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2.7KAfter-school Advocates Lobbying Congress — Again — for Funding
They’re posting on social media. They’re calling and emailing members of Congress. And after-school providers are talking to parents picking up kids,...
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3.5KBlack Girls Pay the Price When Police Enter Schools
Sen. Marco Rubio sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week wrongly blaming the...
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2.0KThe State of Justice Reform 2017
The Vera Institute of Justice provides a comprehensive, up-to-date snapshot of where the nation stands in current efforts at reforming the many...
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3.3K#MeToo, Women’s Marches, Democrats in 2018: 2 Youth Mentors Talking
Recently, the two sat down for a conversation as two mentors in the field to assess some of the major developments in...
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1.9KSchool Safety Research Grants
Subject: School Safety, Safety, Child/Youth Welfare, Education, Research | Deadline: May 7, 2018 | Amount: Up to $50,000,000
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19.8KHow We Found More Black Foster Parents and Confronted the Racial Disparity in Foster Care
I’ve worked in child welfare for over eight years and, from day one, I’ve been struck by the high numbers of black...
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3.6KNY Students Quick to Throw Themselves Into March Organizing
It was late in the evening on Feb. 16 when Joey Wong’s flight from La Guardia Airport in New York City landed...
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3.5KConey Island Teens Take First Steps Into Anti-violence Movement
Instead of hanging out, 35 Coney Island teenagers spent their midwinter vacation last week learning to cope with everyday trauma and avoid...
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3.1KActive Shooter Prep for After-school: What to Do, What to Avoid, According to Experts
How do you prepare your youth program to respond to a gun-wielding intruder? Youth programs and schools are anxiously asking themselves this...
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2.0KSchool Eating Contest Leaves Bad Taste in Teachers’ Mouths
At the end of a long week of classes, a 10th-grade girl from student government made an announcement in assembly over the...
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3.5KLos Angeles Reaction to Parkland Shooting Somewhat Muted
The response from the Los Angeles community, just shy of three weeks after the Sal Castro Middle School shooting and one week...
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2.4KWhat Happened in Tallahassee Today Shows Future Is Hopeful
Today Floridians decided it was time for action and change. The unimaginable terror that the students and staff of Douglas High School...
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10.6KThe Growing Out-of-school Time Field Past, Present, and Future
“The Growing Out-of-School Time Field: Past, Present, and Future” is, above all else, an attempt to unite the out-of-school time (OST) field,...
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5.5KA Plan for Real Reform of Child Welfare Finance – From an Unlikely Source
The so-called Family First Prevention Services Act has been hailed as a radical change in how child welfare is paid for by...
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2.7KNJ Teens Learn Job Skills, Get Professional Development at the Nabe
Many afternoons, kids at Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey, walk over to Morristown Neighborhood House, affectionately known as Nabe.
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2.2KDestined to Fail: How Florida’s Jails Deprive Children of Schooling
The Southern Poverty Law Center produced this report showing how youth incarcerated in Florida's jails miss out on education during their formative...
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2.7KFlorida Shootings Another Sign We Don’t Value Children Nor Their Lives
Before the slaughter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, The New York Times produced a powerful graphic showing the...
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2.5KDon’t Fear Evaluations, Says Operation Shoestring Head in Mississippi
Robert Langford is executive director of Operation Shoestring in Jackson, Mississippi. It offers after-school and summer programs plus offers services directly to...
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4.4KHow to Improve Mission-Related Outcomes (With Performance Dashboard)
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...
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10.9KAfter-school Programs on Trump’s Chopping Block Once Again
In a replay of last year, President Donald Trump proposed scrapping the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the federal funding for...
