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2018 Homeless Report to Congress; black and white pictures of young homeless people

The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress

The Department of Housing and Urban Development releases its latest report to congress on homelessness in America. It shows slight declines in...

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Dr. Elizabeth González Named Chief Program & Strategy Officer at College Futures Foundation

Dr. Elizabeth González, Ph.D. has been named chief program and strategy officer of the California-based College Futures Foundation (CFF). González’s career is...

foster care: Woman with red hair, glasses, T-shirt works with machinery.

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Apprenticeships For Youth Now Have National Momentum

Da’Sean Harrison, 22, has ambitions to be a general contractor, a master of all trades. Now working on a construction job in...

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Washington State Leader in Paying for Apprenticeships for Youth in Foster Care

What many consider routine and the direct path to college can be a quagmire for traumatized youth in foster care.

borken promises- tobacco report; teen giving another a cigarette

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Broken Promises to Our Children: A State-by-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement 20 Years Later

This report from a coalition of organizations and published by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids takes a look at how each state...

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Dr. Faith Mitchell, President & CEO of Grantmakers in Health, To Step Down

Dr. Faith Mitchell, president and CEO of Grantmakers in Health, recently informed the GIH board and staff that she will be stepping...

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2008 Recession Helped Create Many More Homeless Youth, Expert Says

Medical sociologist Eric Wright’s work has taken him into parks, abandoned buildings, shelters and other places off the beaten path.

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The Young and Homeless Have Hard Time Avoiding Arrest

They’re on our streets. In our schools and colleges. They’ve probably taken your fast-food order. But you wouldn’t know it.

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Real Estate Investor Stagmeier Ready to Educate Landlords About Her After-school Model

High above Peachtree Street, on the 11th floor of the Colony Square building, a cool blue-gray light filters through the windows of...

afterschool: Blurry men entering, exiting revolving door

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Tougher Rules Force Out Residents With Warrants, But Help Students’ Grades

ATLANTA — On the staircase outside his apartment at Summerdale Commons, Damien Small, 23, sat watching his 4-year-old son ride a green...

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Getting to Work on Summer Learning

The Wallace Foundation releases the 2nd edition of this report offering comprehensive guidance and detailed recommendations on how to run an effective...

Afterschool: Children playing checkers on mat checkerboard on the floor.

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After-school Programs Offer Protective Factors, Research Shows

More and more research is linking transiency to student achievement. Transiency refers to students leaving a school in the middle of the...

Clarkston: Woman leans on one of several tables of children doing homework.

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After-school Director Has Quiet Presence, Strong Purpose

Children are making mud in the after-school program at Willow Branch apartments — and it’s not a carefully crafted science project. They...

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Apartment Complex Tests Whether Stable Rent, After-school, Health Programs Can Change a Struggling School

Children shoulder their book bags as they stream out of Indian Creek Elementary School at 2:30 each day. They walk in twos...

afterschool: Woman reads picture book to children sitting on the floor.

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After-school Teacher: ‘I Want to Help People Find Wholeness’

Kristin Hemingway sits at a card table in a tiny room behind the leasing office at Summerdale Commons apartment complex. Her big...

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Dr. Todd Sosna Appointed Chief Program Officer at Children’s Institute

Dr. Todd Sosna, Ph.D. is the new chief program officer of Children’s Institute (CI) in Los Angeles, CA. Sosna’s new role will...

afterschool: Smiling little boy with missing front teeth gives two thumbs up in front of school buses.

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Can After-school Program at Apartment Complex Turn Around a Failing School?

But 200 children lived there — one-third of Brumby Elementary’s student population. That year, something happened at Madison Hills. The complex was...

public housing: Public housing in New York City.

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Public Housing Increasingly Place for After-school Programs

Public housing is increasingly taking a role in supporting kids’ education, according to Megan Gallagher, senior research associate at the Urban Institute....

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After-school Programs in Housing Complexes Less Visible, Face Challenges

Most after-school programs are located in schools or at community-based organizations. Those located in housing complexes are less connected to the larger...