Youth in foster care have educational aspirations much like youth who have not been in care, with 70-80% of foster youth reporting...
Youth experiencing homelessness are frequently described as hidden or invisible. The thought is that they are challenging to identify as they do...
The Center for American Progress lays out a comprehensive plan as a guide for the next administration to improve the quality and...
Sitting cross-legged on the pavement, his right arm locked into a bright blue painted tire weighed down by cement and blocking the...
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative, Jewish student who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, made headlines because his admission to Harvard University was...
The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy....
Eight U.S. cities worked to develop and manage data in their citywide after-school systems over four years. A look back at their...
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Race/Ethnicity, Minority Students, Human Services | Amount: Up to $450,000 | Deadline: July 26, 2019
The Urban Institute evaluates the effectiveness and sustainability of providing housing and services to high-need families in the child welfare system. The...
When someone broke into Viri Hernandez’s West Phoenix home in 2012, she called the police. But she quickly realized the officers who...
In the early morning hours of April 27, 2016, Kraig Lewis was up late studying for his statistics final. A graduate student...
Youth need to participate in active learning opportunities that cultivate their interests and promote positive growth. Youth also need educational experiences that...
Guns are everywhere you think they’re not. Guns have been found on the floor of a movie theater and in the diaper...
More first-generation, low-income students and students of color, including youth in foster care, are enrolling in college than ever before. However, youth...
The mother left and two teens were alone in the house. It took the 13-year-old son 10 minutes to find the gun....
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 30th edition of its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, giving a comprehensive overview of child...
Nataya Foss remembers being told that she would soon have to leave the shelter. She had been staying in one of Washington...
I am known to borrow tips, tricks and tools from all kinds of sources. I rely on a multitude of frameworks from...
Dennis Quirin has been selected as the next executive director of the Raikes Foundation effective in September. He replaces Erin Kahn, who...
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Environment, Health, Minority Children/Youth, Community | Amount: $70,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: July 12, 2019 (LOI)