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1.8KSetting Standards for Out-of-School Time
Pushed by statewide after-school networks and some funders, the creation of standards is part of a broad movement toward making the quality...
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3.0KMusic & Arts Therapists Help Youth Find Their Voice, Break Free from Addiction
Ellen Cool, board-certified music therapist, uses a drum response exercise when she's working with young students in recovery. “I haven’t met anyone...
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1.8KInsurance Coverage for Substance Abuse Improving But Still Limited
“I wasn’t fighting with the insurance company” over the 30-day limit for her son's treatment, Missy Owen says. “We were following what...
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1.6KUnspoken Truths: Young People in Recovery
Youth Today spoke to six young recovering alcoholics July 2 at the 2015 International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous in Atlanta.
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2.5KFinding Hope: Shepherding Un(der) Documented Students to a Thriving Life After High School
Mason faces underlying and persistent tribulation most of his peers don’t: his citizenship status and the legal, financial and psychological barriers that...
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The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story
This report authored by Human Rights Project for Girls, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Ms. Foundation for Women...
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Funding for After-School Programs at Risk in Congress, Groups Say
Even as Congress works on a replacement to No Child Left Behind, millions of dollars for after-school and other youth programs appear...
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1.9KRunaway and Cast Off: One LGBT Teen’s Story
Since he was 16, Ivan Cabrera has been spending time at New Alternatives, a drop-in center for 16- to 24-year-olds who identify...
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2.2KMinnesota High School Screens Students for ACEs to Develop Trauma-informed Education
The kids don’t want to leave Paladin Career and Technical High School during spring break … for good reason. There’s nothing fun...
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1.3KA Trauma-informed School Wasn’t Part of My Plan, But Now It’s My Life’s Work
I took an interim position at Paladin Career and Technical High School as the executive director while the school board started a...
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Children’s Budget 2015
The bi-partisan advocacy organization, First Focus, presents a detailed overview of the latest data on federal spending on children and highlights a...
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1.7KSpirituality + Alcoholics Anonymous Prove Successful for LA Youth
“I was living a secret life that was all about maintaining my addiction. It was miserable … and I lost everything.” These...
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1.3KCampaign Calls for Hotels to Stand up Against Child Trafficking
Roughly 100,000 kids are victims of sex trafficking in the United States, according to ECPAT-USA, a nonprofit that works to end commercial...
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1.6KLegislation Would Keep Foster Kids From Having to Change Schools
The traumatic changes children in foster care face often include disrupted schooling. They may have to change schools when they first enter...
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1.5KYoung People in Recovery Need Anonymity More Than Ever, Experts Say
In a world dominated by social media, some young people and experts who work with them say anonymity gets harder and harder...
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1.7KThe Corps Network Helps Court-involved Youth Nurture New Skills
“Service is really a great strategy to re-engage court-involved youth,” said Mary Ellen Sprenkel, president and CEO of the Corps Network. “It...
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Newsmakers | May-June 2015
Dr. Rajiv Shah - Gloria Johnson-Cusack - Siobhán O’Riordan - Emily Froimson - Kathleen Annette - Paul Batcheller
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Newsmakers | March-April 2015
Darren Walker - Don Chen - Dr. Michael J. Klag - Dr. James S. Marks, MD, MPH - Maura Pally - Amit...
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Re-Examining Juvenile Incarceration – High Cost, Poor Outcomes Spark Shift to Alternatives
This issue brief from the Pew Charitable Trusts presents research which shows that shorter sentences and community-based treatments are more effective than...
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1.1K‘Transparent’ NIJ Grants Process Withholds Information from Public
NIJ, the scientific-research arm of the U.S. Justice Department, previously faced criticism that its records didn't show how it chose grant recipients,...
