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3.7KBack to Normal Not Good Enough For Parents, Kids Pulled Into Foster Care System
The child welfare system is destroying families and leaving children to languish in foster care. The problem is rampant nationwide.
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3.2KYouth At Greater Risk For Being Sex Trafficked If Homeless, LGBTQ, Minority
Sexual crimes are prevalent domestically and globally, and sex trafficking — people brokering other humans for sex — is no exception. Data...
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1.9KOpinions Vary on Voting While Disabled
In the middle of a global pandemic our country is about to choose who will be the president for the next four...
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1.8KAlabama Police Chief Discusses Whether Policing Can Be Safer For Officers, Communities
When Marcus Wood was a kid, he said, the neighborhood police hosted barbecues for his community, handing out sticker badges, teaching him...
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3.6KAlabama Activists Say Defunding Police Rooted In Legacy Of Southern Organizing
Black freedom fighters in Alabama once changed this country. Speaking onstage in Kelly Ingram Park on Juneteenth, Celestine Hood, a woman who...
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1.7KThe Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Undermines a Generation of Future Potential
UNICEF and Pure Earth jointly produced this report showing that roughly 1 in 3 children has unhealthy levels of lead in their...
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1.8KIn Demanding Justice For Black People, Are We Sacrificing the Peace of Black Youth?
We met at Freedom Plaza. This was my first protest since the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. People of all...
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2.9KNew Mexico Shouldn’t Double Down On Failed System of Child Abuse Reporting
Even as we finally come to grips with the racial bias that permeates so many aspects of American life, some people in...
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2.7K4-H Launches Campaign to Close Opportunity Gap
4-H’s new campaign calls for a nationwide focus on positive youth development to address the opportunity gap among young people. It plans...
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2.1KTime to Invest In Our Communities, Proven Solutions to Gun Violence
Three months ago, the entire nation was rocked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In the weeks since his...
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1.7KGeorgia Town Can’t Save Money By Reducing Gun Violence Due to Budget Woes
MACON, Georgia — Carl Fambro says Macon’s West Macon neighborhood has been left behind. Anchor businesses at its shopping centers — like...
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1.9KHow Has COVID-19 Affected Schooling of Young People With Disabilities?
As schools begin to open back up, many young people and their families are facing the unexpected. Understandably, they have questions about...
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2.5KYouth Homelessness Is a Symptom, Not a Cause
SERIES: PART 5 OF 7 Part 1: How Do We Make Youth Homelessness Effort Bipartisan? Part 2: America’s Biases Marginalize Youth, Drive Them to...
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1.9KHow to Work With Youth As Partners in Evaluation Research
Let’s start with what we know to be true: Youth have expertise, wisdom and unique skill sets. Professional researchers and evaluators can...
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1.8KExpand the Use of Diversion From the Juvenile Justice System
The Annie E. Casey foundation makes the case for significant expansion of the use of diversion to avoid formally prosecuting low-risk juvenile...
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1.6KSchenectady Groups With Similar Agendas for Police Reform, Different Strategies Struggle for Change
SCHENECTADY, New York — After an arrest that thrust the Schenectady Police Department into the national spotlight due to another knee-to-head chokehold...
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2.0KFrank Fernandez Takes the Lead at Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA Following his appointment in late June, Frank Fernandez has now assumed the position of president and CEO...
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2.7KHelp Parents, Guardians Survive and Thrive By Tapping Into Support Networks
We are moving through historic times as our families and communities are impacted by two pandemics: COVID-19 and systemic racism. In order...
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3.0KHow Has COVID-19 Affected Employment of Youth With Disabilities?
As the country battles another recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment numbers soar. With more than 30 million people not...
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2.0KSo, How Does This Collective Decision-making Work?
We described in the previous column how the approach is four-tiered, beginning with collaboration. Collaboration is a term that has been bantered...
