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3.7KGiving Foster Youth a Chance at College
Summer residency program and year-round support helps high school kids from unstable homes achieve college success.
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Video of Family Members Lost to Addiction Strikes Deep in Hearts of Young Adults
“Man this breaks my heart,” wrote one commentator. “I'm battling addiction right now and it's not easy at all,” shared another. “But...
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Online Report Card – Tracking Online Education in the United States
The Babson Survey Research Group, in partnership with various industry leaders, has released its 13th annual comprehensive report on the state of...
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4.1KWhite House Rolls Out Summer Opportunity Plan
The White House this week rolled out a multi-agency plan to help more teenagers land summer jobs. The plan aims to give...
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4.9KNew Mantra for Summer Camps: Develop Those 21st-Century Skills
The American Camp Association is jumping with both feet into measuring camp’s impact on kids.
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Access to Safety: Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service Provision for LGBTQ Youth Who Engage in Survival Sex
This new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on the risky world of LGBTQ youth involved in the commercial sex...
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3.4KEducators Rethink Discipline, Learn New Moves to Dismantle School-to-Prison Pipeline
When communities want to snip the school-to-prison pipeline, how do they do it? They take an intentional, multitiered approach: They revise their...
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1.7KServices for LGBTQ Youth Who Have Survival Sex Are Inadequate: New Report
Most LGBTQ youth who trade sex for necessities or money they need to survive use protection to prevent sexually transmitted infections and...
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946Blueprints Conference Offers Lessons in Evidence-Based Programming
At a time when communities across the country are interested in evidence-based youth programming, an April conference will bring together leaders from...
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2.6KLeading After-school Group Disappointed by Obama Budget
A leading out-of-school-time organization is disappointed in the Obama administration’s budget request for next fiscal year, saying it fails to recognize the...
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3.0KWhy Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes?
Social workers “look at the delinquency system as having the power to control these [foster] kids. And the control is they get...
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2.0KMeeting the Needs of Kids in the U.S. Who Fled Violence in Central America
A network of services is vital to meet needs of growing numbers of kids fleeing violence: academic support, legal representation and after-school...
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1.9KPresident’s Budget Proposal Aims to Help Youth Get First Job
The Obama administration wants to help young people land their first job, including those who have dropped out of high school. The...
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2.5KSoldier in War Against AIDS Will Be Missed
"One of the soldiers has gone on home," said Ronnie Bass, executive director of Someone Cares of Atlanta. Filling the shoes of...
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4.2KThe Bystander Effect
Not all injuries are visible. Witnessing violence creates long-lasting concerns. What’s a school or after-school program to do?
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Final Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
The World Health Organization's Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity recently released this report summarizing the current data on the prevalence and trends...
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1.5KFewer Teens Drink, Smoke Cigarettes, Pot Use Stagnant, More Suffer Depression: Report
The latest treasure trove of data for public health researchers and policymakers who study substance use and mental health arrived this week,...
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2.9KSissy’s Story
"I'm good enough just the way I am," says Sissy Weldon, as she contemplates on her struggles with addiction and lessons in...
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3.2KConvicted on Drug Charges, Georgia Youth Faces Life After Rehab
NEWNAN, Ga. — It was the fake $100 bill that finally landed Corey Roberts in prison. He’d already had one close call,...
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11.6KAfter 5 Decades, Ruby Bridges Gets Applause Instead of Death Threats in School
The hateful words drew gasps from the audience, pulling them back to 1960, hitting them head-on as the burly white U.S. Marshals...
