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2.4KHigh School After-school Programs Need to Buck Model As Our Arts Studio Does
That’s the most common phrase after an adult gets a tour of New Urban Arts. When you walk into the community art...
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2.8KGalit Lipa Joins Public Welfare Foundation as Youth Justice Program Director
Galit Lipa recently joined the Public Welfare Foundation as its new youth justice program director. She will now lead its youth justice...
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4.6KFormer Annie E. Casey President Looks Forward to Successor Changing Its Direction
When Patrick McCarthy first had lunch with Lisa Hamilton more than a decade ago, he remembers thinking, “She really sounds like a...
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2.7KWhy Medical Specialty Camps Provide Better Opportunities for Young Diabetics
Year after year, thousands of children have the opportunity to enjoy the wonders of summer camp. This is their time to make...
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4.4KCalifornia Legislation Eases Access to Financial Aid, Support for Foster Students
Young people from foster care face significant challenges when it comes to transitioning into independent adulthood. Research shows that foster youth take...
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5.9KHomeless Youth Are Virtually Invisible in Asheville — and Try to Keep It That Way
As thousands of tourists fawn each year over the opulent trappings of western North Carolina’s Biltmore Estates — a four football-field-sized homage...
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3.3KYV LifeSet Program Teaches Skills Youth in Foster Care Miss
A chance invitation freed Elizabeth Turner from the revolving door of the North Carolina foster care system and homelessness and set her...
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3.5KCharlotte Nonprofit Raises Private Funds to House Couch-surfing Youth
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
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2.3KFrom Trauma to Trust: New Approaches to Police Accountability
A Newark, N.J., police officer talks about the hostility she experiences from local residents. She is pained that the community won’t look...
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1.9KTobacco Retail Licensing and Youth Product Use
Researchers use data from a comprehensive survey of youth to look at whether our nation's widely-varying tobacco retail licensing regulations have a...
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3.1KDr. William Bell Elected Board Chair for the National CASA Association
The National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association recently announced the election of William C. Bell, Ph.D. as chair of its board of trustees. Dr....
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1.6KHow to Empower Justice-Involved Youth Leaders
Across the youth justice community, the leadership and expertise of justice-involved youth remains untapped or is utilized in ways that disempower and...
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13.3KSophisticated Arts Training at Boys & Girls Clubs Will Expand, Wallace Foundation Says
A pilot program bringing sophisticated arts programming to kids in high-poverty communities engaged young teenagers and, as a result, has energized youth...
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3.5KWe Must Help College Youth in Foster Care By Unearthing the Hard-to-find Resources They Need
Why did no one tell me? I’ve heard this question countless times. The last time it came from one of our foster...
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3.8KIndian Child Welfare Act Needs to Be Supported to Help Foster Kids, Tribes
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold on Dec. 5 a ruling that would declare the Indian Child Welfare Act...
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3.5KCriminalizing Undocumented Youth in Texas and Beyond Is Causing PTSD
As policymakers in Washington wrangle over walls, many youth in communities on our southern border grapple with fear of exclusion in the...
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2.7KSuicidal Behaviour Among Sexual-Minority Youth: A Review of the Role of Acceptance and Support
Researchers review the current knowledge about the development of suicidal behavior among sexual minority youth. They show how a negative social environment...
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3.9KSocial and Emotional Learning in OST Settings Should Be Intentional and Evidence Based
There has been surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) over recent decades. Teachers and principals show strong support for...
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2.1KSummer Camp Tries to Groom Future New Orleans Leaders
A summer camp intended to develop future leaders of New Orleans selects youth as young as 10 and nurtures them each summer...
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2.6KNew York City Leader Wins National Child Welfare Award
The commissioner of New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has won the 2019 Excellence for Children Leadership Award by Casey...
