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4.2KYouth Impact: High School Students Lead Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts
As part of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, peer educators and adult supporters at GUIDE in Georgia speak up about the impact...
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2.0KKids Experiment With STEM For National Youth Science Day
About 400 elementary school students from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington filled a ballroom Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Building to participate...
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1.3KYouth Unite to Face Addiction, Fight Shame
Thousands gathered at the Unite to Face Addiction Rally in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, to fight the stigma of addiction and...
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1.4KYoung People’s Voices Called Critical in Addiction Movement
College recovery groups, recovery high schools and many adolescents and 20-somethings joined the crowd to show their support for ending the silence...
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2.7KYoung People Find Hope, Community at ‘Unite to Face Addiction’ Rally
"It's important for young people to know that recovery is possible, that going back to school is possible. That having fun and...
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2.2KRelationships Are Key to Keeping Kids in School, Report Says
What helps students weather neglect, abuse, illness, violence, hunger and homelessness and stay in school are relationships, according to a new report...
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2.4KA Hole in the Safety Net Offered by the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act will cover foster youth who age out of foster care until they are 26 — unless they move...
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Educators Say Transparency is Key to Getting Public Involved with Improving Schools
Sharing education data with the public builds trust and gets the community involved with improving schools.
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Unite to Face Addiction Rally Aims to Launch National Movement
The Unite to Face Addiction rally is expected to draw nearly 700 organizations and tens of thousands of people for a day...
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3.3KThe Problems and Solutions in Adolescence and Addiction
Doctors, social workers and other professionals spoke up about the most pressing problems they see among adolescents and addiction — and shared...
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2.9KThe Maze of Foster Care and Health Care
Laticia Aossey was bounced around foster homes for years but was not prepared to have her health insurance cut off at the...
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6.8KTough Love: Documentary Shows Parents’ Struggles in Child Welfare Systems
Sometimes, there’s tough love. Other times, it’s just tough. That’s the situation facing many parents who are trying to win back custody...
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2.0KNew App Aims to Help Parents Talk to Teens about Health
A new app developed by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) seeks to help parents talk to teens and young...
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1.1KReport: NYC Criminal Justice System Needs to Reform How It Treats LGBTQ Youth
The criminal justice system in New York City is ill equipped to deal with the needs of LGBTQ young people who engage...
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3.8KPeer Mentoring: Youth Who Faced Mental Health Issues Now Aid Others
The STAY program, now in its third year, is training as many as 40 peer mentors each year — young people who...
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3.6KSocial Work Education Key to Retaining Foster Care Workers, Advocates Say
Several studies have shown a link between agencies that require social work degrees and lower turnover rates.
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4.6KHelping Kids Earn Credentials: Digital Badges for Out-of-School Time Learning
The idea of badges is not new: Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts have offered them for years. Digital badges, however, are posted...
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Coalition Urges Lawmakers to Maintain 21st Century Community Funding
WASHINGTON — A coalition of hundreds of local, state and national groups is urging federal lawmakers to preserve and strengthen the 21st...
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Newsmakers | September-October 2015
Dr. Thomas Kenyon, M.D., M.P.H. - Colleen McDonough - Paul DeBassio - Stephanie Watkins-Cruz - Zartashia Javid - Andrew Allen - Jim...
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State Gun Law Environment and Youth Gun Carrying in the United States
Researchers from Boston University and Harvard University use data from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey to discern an association between the...
