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4.5KFoster Care Youths Leaving the System Before They Age Out, Study Finds
Youth in the foster care system are leaving before they age out of the system, a new report finds.
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2.0K‘What We’re Hoping to Do Is Expose People to Global Approaches, Organizations’
Angela Venza is regional director for the Americas at the International Youth Foundation. At a meeting at the Annie E. Casey Foundation...
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Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in America
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago authored and released this new report as the first in its new series of briefs...
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4.8KMillions of Youth Are Homeless for More Than Month At a Time, New Study Finds
Nearly one in 30 teens and one in 10 young adults experienced homelessness in the past year, a groundbreaking new study has...
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3.3KKelli Rhee is the New President and CEO of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation recently announced the appointment of Kelli Rhee as its new president and chief executive officer. The...
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3.8KBobby Cagle, New LA Child Welfare Chief, to Find High Demand, Too Few Foster Homes
Bobby Cagle, a former foster child and caseworker, is set to take over as head of Los Angeles Department of Children and...
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1.2KCommunity Organizing Is ‘the Job I Wanted But Didn’t Know Existed’
Every summer when I was off from college, I worked with Kendell Barry, at Developing K.I.D.S. It was a six-week summer...
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A Familiar Face: Violence in the Lives of Children and Adolescents
This new report from UNICEF highlights the most current data about several forms of violence that take place in the lives of...
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The Foster Care Housing Crisis
The Chronicle of Social Change produced this first-of-its-kind report which details the growing problem of the national foster care housing crisis, in...
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2.6KMississippi Judge’s Youth Court Shut Down After Mother Kept from Baby for Year Over Fines
A Mississippi woman who was jailed for seven days for owing $1,000-plus in court fees had custody of her baby given...
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2.9KLos Angeles Board Of Supervisors Votes To Launch ‘Historic’ Juvenile Diversion Plan
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an ambitious plan to divert thousands of the county’s youth...
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1.8KThis Pro-justice Reform Candidate in Brooklyn, NY, Started Activism at Age 12
Twenty-three years ago, New York City Council candidate Anthony Beckford faced long odds when he spoke out...
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1.5KLos Angeles Supervisors to Vote on Comprehensive, Countywide Youth Diversion Program
Los Angeles County Supervisors are scheduled to vote today on a motion determining whether or not they will give the go-ahead to...
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3.0KYoung People a Focus for Anti‑fascism, Anti-Trump Movement
It was a school night and well past Joshua Vega’s bedtime when most of the world learned that Donald Trump had won...
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2.0K‘What If the Kids Who Are Acting Out the Most Need Art the Most?’
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, on a grant from The Wallace Foundation, is running a pilot project with six of...
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1.2KMarsha Levick Receives the AACAP’s 2017 Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award
Marsha Levick has been selected for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) 2017 Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award....
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3.5KCalifornia Tries — With Difficulty — to Implement 2 Major New Laws to Help Sex-Trafficked Kids
California is attempting to switch to a victim-centered approach for its sexually trafficked youngsters. But...
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2.8KArts Seen As Crucial to Healing Youth, Changing the Juvenile Justice System
For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he...
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2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children
This recent policy report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation uses the latest data available to discuss the progress and welfare of...
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2.8KGetting $50 Million More for California After-school Programs Took Group 3 Years of Lobbying
California after-school programs statewide were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this year after Gov. Jerry Brown set...
