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SC juvenile protest: Several workers in black pants and blue uniform shirts hold hand-printed signs and stand in protest of poor working conditions

Juvenile justice agency agrees to reform main prison

The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice announced Thursday that it will reform its beleaguered central prison for youths under a settlement...

Permitless Carry Georgia: Inside a white-walled classroom, t hree women hold blue training guns at shoulder height aiming in front of themselves while male instructor stands behind them.

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Youth activists, firearms trainers and police oppose unlicensed gun laws in Georgia and other states

On April 12, Georgia became the 22nd state allowing unlicensed gun-owners to carry a concealed weapon, one in a spate of so-called...

Amy Freitag to be president of New York Community Trust: white woman in blazer sitting and leaning forward while smiling outside

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Amy Freitag to be the new president of The New York Community Trust

The New York Community Trust recently announced that Amy Freitag will be its next president after an eight-month national search, succeeding 32-year...

Disabled youth SSI: Young man in yellow jacket, who has Down syndrome, is poised in front of a laptop computer

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For fledgling adults with disabilities, paperwork sometimes disrupts SSI payments

Each month, more than a million low-income U.S. children with disabilities receive Supplemental Security Income that helps them and their families cover...

nonprofit transformational leadership: Multicolor illustration of four adfults in a line facing each other holding puzzle pieces aloft walking towards each other

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How to cultivate transformational leadership at a nonprofit

Effective leadership is often easier said than done. For a long time, many leaders prioritized a more transactional leadership approach with their...

Youth drog overdoses: Young man wearing sunglasses stands with older amn in parking lot next to blue mobile medical vehicle

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Study: Drug use less common, more deadly among teens during pandemic

Published today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths Among US Adolescents, January 2010 to June...

Juvenile lifers: Middle-aged woman with long dark, graying hair wearing black top stands holding collaged photo of her younger self with a young, dark-haired mn hugging her from the back

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Juvenile lifer seeks reprieve amid broader push for leniency

As a leader of a violent gang and just shy of 18, Briones drove the getaway car in a robbery turned deadly...

Yrans teens Alabama: Young, white, teen girl wearing gray knit beanie and dark gray sweater smiles into camera.

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Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

Alabama is among multiple states with Republican-controlled legislatures that have advanced bills not only to block medical treatment but to ban transgender...

Juvenile detention teen death: Two male adults standwith Black male teen between them while restraining his arms and hands.

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Task force finds inconsistencies in police story of detained teen’s death

A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas...

New Mexico foster care reform: woman with dark hair sitting on brick wall outside and smiling

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New Mexico lags in mandated foster care reforms

Two years after New Mexico agreed to overhaul its foster care system in response to a lawsuit claiming it systematically re-traumatizes children...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro Q&A on afterschool and child tax credit: older woman with blue hair speaking at podium with hand raised

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Q&A: Rep. Rosa DeLauro on the fight for afterschool funding and the child tax credit

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut and the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has long been hailed as an afterschool...

US church boarding school pasts: memorials of lights and flowers on grass in front of building and tree at sunset

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First pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning

As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis' historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches...

Angola prison: The entrance to the Louisiana State Penitentiary has a guard house that controls entry into the compound with seop sign, three white buildings and brick sign —the sign says "Louisiana State Penitentiary" and "Burl Cain, Warden"

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Q&A: From Louisiana prisoner to Louisiana State University graduate

Within months of his release from a lifetime imprisonment sentence in Louisiana's 18,000-acre prison in Angola, La., Andrew Hundley, then 34, enrolled...

Georgia lawmakers hands transgender decision to sports group: frustrated older white man at podium rubbing forehead

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Georgia lawmakers hand transgender decision to sports group

Georgia lawmakers dumped the thorny problem of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to play high school sports onto the state's main...

Missouri boarding school abuse: selfie photo of young woman with colored hair and piercings

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Missouri regulates boarding schools after abuse allegations

The new law approved last year followed extensive reporting from The Kansas City Star that found that several faith-based boarding schools, including...

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With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health

Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children. That is now playing out at schools...

Children incarcerees: Black adult woman sits reading book to younf black girl sitting next her

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Children’s book aims to combat stigma, uplift children with incarcerated parents

Incarceration is harmful not only to people held in confinement but to the health of their children who may experience post-traumatic stress...

Texas transgender: Group of adults stand outside under a blue sky and waving flags.

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Caseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put in motion abuse investigations into the parents of some transgender kids, child welfare supervisor Randa Mulanax...

High school students cyber-defense: A young man in an orange sweatshirt sits behind an open computer case. Two young people sit on either side of him.

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These Tulsa high school students are part of the nation’s cyber-defense plan

In a classroom at Will Rogers High School, across the street from the University of Tulsa’s campus, 16-year old Bernardo Bustos is...

Afterschool funding: Young, dark-haired womans in bright blue top demonstrating a craft project to two children with backs to camera

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Congress approves more afterschool funding, but advocates say it isn’t enough

Afterschool advocates welcomed a $30 million federal spending boost for out-of-school time programs they say will benefit 30,000 additional children a year,...