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1.9KIn Class, Out of Court: How One School District Triumphed Over Truancy
Sending kids who habitually miss school to court under the state’s 20-year truancy law hasn’t helped them stay in school. But a...
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2.0KUnaccompanied No More: Family Mediation and Preservation First
How can we expect young people who are worried about where they will sleep that night, where their next meal will come...
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2.1KSexual Exploitation Victims Urged to Come Forward, New Anti-trafficking Envoy Says
Susan Coppedge was recently confirmed as the new director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in the U.S....
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Black Millennials in America
The Black Youth Project recently created and published this comprehensive report meant to give a data-driven and nuanced perspective of the economic,...
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6.2KAddiction Among Teens Can Be Prevented
Just 5 percent of youth with a substance use disorder get treatment
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2.3K‘Maker Movement’ Brings New Energy to Out-of-School Science and Art
The maker movement and out-of-school time programs are natural allies: They both focus on hands-on, experiential learning. Making and tinkering can support...
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High Quality Child Care is Out of Reach for Working Families
The Economic Policy Institute gauges the affordability of child care across the country using several benchmarks and shows that child care has...
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Newsmakers | November-December 2015
Rajiv Vinnakota - Marsha Bonner - Austan Goolsbee - Dr. Scott D. Berns M.D., M.P.H. - Michael Rubinger
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1.8KSchools, Youth Development Programs Seek to Engage Students in Career and Technical Education
“We are more than six years into the so-called [recession] recovery, yet millions of Americans continue to struggle with finding a good-paying...
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1.7KConnect the Dots Between Past and Present
CHRIS Kids uses a trauma-informed approach with young people and their families — in its counseling center and in its training center...
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2.6KNew Toolkit Issued to Help Providers Measure Trauma With ACES Survey
A new toolkit is out that aims to help services providers give a survey about traumatic childhood experiences that are linked to...
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3.7KDo After-school STEM Programs Lead to Science Careers? Should They?
Do out-of-school time STEM programs really lead kids into science careers? The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry plans to find out.
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5.0KUniting Sport and Therapy on One Field
Children who participate in Doc Wayne’s Chalk Talk program are most often survivors of complex trauma. According to the National Alliance on...
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1.6KResource Guide Shows Ways to Support Undocumented Students
Out-of-school time providers can find valuable resources for undocumented students in a new resource guide recently released by the U.S. Department of...
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Parents Behind Bars: What Happens to Their Children?
This new report from ChildTrends sheds light on the often-undiscussed result of mass incarceration; how it affects the children of those in...
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Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration underwent a careful review of existing research about conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth and...
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4.1KFoster Care System Feels Shock Waves from Heroin Addiction
Judges, caseworkers and child welfare administrators say an increase in heroin use nationwide is linked to a surge of kids into the...
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2.8KAtlanta survey shows teens’ top social media sites, after-school activities
The top three social media sites used by Atlanta teens are Kik, Instagram and Snapchat, according to a survey by VOX Teen...
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1.6KLights On Afterschool Celebrates Fun While Highlighting Growing Demand
On Thursday, kids enrolled in after-school programs through a Washington, District of Columbia, parks and recreation department were exposed to pink slime...
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1.7KAdvocates Offer Solutions for Kids at Crossroads of School, Justice System
Kiera Wilmot's story is an example of how schools’ zero tolerance policies can begin to push students — especially students of color...
