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3.4KReaching LGBT Youth With Support, Mentoring and a Message That ‘It Gets Better’
As a high school student, Brian Wenke was harassed and bullied before he even realized he was gay.
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5.3KWhen Schools and Nonprofits Collaborate with Faith-based Organizations
Amachi is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that recruits volunteers from faith-based organizations to mentor the children of incarcerated parents. However, it has a...
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1.6KAdvocates Pool Initiatives, Information, Legislation to Help Homeless Youth
They came from around the country to hear how other professionals are helping homeless youth climb toward stability, to share their own...
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Federal Policy Solutions to Prevent and End Youth and Young Adult Homelessness
The National Network for Youth outlines the severity of the youth homelessness epidemic across the country and shows how current federal policy...
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5.1KWhat’s Next for Gay and Transgender Students?
Advocates question how the new White House will impact recent gains.
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3.8KCommunity-based Organization Battles Chronic Absenteeism in Queens
It was 40 degrees and drizzling, and it would not be easy to get the kids to school today.
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1.4KSetback for Transgender Students in Rights Lawsuit
The Supreme Court had declined to hear the first major case in U.S. history on whether transgender people are protected from sex...
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5.6KProviding Support for Young Black Men in College
Young African-American men are far less likely to graduate from college than other segments of the population. A little more than one-third...
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Children Will Continue to Flee Danger, Expert Says
In all her years working with Unaccompanied Alien Children, one interaction in particular stands out to Michelle Brané, the director of migrant...
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1.7KTrump Administration Could Target Central American Teens
After 18 days on a bus to the Mexican city of Reynosa, five days walking through the desert to Texas and two...
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2.3KAt Big Thought, Gigi Antoni Has Taken a Big-Picture Approach to Out-of-school Learning
“It’s in out-of-school time that kids get to pursue their interests,” says Gigi Antoni, who moves to the The Wallace Foundation in...
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2.6KFederal Spending on Child Poverty Meager, But Root Causes Must Be Found: Experts
The war on poverty and an array of social welfare measures that followed over the last half-century have helped improve the lives...
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1.7KHomelessness Leads to Justice System and Vice Versa, New Report Details
You’re 16, homeless and sleeping on a park bench when police grab you at 3 in the morning. Vagrancy, trespassing or a...
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A Qualitative Study of Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: A 100 Percent Pittsburgh Pilot Project
This new report from the Pittsburgh Foundation uses data gathered from a comprehensive survey of youth in Allegheny County to paint a...
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1.1KSenate Judiciary Members Rail Against Juvenile Detention Rather Than Therapy
The elephant in the room never actually made it into the room this morning. But Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, who last year...
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3.2KYoung Immigrants Need to Know Their Rights
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security steps up deportations under new policies announced Tuesday, some organizations are working to inform young...
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education at Research Universities: A Collection of Case Studies
The Association of American Universities and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement published this report bringing together several case studies documenting current...
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1.7KBeyond School Hours Conference Looks at Ways to Level Playing Field for America’s Kids
Schools can’t do it alone. That’s the message of the Beyond School Hours conference going on in Atlanta through Saturday.
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3.5KLA Center Fills a Gap for Health, Mental Health and Other Services Specifically for LGBT Youth
Growing up on the tough South Side of Chicago, Richard never felt comfortable around people because he never felt normal as a...
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1.6KJuvenile Drug Courts Agree More Family Involvement Needed; Some Not Sure How to Do It: Report
Juvenile drug treatment courts must do more to bring families into the treatment process if they want to help young offenders overcome...
