News Archives | Page 135 of 268

Youth Organizations Educate Public About Affordable Care Act

ATLANTA — People trickled into the multipurpose room at Atlanta’s East Lake YMCA on a Wednesday night, some with children in tow....

Dropout Prevention Strategy: Be Less Boring

Standing room only at the 25th annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference, with a keynote address by former Education Secretary Bill Bennett....

Taking Charge: How Many Trans Youth Are Trumping the Medical System

Stronger Hospital, picture above, is one of the only places in Chicago where trans youth can get assistance transitioning at an affordable...

Foundations Call for Overhaul of Federal Child Welfare Financing

WASHINGTON – Federal funding for child welfare should be overhauled to enable more children to live with families while reducing the amount...

A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation

Former Youth Today Publisher Dies; an ‘Unsung’ Hero of Washington Journalism

At first, Sara Fritz used journalism to expose the hazards of big money in congressional campaigns. Then she used journalism to help...

Missouri Child Protection Undergoes Fresh Scrutiny

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT) The emergency room diagnosis of the toddler’s fracture fell into that unsettling gray area where nobody was able...

Number of Homeless U.S. Schoolchildren Hits Record High

WASHINGTON – The number of homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools rose 10 percent in the 2011-12 school year to...

In ‘Vernon’s World,’ a Young Photographer Documents the Life of a Homeless Teenager

Vernon Foster walks down 9th Street to visit a friend in a park. He roams shirtless whenever it’s warm enough to allow...

Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults

Local Programs Supplement the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Megan Owens and friends. Photo by Ashley Lauer. It’s unclear how many families are living with their children in the extended-stay...

In New Book, Former Foster Parent Investigates the American Foster Care System

NEW YORK — Demetrius Johnson was placed into foster care when he was only a few months old. Over the...

A Trans-teen’s Story: Respecting the Pronoun

When I was born, the doctor dictated the way I would live the rest of my life simply by proclaiming “It’s a...

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

From the field • Focus • LGBTQ Youth-Serving Organizations

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Family Project Director, Ellen Kahn, identified five LGBTQ-serving agencies that consistently use best practices. Below are...

All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement

LGBT Communities and the Affordable Care Act

Extended Learning Time

Beginning this school year, 35 schools in five states — Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee — will take part...

How Children’s Savings Accounts Catapult Kids to College

Jonathan Cabrera working on the Computer Numerical Control machine. Photo courtesy Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical for the Deaf. When 20-year-old Jonathan Cabrera...