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Supporting and Caring for Our Gender-Expansive Youth

The Special Challenges of LGBTQ Youth in Rural America

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Being in the minority is tough in any locale, but LGBTQ youth in rural America face challenges their...

Report Finds New Generation of ‘Gender-Expansive’ Teens

Facebook announced last week it was giving users another gender selection beyond male and female, just as the Human Rights Campaign released...

Legal Scholars Speak at THRIVE Gathering

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — According to Washington, D.C. lawyer Garry Bevel, LGBTQ rights are not newly devised rights, but a matter of...

On the Ground at HRC’s Time to THRIVE Conference

To bring best practices to social-service professionals who encounter LGBTQ teens, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is holding Time to THRIVE, a...

Early Reading Proficiency in the United States

Conference Aims For Full LGBTQ Inclusion In Society

Clinical social worker Caitlin Ryan, second from left, stands with LGBT youth and team members outside the office of the Family Acceptance...

Keeping an Eye on the Digital Playground: A Task for Youth Leaders

Adults who lead activities for young people may easily observe them during program hours but may not be as aware of their...

Madigan to Congress: More Oversight Needed to Stop Identity Theft, Including of Children

  Washington needs to take more steps to help states to uncover and fight identity theft, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, pictured...

Survey: Young People Tell How Mentoring Helps

  “My mentor came into my life and provided structure,” one young adult recalled. “He took me out to play ball, just...

White Paper: Need to Reform Mental Health Treatment for Incarcerated Youth

Up to 70% of youth involved with the juvenile justice system have a diagnosable mental health disorder/Photo ncmhjj.com CHICAGO — National mental...

Ensuring Access to Mentoring Programs for LGBTQ Youth

Local, National Groups Giving Parents Tools to Help Children with Addictions

CUMMING, Ga. — More than three years ago, Sherry Ajluni got a call no mother would ever want to receive. Her 21-year-old...

The State of America’s Children – 2014

State Implementation of Reforms Promoted Under the Recovery Act

City’s Homeless Shelters Work Together to Reach At-Risk and Young in Brutal Weather

CHICAGO — With the polar vortex marking this winter season as one of Chicago’s coldest in recent memory, the city’s homeless youth...

A longitudinal twin study of physical aggression during early childhood: evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome

New California Data Show Drop in Overall School Suspensions, Expulsions

From the Center for Public Integrity: Just as a federal effort to reform school discipline gets underway, the country’s most populous state —...

House Passes Farm Bill Cutting SNAP $8.6 Billion Over 10 Years

  The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a new farm bill, which includes cuts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), often referred...

Early Aggression in Children Could Have More to Do With Genes Than Earlier Thought

Childhood aggression may have more to do with a child’s genes than his or her surroundings, a new study has found. But...