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1.7KShutdown Has Not Affected Most After-school Funding — Yet
Most after-school and summer learning programs are not significantly impacted right now by the partial government shutdown, but there is concern they...
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3.4KWe Can Close Poor Students’ Gap With Better Trauma-informed Education
The New York Foundling has been protecting children and strengthening families for nearly 150 years and is now one of oldest and...
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2.4KDon’t Rescue Me: 3 Best Practices for Working with Youth Who Have Been Sexually Exploited
Serving young people who have experienced sexual exploitation demands a high level of critical thinking and careful planning to ensure best practice....
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2.8KIncreasing Disparities in Unhealthy Food Advertising Targeted to Hispanic and Black Youth
Researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Council on Black Health and Salud America! recently released this new report...
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2.2KCathy Cha Named President of Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Cathy Cha has been named president of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, capping off a two year period of transition...
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2.1KUsing Tasers on Youth Inspires a Shocking Lack of Action
In August, an 11-year-old African-American girl was tased by a Cincinnati police officer when he tried to apprehend her for shoplifting. The...
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12.7KCalifornia Foster Students Get Patchwork of College Support
The shops are beginning to come alive on a Monday morning as Yamina Inzunza arrives at a coffee shop popular with college...
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4.9KDecades After Media, Child Welfare Got ‘Crack Babies’ Wrong, Damage to Women of Color Lives On
Editorial writers rarely do their own reporting. Most of the time they comment on what reporters for their publications have found or...
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2.1KSome LA After-school Programs Feel Caught in Between As Teacher Strike Looms
As more than 30,000 teachers in Los Angeles prepare to strike on Monday, some after-school programs find themselves in an awkward position.
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2.3KNew York Activist Against Police Shootings Laid to Rest
On Sept. 27, 1994, Nicholas Heyward Sr.’s life changed. His 13-year-old son, Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr., was playing cops-and-robbers with a toy...
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1.9KThank You For Your Donations
Thanks to people like you who donated to our Center for Sustainable Journalism during 2018 NewsMatch, we raised more than $54,000.
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2.7KKeep Disconnected Youth on Track for Their Sake and the Economy’s
Over the past five years, public awareness of the plight and promise of young people who are not in school or the...
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1.5KA Right To Be Heard: Listening to Children and Young People on the Move
UNICEF recently released this report, based on a comprehensive global survey, conveying the perspectives of and the challenges faced by the world's...
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3.2KTrump Endangers Immigrant Children, Against Every Child Welfare Principle
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have squarely targeted the most vulnerable: children. Like most people, I was outraged last summer when I...
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2.5KChristine Stoner-Mertz Announced as Executive Director of California Alliance
Christine Stoner-Mertz is the new executive director at the California Alliance of Child and Family Services (California Alliance). She succeeds Carroll Schroeder,...
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3.4KEpic Stories: Why Pop Culture Is Powerful Tool for Engaging Youth Leaders
There’s a moment in every great story when it seems that all is lost: the Ministry has fallen, the Rebellion has been...
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2.4KNY Activists Mourn ‘Elder Statesman’ Who Fought for Justice for Slain Son for 24 Years
More than a week since Christmas, Donna Carter-Heyward’s Brooklyn apartment still had the cozy warm atmosphere of the holidays. A small Charlie...
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1.8KHispanic Youth Living in Settlements at U.S. Border Suffer Poverty, Lack of Health Care
Recent media stories from the U.S.-Mexico border about immigration have largely missed the daily struggle of families and children in U.S. communities...
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6.9KOakland Demonstrates Right Way to Use Restorative Justice With Teens
Restorative justice is a centuries-old approach that seeks to empower people to address the harms, needs and obligations that arise when a...
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2.5KSmart Investments for Safer Schools
The Center for American Progress takes a look at the different ways in which governments are allocating funds for school safety in...
