Youth Today
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1.7KWhat do we know about long COVID in kids? And what do I do if I think my child has it?
Children and families feel frustrated because there is no specific treatment or cure.
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3.3KCalifornia’s Wiyot Tribe gets land back and builds foster youth housing
As homelessness rises, the Wiyot are ensuring youth have "a place to call home."
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2.0KFutures on hold: The kids of long COVID
I am one of some 40 million Americans with long COVID.
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2.0KTeen turns walker wheel woes into new business
Rachel Solomon, 18, was the winner of a youth entrepreneurs pitch fest this fall.
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1.3KShaken by post-pandemic disruptions, some states take a harder line on school discipline
Kentucky is one of several states to enact stricter punishments for disruptive students.
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1.7KTim Blaylock named Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship West Region executive director
Blaylock recently served as CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of West Valley.
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3.3KHome-based childcare is a dying business. Here’s why.
Nearly half of all licensed home childcares closed between 2005 and 2017.
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1.7KChild poverty rate rebounds after pandemic-era child tax credit ends
American Rescue Plan Act programs expired and the child poverty rate increased to 10%.
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2.2K‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
Educational settings were the second most common location of active shooter incidents.
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1.9KMichaela Pommells named executive director of Youth First Justice Collaborative
The Youth First Justice Collaborative seeks to end youth incarceration.
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2.4KHow a free, 24/7 tutoring model is disrupting learning loss for low-income kids
Students in low-income neighborhoods can get free tutoring and college application help.
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3.8KUtah “troubled teen” treatment facility shuttered in the wake of death
The state-mandated closure is the first on record for Utah’s “troubled teen industry”
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2.3KCan affordable housing make the “low-pay, low-opportunity” afterschool field fairer for workers?
“Workers in these spaces are undervalued,” said University of Minnesota professor Dale Blyth.
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1.3KJudge rules Louisiana must remove youth from Angola
“We demand investment in our children, not punishment," said David Utter, ACLU's lead counsel.
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2.0KKristin Henning: The criminalization of Black children needs to stop
We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.
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2.4KHow to get into college if you have a criminal record
Should you disclose your criminal history on a college application?
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2.9KHomeless LGBTQ youth risk discrimination and harassment when seeking help
LGBTQ youth are disproportionately homeless, facing unique challenges in finding affirming shelter.
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1.8KHelp us report on long COVID in kids
If you've been affected by long COVID, we want to hear from you.
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1.9KDeAngela Burns-Wallace named president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation
DeAngela Burns-Wallace succeeded interim president Susan Chambers.
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2.1KCalifornia Office of Youth and Community Restoration Director Katherine Lucero: There’s ‘room for improvement’
"Our office has no actual authority over the facilities."
