, especially those in the juvenile justice system, in...
As with almost every social undertaking, youth employment involves numerous stakeholders, each of which has its own perspective, goals, issues and vested...
Walking into our monthly meeting for preventive services program management, we couldn’t miss the giant chart with numerous hand-written lines of different...
Derek Moore and Nicole Smith completed their AmeriCorps VISTA service this week. During their year of service, they supported the launch of...