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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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3.2KWisconsin 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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2.8KGalit 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...
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5.9KHomeless Youth Are Virtually Invisible in Asheville — and Try to Keep It That Way
As thousands of tourists fawn each year over the opulent trappings of western North Carolina’s Biltmore Estates — a four football-field-sized homage...
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3.3KYV LifeSet Program Teaches Skills Youth in Foster Care Miss
A chance invitation freed Elizabeth Turner from the revolving door of the North Carolina foster care system and homelessness and set her...
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3.6KCharlotte Nonprofit Raises Private Funds to House Couch-surfing Youth
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
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1.9KTobacco Retail Licensing and Youth Product Use
Researchers use data from a comprehensive survey of youth to look at whether our nation's widely-varying tobacco retail licensing regulations have a...
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3.1KDr. William Bell Elected Board Chair for the National CASA Association
The National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association recently announced the election of William C. Bell, Ph.D. as chair of its board of trustees. Dr....
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13.3KSophisticated Arts Training at Boys & Girls Clubs Will Expand, Wallace Foundation Says
A pilot program bringing sophisticated arts programming to kids in high-poverty communities engaged young teenagers and, as a result, has energized youth...
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2.7KSuicidal Behaviour Among Sexual-Minority Youth: A Review of the Role of Acceptance and Support
Researchers review the current knowledge about the development of suicidal behavior among sexual minority youth. They show how a negative social environment...
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2.1KSummer Camp Tries to Groom Future New Orleans Leaders
A summer camp intended to develop future leaders of New Orleans selects youth as young as 10 and nurtures them each summer...
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2.6KNew York City Leader Wins National Child Welfare Award
The commissioner of New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has won the 2019 Excellence for Children Leadership Award by Casey...
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1.7KShutdown Has Not Affected Most After-school Funding — Yet
Most after-school and summer learning programs are not significantly impacted right now by the partial government shutdown, but there is concern they...
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2.8KIncreasing Disparities in Unhealthy Food Advertising Targeted to Hispanic and Black Youth
Researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Council on Black Health and Salud America! recently released this new report...
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2.2KCathy Cha Named President of Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Cathy Cha has been named president of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, capping off a two year period of transition...
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12.8KCalifornia Foster Students Get Patchwork of College Support
The shops are beginning to come alive on a Monday morning as Yamina Inzunza arrives at a coffee shop popular with college...
