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2.5K4-H Helped Me Find My Voice, Appreciate Living in Rural Community
More than ever, I’m witnessing the power of youth leading movements and using the unique power of their voice to bring attention...
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1.6KWilliam S. White’s Handshake Sparked National Support For After-school Programs
William S. White, who died this month, is remembered by after-school advocates as the philanthropist who punched up a little after-school program...
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2.4KLGBTQ, Traumatized Homeless Youth More Vulnerable to Being Trafficked: Report
Understanding how homeless youth are trafficked is important information for the organizations offering them services.
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2.9KHow White Service Providers Can ‘Do the Work’ With People of Color
I am neither a man nor a person of color, but this past year I’ve worked in a program for men of...
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1.7KState of Childhood Obesity: Helping All Children Grow Up Healthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reports findings from the most recent data on childhood obesity rates across the country. The report ranks...
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2.3KHow to More Effectively Engage Families As 21st CCLC Advocates
What is the purpose of family engagement in 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs? As a 21st CCLC program director,...
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1.8KAfter-school Healthy Snack Standards Fall Short Without Training, Study Says
Adopting standards for healthy snacks may not be enough to enough to improve snack quality in after-school programs, according to a study...
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2.3KTrailers Take Makerspace After-school Activities to Nebraska Kids
In the largely rural state of Nebraska, what does it look like to expand opportunity for kids? It may look like a...
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1.7KWe Need to Study These Amazing Low-crime Trends in California, NY
Leaders across the United States agonize over recent mass shootings as Americans fear more to come. Perhaps we can learn from youth...
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2.3KThe Tragedy of Wasted Funds and Broken Dreams: An Economic Analysis of Childhood Exposure to Crime and Violence
This new report from the University of Pennsylvania is the first of its kind to estimate the economic costs of childhood crime...
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3.4KWe Must Understand Promise of Adolescent Development to Serve Youth
Nearly 25% of our population are teens and young adults in the most important developmental sprint of their lives. But rather than...
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4.0KMake Sports Affordable For More Kids, RAND Report Urges Community Organizations
Does the cost of sports keep low-income kids from playing? Yes, said a recent RAND report. It recommended that community-based organizations cover...
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6.4KFor Youth In Foster Care in New York City, Anxieties Over College, Aging Out Remain
They had it all planned out. Christina Young and her roommate would share an Uber together and make sure they got to...
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3.1KFoster Care System Needs To Get Its Heroes Straight
Here’s the first rule of heroism: Real heroes don’t go around proclaiming themselves “heroes.” Here’s the second rule: People who are truly...
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2.2KState-funded Teen REACH Makes Difference For Illinois Kids, Advocates Say
Deena Mosbarger remembers the 11-year-old who had trouble managing his anger in her after-school program in Flora, Ill.
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2.0KWhen Is a School Segregated? Making Sense of Segregation 65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education
A new research report from the Urban Institute develops a more effective metric for determining the extent of school segregation within the...
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1.4KWhat Would You Do If You Lived Among Shootings in Chicago?
I grew up on the South Side of Chicago. You might know it by “Chiraq,” but we all call it Englewood and...
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2.2KVirginia Knox Named President of MDRC
Virginia Knox will be the new president of MDRC after 15 years leading its Families and Children Policy Area. She succeeds Gordon...
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3.9KResearchers, Social Workers, Foster Youth in College Need to Work Together
In the past few years, the pathways and lives of adults with experience in foster care have increasingly been a prominent concern...
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3.4KFederal Government Must Address Youth Homelessness As Public Health Problem: Chapin Hall
To end youth homelessness, the federal government must go beyond a crisis response to the problem and take a comprehensive approach that...
