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1.7KMaking Sense of Earned Income Opportunities
When Urban Ventures launched CityKid Java nearly 15 years ago in Minneapolis, the community development nonprofit was just hoping to generate some...
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1.7KLegislation with Mental Health Reforms, Opioid Prevention Funding Heads to Senate
A major medical innovation bill that could help children and families with mental health reforms and funding to fight opioid addiction is...
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2.6KLA Drug Court’s Wraparound Services Help Parents Quit Drugs, Keep Their Kids
“I didn’t know how to be a mom,” Lisa Galvan said. “I was used to being by myself. It was really hard...
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Defend Children: A Blueprint for Effective Juvenile Defender Services
This new report from the National Juvenile Defender Center provides a detailed look at the unfortunate reality of minors being arrested, prosecuted...
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1.3KCampaign Aims to Mobilize Older Adults on Behalf of Youth-Serving Organizations
Youth-serving organizations hope to reap the benefits of a new campaign to encourage more Americans ages 50 and older to volunteer in...
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Building a Data-Driven Education System in the United States
The Center for Data Innovation produced this report highlighting the ways in which the education system in the U.S. lacks the effective...
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2.1KQ&A: The Transgender Teen — A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-binary Teens
This Q&A with Lisa Kenney was conducted by Managing Editor Rachel Alterman Wallack. It has been condensed and edited.
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3.2KFamily Design Resources Offers Pennsylvania’s Legal Services Initiative Model to Other States
Sandra Bachelder is a paralegal for Pennsylvania’s Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Legal Services Initiative (LSI). For a big part of her...
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1.9KReport: Fear, Stress Are Obstacles to Health for Youth of Color
When teams of youth researchers — including youth themselves — from five cities set out to find what helps and what prevents...
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1.6KYoung People and Their Organizations Honored at White House
For the final time as first lady, Michelle Obama honored 12 after-school and out-of-school-time organizations at the White House for the eighth...
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2.8KDiscrimination Motivates Young Activist to Protect Water For Future Generations
Oceti Sakowin Camp, North Dakota — When then-10-year-old Morgan Brings Plenty needed to use the bathroom in her new school, she respectfully...
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2.4KBig Safety Campaign in Chicago Uses Wide-scale Mentoring to Help Teens Reduce Reactivity
A major public safety campaign designed to cut crime in Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods relies heavily on mentoring and group work with...
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Depression Is a Deadly Growing Threat to Our Youth: Time to Rally
This new report published in Pediatrics uses nationwide data to show a startling and disturbing rise in the percentage of adolescents experiencing...
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3.6KStudent Walkouts a Fine Form of Civic Engagement, Say Youth Development Leaders
Participating in public protests could lead students to skill-building and positive civic engagement, especially if teachers engage them in discussion the next...
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6.5KA Troubled Life of Truancy, Drugs Leads to Foster Care, Early Death
Only a few years apart, Andrew Lavin and Jennifer Cohen grew up together, first in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and then in Staten...
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Newsmakers | November-December 2016
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey - Jeanné Isler - Jewel D. Malone - Stacey D. Stewart - Donzelina Barroso - Dr. John R. Coleman
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1.5KSocial Work Movement Seeks to Build Financial Capability, Scale Up Best Practices for Youth
Youth aging out of foster care are among those who need information about finances, and social workers need to be trained to...
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1.5KYoung People Protest U.S. Election in Washington, New York, Nationwide
Young people came out in force Wednesday night to protest the election of Donald Trump.
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1.5KYouth Vote Still Divided by Race, Report Finds
New data looking at the youth vote in the 2016 presidential race found they are also divided by race, and that a...
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3.9KFamily Focused: Opposite of ‘Scared Straight,’ Intervention Helps Youth Connect and Feel Understood
“I thought my life was coming to an end. Oh my God, he’s a good kid,” said Geselle Colón, recounting the story...
