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2.5KNational Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2021
The Trevor Project releases its third annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
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1.0KLawmakers Grill South Carolina’s Juvenile Prisons Director
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators are pushing to replace the director of the state's embattled juvenile prisons, who stumbled through...
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4.2KTexting is Taxing on Adolescent Brains: What Can Adults Do to Help?
We all know a teenager who is incessantly texting. Is it innocuous or harmful? While it might be impossible to track the...
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671Kansas Governor Signs Welfare Measure Named for Murdered Boy
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' child welfare department and law enforcement officers soon will be required to visually observe a child when...
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757Can Monthly Cash Payments Cut Child Poverty By Nearly Half?
Child Tax Credit payments are a key part of Democrats' COVID-19 aid bill passed in March, but for policymakers they are more...
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6.0KNational Juvenile Arrests, 1980-2019
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention discusses the latest trends in juvenile arrests.
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3.8KBiden’s Caregiver Pay-Raise Plan Aims to Stem Worker Turnover
Having caregivers come and go is a problem for many disabled people. Recognizing that,the Biden Administration has proposed a $400 billion infusion...
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1.9KVirtual Prom Shows How Pandemic Challenges Can Spur Creative Solutions
From choosing a theme to booking the DJs, planning a virtual prom during a pandemic offered one group of Baltimore-area high schoolers...
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2.3KBan On Juvenile Life Without Parole Fails In New Mexico
A bill that would have prohibited life sentences and mandated earlier probation eligibility for juveniles has failed to become law in New...
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1.4KSUMMER 2021 SPECIAL: FREE VIRTUAL SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS!
Here's your guide to five of the the best free virtual summer camps. Children can easily sign up for the whole summer at...
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2.1KHigh Court’s Recent Juvenile Lifer Ruling is Barbaric
The U.S. Supreme Court last month affirmed that lifetime imprisonment without the possibility of parole is just punishment for Brett Jones, who...
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2.0KQ&A with Lucy N. Friedman of Here to Here: Offer paid internships to all high school students
Lucy N. Friedman is the founder and former president of The After-School Corporation (TASC) now known as ExpandEd Schools. She started the...
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1.6KEmbracing Change: A Post-Pandemic Nonprofit Sector
It is almost unfathomable that just a little over a year ago nonprofits were operating in a "world-as-we-knew it" mentality. The onset of...
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1.3KKey to Gaining COVID Relief Funding: Partner with Schools Now, Nonprofit Leader Says
School districts around the nation will receive $122 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act to help safely reopen schools and support...
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3.2KDisabilities Advocates Cite Unequal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine, Ponder Remedies
Alex Hanson, 20, has cerebral palsy, a breathing tube, two feeding tubes and round-the-clock nursing care. More than a month into her...
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1.5KIowa Community Coalition Aims to Improve Child Literacy
AFRICA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK As the saying goes, reading is fundamental. And in Ames, Iowa, a coalition of 29 organizations has been working for...
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4.3KFormer Foster Youth Eligible for American Rescue Plan Tax Credits
The passage of the American Rescue Plan has changed that -- at least for one year. Young adults who are working but...
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2.0KLGBTQ Youth from Immigrant Families
The Trevor Project uses data from its 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to discuss the unique challenges LGBTQ youth...
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4.5KNew Mexico CYFD Routinely Deletes Information That Could Be Life-Saving for Kids, Attorneys and Lawmakers Charge
For at least the past two years, Albuquerque lawyer Antonia Roybal-Mack says that whenever she’s representing some of the most vulnerable children...
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2.2KLawyers for Juveniles Trained in Racial Justice Trials
In my 15 years of working with youth who cycle through the criminal justice system — initially as a social worker and,...
