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What 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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The 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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A 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...

Morristown Neighborhood House: A line of 5 teen award-winners hold award plaques.

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NJ 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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Destined 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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Florida 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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Don’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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How 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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After-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...

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Child Care Gains Funds in Congress Budget Deal; Outlook Good for After-school Programs

Children and youth could see some gains under a bill that passed Congress early this morning, funding the government through March 23....

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Native Youth Development Program Grants

Subject: Native Youth, Youth Development, Civic Engagement Deadline: Apr. 9, 2018 Amount: $100,000 - $300,000

Afterschool activity room: Woman with short brown hair, dark, glasses wearing black blazer with rolled-up sleeves, blue shirt, dark pants and sneakers, squats down to talk to three girls in T-shirts sitting on the floor.

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Youth Workers Learn to Navigate in Turbulent Times

“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...

Two young girls with long brown hair in T-shirts, sitting at a long desk in a classroom, stare at empty blue and red cups in front of them, some turned up and some down.

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After-school, Mentoring Just the Start of How University of Tulsa Works with Nearby Families

The Tulsa Girls’ Math Circle is just one of several University of Tulsa’s community engagement programs that reach out to youth. The...

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Compton Jr. Posse Fights Gang Membership on Horseback

Since local violence peaked in the 1990s, the Compton neighborhood has battled gang culture and worked to lower its high crime rates....

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From Dropout to Diploma at Youth Opportunities Unlimited in Los Angeles

Last year, 11th-grader Terri Holden, 17, found herself on the road to dropping out of high school — like one in every...

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‘The Students Are More Challenging, Stemming from Trauma’

Marisela Montoya is the director of education for Foundation Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing organization in Austin, Texas.

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Henrietta Fore is the New Executive Director of UNICEF

Henriette Fore is the new executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). A true veteran in leadership of both the...

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Mindfulness, SEL: ‘Something Uniquely Human About That Ability to Connect and to Care’

Rick Alleva is a field specialist at the University of New Hampshire and co-author of a curriculum called “Courage to Care,” which...

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The Heron Foundation has Selected Dana K. Bezerra as its Next President

Dana K. Bezerra is the new president of the New York City-based Heron Foundation, whose mission is to help impoverished communities through grantmaking...