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1.8KQ&A: How We’ve Criminalized Mental Illness
When someone with mental illness is in crisis, families often call police for help.
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1.5KPeople Stocking Up On Guns Though Safety Classes Unavailable
Across the nation as confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise, people are stocking up on more than groceries and toilet paper. Americans...
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4.7KCOVID-19 Surfaces Child Welfare’s Ugly Biases About Race, Class
Well, yes. By now, just about everyone must have read some version of the hype and hysteria around the fact that, thanks...
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3.0KImplications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The Trevor Project brings together research to highlight the ways in which LGBTQ youth are particularly vulnerable to the social, emotional and...
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6.3KAll COVID-19 grants on one page: Available now!
Youth Today has a section dedicated to posts with grants offering to fund projects or activities related to the COVID-19 virus. These...
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2.9KCommunities of Color Must Be Centered in Gun Violence Prevention Movement
Communities of color continue to be disproportionately impacted by gun violence across the United States. Unfortunately, communities that are most impacted by...
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3.5KNonprofits Should Apply Now For PPP Funds While They Last, Advisor Says
Pay your staff and keep your nonprofit afloat for the next two months by applying this very day for emergency funding provided...
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2.8KCOVID-19 Gives Youth of Color Big Responsibilities But They Feel Invisible, Group Says
Sue Suilla Daley sits in front of her computer in her apartment in Queens. She’s 18 and a senior at John Adams...
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3.0KConnecticut’s Child Welfare System Conscious It Will Need to Keep Pivoting
How do you check on a child who lives in a home flagged as abusive during a global pandemic? How do you...
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11.5KChild Welfare’s Response to COVID-19 Is Sickening
All over America, there are people who can’t stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some always knew their jobs carried risks: Doctors...
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2.0KA Guide to Community Strategies for Improving Emerging Adults’ Safety and Well-Being
The Urban Institute releases a guide which brings together research on the unique needs of emerging adults and outlines the best strategies...
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2.8KChild Mind Institute Names Mimi Corcoran as New Executive Director
The Child Mind Institute recently named Mimi Corcoran as its new executive director. She brings more than 25 years of children-focused philanthropic...
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2.5KNutrition Education, Multigenerational Cooking Lessons Target Childhood Obesity
A tomato sauce bubbles on the stove. The aroma of baking chicken fills the air. There’s a hum of voices, a burst...
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5.2KThe Risks of Threat Assessment to Students Are Dire
In the wake of highly publicized and tragic mass shootings at schools, jurisdictions across the country have responded with a flood of...
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2.9KChild Care For Essential Workers a Priority in New York, Washington
In New York and Washington, the two states hardest hit by COVID-19, officials are working with after-school and child care providers to...
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3.1KYouth Homeless Providers Call on New York City Officials For Plan
As a global pandemic looms over New York City, one group in particular might be getting left behind, homeless youth — a...
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1.7KEditors’ Note
Together, we are facing a truly unprecedented situation. Despite the effects of COVID-19, we are still a hard-working team and want you...
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3.0KAfter-school Youth Leaders Serve on Frontline of Domestic Youth Trafficking
Do you work with youth after school? Across our nation, there’s a growing concern about the rise in commercial sexual exploitation of...
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4.9KWe Can Prevent Neglect, Child Abuse by Working ‘Upstream’
For a child, separation from a parent — even one who may have been neglectful or abusive — can be very traumatic....
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1.8KLeaders of Crittenton Program in Washington, D.C., Scramble to Help Girls Losing Jobs to COVID-19
Girls at several middle and high schools in Washington, D.C., in wards 5, 6 and 7 were already handling more challenges in...
