Youth Today

Juvenile 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...

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Palm Beach County Creates Master Plan for Youth

“Nobody thinks we are a county in which kids go hungry, but we are,” said Tammy Fields, Palm Beach County youth services...

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For Youth Offenders Alternatives to Incarceration Offer Hope

A shove on a playground. A pair of shears meant for an art project. Pepper spray carried for a dangerous walk to...

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Former Attorney General Holder Urges Action on Racial Issues Under Trump

Panelists at a discussion on race spoke mostly about collective response to a president they fear will roll back the rights of...

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Girls Gain Social-Emotional Skills As Queens of Lacrosse

The first time Joseph Albines saw the object that became symbolic of his life was in the 1980s. His older brother brought...

Scaling Up, Scaling Out: White Paper on Lessons from Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana and Nurse-Family Partnership

Ascend at the Aspen Institute and Nurse-Family Partnership collaborated to gather information and then write and publish this brief which outlines the...

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Young Artists Lead Through Emotional Expression, Powerful Voices and a Conviction for Social Justice

Poetry propels young people onto stages in front of hundreds of people and in the midst of world leaders.

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NY High School Students Abandon Classes to Protest Trump, Vow ‘We Vote Next’

A cold rain didn't dampen the energy of several hundred New York City high school students who walked out of classes on...

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Meet the ‘Monsters:’ Documentary Looks at California Juvenile Debate

One’s kicking himself over an unrequited lifelong crush. One dreams of being a Navy SEAL. Another leads you on a mocking tour...

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Urban Gardening Connects Youth with Health, History, Humanity

You could call it a story of two gardens. The Learning Garden was established in 2002, planted and maintained by a mix...

Newsmakers | January-February 2017

Patrick H. Gaspard - Ellen Braune - Dr. Deborah Antoine - Michael Buchman - Yatin Patel - James E. Starr

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Living in Two Worlds: Transborder Youth Cross Daily to Seek Educational Opportunity

Eighteen-year-old Vanessa Flores still remembers stumbling over her words on her second day at San Diego City College (SDCC) last fall when...

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Board, Fantasy Games Lure Kids from Screens to Psychologist’s Brooklyn Store

At the Brooklyn Strategist game store, kids get a play space away from computer and phone screens.

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Fostering Change

Chelsea Bramblett didn’t know what to expect the first time she showed up at the statehouse in Tallahassee...

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Families of Inmates: A Photographer’s Focus at Rikers Island

Every day an estimated 1,500 family members and friends of those incarcerated on New York’s Rikers Island visit their loved ones. For...

What Impact Will a New Department of Education Secretary Have on Out-of-School Time?

After-school programs aimed at helping children from low-income families have survived changes at the White House, in Congress and even some attempts...

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Young People Protest Trump’s Immigration Order

Carley Moore, author and clinical professor of liberal studies at NYU, is not surprised that young people are taking the lead. “There’s...

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When the Stakes Are High, Undocumented Youth Organize

Maria Carrillo-Garcia found herself in tears on the night of Nov. 8, 2016. “This election was really hard,” she said. “I just...

Expenditures on Children by Families

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion uses a variety of official data sources to accurately estimate...