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2.1KWhen Is a School Segregated? Making Sense of Segregation 65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education
A new research report from the Urban Institute develops a more effective metric for determining the extent of school segregation within the...
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2.3KVirginia Knox Named President of MDRC
Virginia Knox will be the new president of MDRC after 15 years leading its Families and Children Policy Area. She succeeds Gordon...
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3.6KFederal Government Must Address Youth Homelessness As Public Health Problem: Chapin Hall
To end youth homelessness, the federal government must go beyond a crisis response to the problem and take a comprehensive approach that...
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2.0KSlideshow Focuses on Seattle Youth Experiencing Homelessness
For the last year, Youth Today has been writing about youth experiencing homelessness, particularly in the Seattle area. This collection in Bokeh...
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2.7KTacoma Trying Individualized Way to End Youth Homelessness
Malik Banks had been living out of his car in the Tacoma, Wash., area for about two months when the 23-year-old decided...
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2.2KSeattle Counselor Sticks With Clients For Years In ‘Long Game’
His 6-foot-4 frame folded into the small wooden sailboat, Keaton Hohl waved and shouted “Ahoy!” to each passing boat on Lake Union.
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1.6KChildren Living in High-Poverty, Low-Opportunity Neighborhoods
The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released this latest data snapshot outlining the prevalence and demographics of children living in high poverty....
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3.3KPercentage of Kids in Poor Areas Higher in 10 States, Puerto Rico, Casey Report Says
Despite the country’s longest-ever period of economic growth, the share of U.S. children living in high-poverty neighborhoods is on the rise in...
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1.5KThe Opportunity Agenda Appoints New President, Ellen Buchman
A “social justice visionary” who says she has the fight for equality coursing through her veins is the new president of The...
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1.5KConnecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement
MDRC evaluates the efficacy and sustainability of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's LEAP initiative, which provides education and employment pathways for youth...
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2.6KWaiting Period Law for Firearms Would Aim to Save Lives of Suicidal Alabamians
This story is part of a series on public health and firearms. The first examined groups working to reduce homicide in Birmingham....
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1.7KLife-saving Advice for Suicide Prevention From Public Health Experts
When a person commits suicide, family members are often left wondering how they could have saved their loved one’s life.
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2.7KJuvenile Arrests, 2017
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) discusses the latest data and trends involving arrests of juveniles across the country....
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2.6KHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth.
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2.6KTrans Woman Who Died at Rikers Created Chain Reaction of Kindness, Friends Say
The first time Christina Vengerovsky met Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was on Christopher Street in the summer of 2010. Her friends had been talking...
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1.8KGuns on College Campuses
The Urban Institute explores the effects and reception of the recent Kansas campus carry legislation by collecting data and speaking with higher...
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4.1KHow Homelessness, Mental Illness, Substance Use and the Criminal Justice System Collided in Little Five Points
Torch has been on the street 11 years, he says. With no fixed address, he is a permanent resident of Little Five...
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2.4KDixie Pipeline: Guns Bought in Mississippi Often Reach Chicago Streets
For close to seven years, a Mississippi man bought firearms in and around Natchez before sending them to contacts in Chicago, many...
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2.5KScarred By Chicago Gun Violence, Student Finds Refuge, Purpose in Mississippi
“I don't know how to tell you this, but your brother was shot.” Michael Taylor’s heartbeat quickened. He was having difficulty breathing....
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2.2KHurt By Gang Violence, Greenwood Residents Rally to Rescue City’s Youth
Do not call Brittany Gray, Kenderick Cox and Marcellus Gray activists. The Greenwood natives prefer to be called who they are —...
