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3.7KYoung Atlanta Refugees Build Robotics Along With New Lives
An Atlanta robotics team initially made up of refugee youth has racked up win after win in state and national competitions, successfully...
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2.0KStefaan Poortman Appointed World of Children Executive Director
World of Children has appointed Stefaan Poortman as its next executive director following a lengthy nationwide search. Poortman comes to World of...
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4.6KCan Washington State Keep Youth Off the Streets After They Leave Detention?
By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times.
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13.6KAs More Schools Aid Foster Students, Data on Results Needed, Researchers Say
Youth in foster care face a multitude of barriers when it comes to higher education. How will they pay for room, board,...
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1.9KPreparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
The Urban Institute uses the most recent and comprehensive data available to show the rates of enrollment of immigrant children in early...
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2.2KMany Guns, Few Mental Health Services Drive High Rural Death Rate, Experts Say
Paul Reviere is sheriff of Lincoln County, a rural area with just under 8,000 people two hours east of Atlanta. In addition...
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3.3KGreg Zweber to be Next President & CEO of Camp Fire
Greg Zweber, chief affiliate officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, will be the new national president and CEO of Camp...
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1.9KFuture Savings: The Economic Potential of Successful Transitions From Foster Care to Adulthood
The Annie E. Casey Foundation takes a look at the areas where youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood struggle compared to...
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3.7KA Tool for After-school Providers: Evidence of Impact For a Host of Programs
Looking for funding for an after-school program? Trying to decide what type of program to implement?
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1.7KCollaborating for Successful Reentry: A Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive reentry guide for juvenile justice and social service practitioners which offers information...
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2.5KBasketball Program in NY Goes Full-court Press on STEM
The well-meaning cannot parachute into a minority and marginalized community with a remedy for a systemic problem and expect to be easily...
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3.0KHomelessness Advocates Tell of New Successes Via State Legislation
Some laws can make life exceptionally difficult for homeless and runaway youth. Whether it’s requiring parental consent to receive health care or...
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2.4KAfter-school Experts Encourage Program Directors to Help Teens Turn Passion Into Action
Students around the world walked out of school Friday to raise awareness for climate change. This type of collective youth action is...
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4.1KCops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students
The ACLU takes a look at newly released Dept. of Education data showing the numbers of social workers, nurses, and psychologists in...
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3.6KTrump Budget Would Kill After-school Funding, Leaving Providers Fearful
For the past two years it’s been a rite of spring for Trump to propose killing the program, for advocates to defend...
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4.0KAspen Report Marks Pivotal Moment For Child Welfare: Youth Development Leader
Karen Pittman is the co-founder, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit whose goal is to change the...
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2.6KJohn Palfrey Named MacArthur Foundation President
John Palfrey has been named president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He succeeds Julia Stasch, who has led the...
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2.4KGolf Organization Reaches Out to Youth, Partly to Stem Sport’s Decline
Young people who want to play golf can benefit from a nonprofit that will subsidize their play. It’s Youth on Course, a...
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1.8K$23 Billion – The Disparity in Funding Between White and Nonwhite School Districts
EdBuild breaks down the troubling numbers behind the disparity in funding between predominantly white and predominantly nonwhite school districts around the nation.
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3.3KCommunity Activism a Family Tradition for Head of Violence Interruption Program
She remembers the frantic knocks at the door and the family friend who waited almost hysterical on the other side.
