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2.6KFlood Doesn’t Stop Young Activist From Fighting U.S., Oil Companies on Climate Change
Awakened by urgent pounding on her bedroom door, 13-year-old Jayden Foytlin was still half-asleep as she swung her legs over the edge...
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1.3KCongress Passes Spending Package But Child Priorities Remain Undone
With work on its last must-pass priority nearly complete, Congress will adjourn in the coming weeks without finishing work on a number...
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False Hope: How Parole Systems Fail Youth Serving Extreme Sentences
The American Civil Liberties Union crafted this report to highlight the ways in which our flawed parole system fails to grant parole...
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2.6KAfter-school Programs for Immigrant and Refugee Kids Note Climate of Fear
One afternoon last winter in Charlotte, North Carolina, school children came running into the ourBRIDGE for Kids after-school program.
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1.5KSubstance Use, Mental Health & the Road to Recovery: ‘Like Juggling Explosives Blindfolded’
When Corey Roberts came out of prison, he hit the ground running...
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1.1KDevelop a Plan to Help Your Staff Perform Their Best
In 2009, Michael Johnson was hired to run the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County in Wisconsin.
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2.6KCalifornia Wraparound Program Reduces Juvenile Recidivism by Focusing on Mental Health
Manuel Dircio’s success story is a prime example of what YOW was designed to accomplish: promoting the positive development of juvenile offenders...
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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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2.7KLA 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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2.9KDiscrimination 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...
