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5.8KJackson, Miss., Turns to Innovative Program to Lower Its Gun Deaths
Mississippi’s capital city is becoming a petri dish for an experiment designed to stop an epidemic of gun violence that claimed 84...
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2.9KCasey Trupin is New Director of Youth Homelessness at Raikes Foundation
Casey Trupin is the new director for youth homelessness at the Seattle-based Raikes Foundation. His appointment comes as his successor, Katie Hong,...
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2.1KRecommended Gun Laws for Illinois Could Have Prevented Shooting: Center
Not long after a shooter killed five people at an Aurora, Ill., warehouse, Johns Hopkins released a report listing ways Illinois could...
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10.6KThe Problem of Youth Homelessness Is Not the Fault of the Youth, Experts Say
The fight against youth homelessness drags on and on. It is not that the fighters are no match for a seemingly intractable...
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2.6KBlack and African American LGBTQ Youth Report
This new report from the Human Rights Campaign presents data and analysis from a survey of more than 1,600 black and African...
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2.2KRobert G. Riney Elected Board Chair of Nemours Children’s Health System
The Nemours Children's Health System Board of Directors recently announced the election of Robert G. Riney as its chair. He succeeds 13-year...
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3.5KTrauma Runs Through Gun Violence Among Black Youth, Researcher Says
Of all the threads of injustice, trauma is the common theme that contributes to a culture of gun violence for black youth...
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3.3KCollege Possible Helps Guide Low-income Students to Be First Generation to Reach Higher Education
When Camellia Brown was growing up in Philadelphia, she was an avid reader. She knew she wanted to go to college. But...
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4.1KFormer Foster Youth Working at Louisiana Legislature Help Promote Extending Care
Move over oil and gas power brokers. Take a seat, criminal justice advocates. The most influential lobbyists in Louisiana’s statehouse may be...
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1.9KFunding for Shared Data System to Link Kansas City Nonprofits to Schools
The shared system, made available by a matching grant from the Ballmer Group, is an effort to coordinate community organizations and schools...
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3.9KHomeless Youth Have Much Harder Time in Certain States, Report Finds
Dealing with homelessness is difficult under the best of circumstances, but some state laws make life even more challenging for runaway and...
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2.4KFoster Students Struggle to Get Financial Aid, Advice for College
“I view myself as a lone wolf. You can be around people but still feel very much alone,” said Gianni Cuevas, who...
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Alone Without a Home: A National Review of State Laws Affecting Unaccompanied Youth
Author(s): The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Network for Youth Published: Feb. 13, 2019 Report Intro/Brief: “Each year, an...
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2.0KFrom A Nation at Risk To A Nation At Hope
The Aspen Institute published this report outlining an evidence-based, all-encompassing approach to improving the social, emotional and academic well-being of children across...
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4.0KYoung People Learn About Solar Energy, Gain Job Skills From GRID Alternatives
A nonprofit devoted to shifting the nation from fossil fuels is reaching out to young people, providing STEM education and job training...
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1.1KUpdate: CSJ Raises $61,720 in NewsMatch, National Campaign That Doubles Gifts
The Center for Sustainable Journalism (CSJ) tripled the amount of donations it received in NewsMatch 2018, compared to 2017.
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3.1KWisconsin Club Develops Innovative Anti-bias Response After School’s Viral Nazi Salute
When a photo of students giving a Hitler salute in Baraboo, Wis., went viral last year, the repercussions were immediate.
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2.8KTransgender Identity and Experiences Among High School Students
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released this study showing the prevalence of transgender high school students to be nearly...
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2.7KGalit Lipa Joins Public Welfare Foundation as Youth Justice Program Director
Galit Lipa recently joined the Public Welfare Foundation as its new youth justice program director. She will now lead its youth justice...
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4.6KFormer Annie E. Casey President Looks Forward to Successor Changing Its Direction
When Patrick McCarthy first had lunch with Lisa Hamilton more than a decade ago, he remembers thinking, “She really sounds like a...
