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Dennis Quirin Selected as Next Executive Director of the Raikes Foundation

Dennis Quirin has been selected as the next executive director of the Raikes Foundation effective in September. He replaces Erin Kahn, who...

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National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2019

The Trevor Project recently released results from the largest-ever survey of LGBTQ youth across the country. The report shows that nearly 40%...

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New Mexico Program for Foster Youth Starts With Basic Needs

It has been a long haul for Melvin Lasiloo to get from where he started to attending community college classes in his...

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Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative: Data Project May Be Model for Other Nonprofits

A colorful mosaic of smiling children brightens the wall outside Christopher House near Logan Square in Chicago. Inside the building is a...

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Kids Count Data: Overall Child Well-Being Improves, but Big Racial Disparities Continue

The number of children in the United States increased by more than 9 million in 30 years, with most of that increase...

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Missed Opportunities in Youth Pathways Through Homelessness

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago released this report drawing on in-depth interviews with 215 youth across the nation about their...

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The Bully in the Bunk Bed, When Aggression Goes Beyond Sibling Rivalry

All cars used to come equipped with cigarette lighters. Those lighters got really hot. Jon found that out the hard way when...

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Youth Show Ways to Reshape Homeless Policy, Chapin Hall Researchers Say

When Abrea Ponce, 25, looks back on her childhood, she realizes things could have been different. The San Diego mother and staff...

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Annie Donovan is New COO of Local Initiatives Support Corporation

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) recently named Annie Donovan as chief operating officer. She comes to LISC after serving as director...

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Louisiana Lawmakers Extend Services For Foster Youth to Age 21

On Thursday, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed Senate Bill 109 into law, making Louisiana the 29th state to extend foster-care services to...

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New York Child Welfare Advocates Want Parents to Have Representation When Their Children Removed

Angeline Montauban had no idea what was going on the day in 2013 that workers from the city Administration for Children’s Services...

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Homeless Washington State Teens: Whose Responsibility Are They? Often, ‘No One’

At the age of 16, A.S. had just made his high school football team when his life was upended. His mother was...

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The Condition of Education 2019

The National Center for Education Statistics releases its latest congressionally-mandated report on the national state of education using the most up-to-date data...

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Sarah Bryer, National Juvenile Justice Network Exec. Dir., Steps Down after 14 Years

Sarah Bryer, executive director of the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) since its inception in 2005, recently announced that she is leaving...

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Youth-serving Nonprofits Linked With Greater Prosperity in Cities

Are you with a small but growing nonprofit that serves kids? Jim Chesire is convinced of your value. And furthermore, the Chicago...

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Trends in Suicide Among Youth Aged 10 to 19 Years in the U.S., 1975-2016

This new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) summarizes and discusses the startling recent uptick in youth...

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South Dakota YWCA ‘Breakaway’ Provides Services to Youth, Women

A jumble of multicolored wires spilled out of the open side of a computer as Leilani Liggins, 6, dressed in a pink...

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Social Workers, Navigators Help Mississippi Foster Youth Transition To College

By the time she turned 6, Jessica Reese had been sexually abused repeatedly. Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services took Reese and...

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Toxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes

The Economic Policy Institute shows how toxic stress in a child's life, which is disproportionately experienced by African American children, can disrupt...