Youth Today

Delta variant outbreak children: Young boy with darh hair wearing pajamas rests in hospital bed next to IV equipment

Record delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open

With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record...

anti-violence internship: young masked woman and oler masked man face each other and exchange goods

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Anti-violence internship program finds flexibility in face of fluctuating pandemic

Kabuya recently completed an internship at a local juicery where she learned skills related to entrepreneurship and financial literacy. The internship program...

Disabled Roommates: brightly colored illustration of three people lounging with coffee in a livng room

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Roommate-matching services expand housing options for people with disabilities

Growing up autistic, Meghan McCarthy found it hard to make friends. By age 24, still living with parents whom she dearly loved,...

Child welfare solution: Calculator, five U.S. $100. bills and small stuffed elephant on dark gray tabletop

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You can fix most ‘child welfare’ problems by giving poor people money

A concept some of us have been pushing for decades has suddenly become a centerpiece of the child welfare debate: Family policing...

Juvenile diversion: Person wearing black baseball cap and black vest with patch reading PROBATION in yellow letters on backrowd of people walking on sidewalk

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Report: Juveniles in pioneering San Francisco detention diversion project were less likely to re-offend than youths on probation

Juvenile offenders participating in a 30-year-old project diverting youth from detention to community-based programs were less likely to cycle back into incarceration...

Student punishment: young girl leans against wall alone in school hallway

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Preventing needless punishments, including student arrests, demands new approaches as classes resume

A June 2021 report from the U.S. Department of Education found that, from the 2015-16 through 2017-18 school years, there was a...

YMCA names Suzanne McCormick first woman president and CEO: smiling, brunette woman in front of palm trees

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YMCA of the USA names Suzanne McCormick as its first woman president and CEO

YMCA of the USA has named Suzanne McCormick as its next president and CEO, making her the first woman leader in the...

Afterschool programs use data to meaure outcomes: Eight masked teens stand in white room with large windows; two black girls in front flashing peace sign with hands

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How afterschool programs are using data to measure outcomes and equity

The power of using data to drive decision-making has become a mainstay in most industries, and in recent years has begun to...

Child Marriage-North Carolina: Woman stands speaking at roundtable with microphones surrounded by about a dozen seated people in white room

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North Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it

North Carolina State lawmakers are nearing passage of a bill that could dampen the state's appeal as the go-to place to bring...

A school district added its name to police car for officers assigned to its schools,

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Amid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units

For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School...

Grant makers hate 4 things: Black man with dark-rimmed glasses wearing gray suit and white shirt sits at silver laptop throwing hands in air with frustrated look

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Grantmakers hate these 4 things

From the local service club wanting a one-page letter to the government agency requiring a hundred-page response, every grantmaker who contributes to...

CYFD: Smiling man with red beard talks to other men in hallway, all wearing business suits.

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New Mexico head of child services steps down following controversies

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Brian Blalock, the embattled cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department, stepped down as the leader of...

School funding addresses summer program disparities: Six masked elementary-age children sit at two rows of desks reading and writing

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Summer funding helped school districts address disparities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — After another pandemic-disrupted school year, organizers of vastly expanded summer learning opportunities are investing heavily in efforts to...

Carlos Santini is new CEO of Mizzen by Mott: photo of man in glasses with beard in front of home computer workstation

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Carlos Santini is the new CEO of Mizzen by Mott

Carlos Santini joins the Mott Foundation to lead its afterschool program improvement organization and app, Mizzen by Mott.

Summer program demand outpaces resources: Sixteen primary-schhol age children stand smiling in front of American flag held by two masked adult females in front of red brick wall

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Demand for summer programs outpaces resources

When Virginia Clinton-Lisell received word in February that the summer day program where she had planned for her 9-year-old daughter, Katie, was...

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How nonprofits can support employee mental health amid ‘burnout’ epidemic

For some, work life became easier during the pandemic, thanks to shortened commutes and virtual meetings. Not so for Jennifer, a nonprofit...

Black children investigated by CPS: sad black child sitting against brick wall with head in arms

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Black children most likely to be investigated by CPS, study says

For a lot of children in the U.S, especially Black kids, a common part of childhood — alongside the typical birthday parties,...

youth grants, at-risk children healthy learning environment: youth playing outside at school in nice park area

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Children’s healthy learning environments in disadvantaged communities project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Minority Children/Youth, School, Environmental Health, Systemic Racism | Amount: ~$200,000 | Deadline: Sept. 10, 2021

Natural playgrounds offer restorative play: young kids climbing on spider-like playground installation on sand next to a pond installation

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Natural playgrounds offer restorative play for pandemic-fatigued children

A growing trend in playground design aims to eliminate over-programmed playgrounds in favor of more natural ones that lend themselves to unscripted...