Youth Today
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2.4KTexting Our Students Even More Important During COVID-19 Pandemic
With schools making sudden shifts to remote learning and companies pivoting to digital work, devices are playing a vital role in sustaining...
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2.0KAlaska Marijuana Tax Funds Out-of-school Programs in 30-plus Communities
As more states legalize marijuana, people who work with youth want to rise to the occasion. If legalization has a negative...
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2.4KAdvance Peace Change Agents Already Interrupting Epidemics Every Day in Neighborhood
Fresh shell casings are still scattered in the streets. Multiple sets of dice are still rolling like rocks in an avalanche. Bottles...
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2.2KHow Are Youth With Disabilities Maintaining Relationships During COVID-19 Pandemic?
Although stay-at-home requirements are being lifted in phases, many people are choosing to remain indoors until the coast is clear. This decision...
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2.8KCortland Black Lives Matter Cautiously Considers Support From Local Libertarians
CORTLAND, N.Y. — As the Black Lives Matter movement here looks to turn its public support into political momentum, local libertarians are...
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1.4KNYPD Won’t Stay in Schools Under New Budget Agreement
NEW YORK — The Surrogate’s Court in Lower Manhattan received a fresh coat of paint — albeit an unprompted one, after graffiti,...
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1.5KGlobal Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020
The World Health Organization and UNICEF analyze the actions and policies of governments around the world implemented to prevent violence against children...
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1.6KNew York City Public Advocate, Progressive Teacher Groups Want Police Out of Schools
NEW YORK — As a budget deadline looms for New York today, the city’s Public Advocate said he will hold up the...
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2.7KDr. Kimberlyn Leary Joins Urban Institute as Senior Vice President
The Urban Institute has announced Dr. Kimberlyn Leary will be the organization’s new senior vice president, responsible for overseeing all research and...
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2.1KDespite Having Cellphones, Rural Teens With No Home Internet Are Left Behind
With so many activities now online — including school and summer activities — digital access is critical. But many young people in...
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2.4KGallup Schools Hope For CARES Funding for Tech Purchases
The perfect storm analogy might be apropos when assessing the dire situation of Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) as it attempts to slog...
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1.0KMesilla Valley CASA Helping Youth Past CYFD Age Cutoff
In April, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) extended its foster care services...
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1.9KState Outreach Helping Aged-out Foster Youth Amid Anxiety About Lost Oil Field Jobs
Jade Collins really needs her driver’s license to get to her doctor’s appointments. She was 29 weeks pregnant in late May and...
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3.0KPandemic Accelerated Rollout of Extended Foster Care ‘in Really Good Way’
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) had been working for over a year toward launching...
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1.7KNM Schools Providing Academic Coaches, School Packets, Food to Struggling Students
The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning have exposed a number of unexpected and difficult educational achievement gaps for New...
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82617 Rikers Workers to Be Disciplined for Transgender Woman’s Death in Solitary
The New York City Department of Corrections will discipline 17 officers for their conduct surrounding the death of 27-year-old Layleen Polanco, a...
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4.3KChild Protective Services Target Minority, Poor Women, Report Says
In 2018, Elizabeth Brico left her Florida home for three days following a fight with her mother-in-law. After her mother-in-law called Florida’s...
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1.0KSyracuse Activists Skeptical of Executive Order on Police Reforms
The biggest promise of police reform came in Mayor Ben Walsh’s first executive order after 18 months in office. It happened on...
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1.9KHow Are Youth With Disabilities Spending Their Money During COVID-19?
It seems like every day experts have new opinions on how the economy is being affected by COVID-19. Today alone, I’ve read...
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1.3KPhotographer Gets Gassed, Sprayed on Front Lines of Police Reform Protests
The protest started peacefully with a diverse group gathering at police headquarters. Fathers holding toddlers on their shoulders stood next to young...
