Youth Today
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3.2KHow to get into college if you have a criminal record
Should you disclose your criminal history on a college application?
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3.3KHomeless 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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2.0KHelp 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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2.1KDeAngela Burns-Wallace named president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation
DeAngela Burns-Wallace succeeded interim president Susan Chambers.
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2.4KCalifornia Office of Youth and Community Restoration Director Katherine Lucero: There’s ‘room for improvement’
"Our office has no actual authority over the facilities."
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2.3KOnce a ‘badass Latina’ and handcuffed schoolboys, they now push for juvenile justice reform
Personal experiences in the juvenile justice system shapes their advocacy of justice reform.
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3.4KAre California counties ready to handle juvenile offenders now that state youth prisons are shuttered?
“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster.”
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1.7KWashington’s $5M youth homelessness effort is ramping up. Is it working?
Delays and slow spending stalled some programs in their first year.
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2.4KYAP CEO Gary Ivory on leading young people from hard places to redemption
Gary Ivory is the first Black CEO of Youth Advocate Programs.
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2.0KNACC names Shereen White as 2023 Outstanding Legal Advocate
Shereen White, J.D. is the director of advocacy and policy at Children’s Rights.
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1.9KYoung goat farmer uses YouTube to spread the word about raising a herd
Sylvia Smith found her true passion in goats at age 12.
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4.1KThree years on, kids with long COVID struggle to get care
Hundreds of thousands of children and teens are living with long COVID.
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4.0KHow after-school clubs became a new battleground in the Satanic Temple’s push to preserve separation of church and state
The Satanic Temple has filed suits seeking the same rights afforded to Christian groups.
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1.8KStephanie Cornell appointed executive director of the Walton Family Foundation
Most recently, Cornell served as managing director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.
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1.8KEPA proposes lower lead exposure limit in daycares, homes
The higher standards could benefit up to a half million children under age 6.
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1.8KWashington homelessness group exposed sensitive data on kids, young adults
Health and safety information on hundreds of young clients was made public.
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1.5KAirbus afterschool classes help aviation careers take off
This pre-apprentice program trains high schoolers for careers at Airbus’ Mobile, Alabama, assembly plant.
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1.6KShawna Rosenzweig named president of Camp Fire
Rosenzweig has served as Camp Fire’s chief strategy officer for the past four years.
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2.1KToday’s racial, social tensions prompt a revival of yesteryear’s ‘freedom schools’
Some of today’s freedom schools enroll only Black youth, others a "racial rainbow."
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1.8KGisele C. Shorter appointed president and CEO of Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Shorter previously served as director of national education strategy at the Raikes Foundation.
