Youth Today
Opinion
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3.0KHow Will People Remember COVID-19 Years From Now?
As states slowly start to lift the stay-at-home restrictions and businesses reopen, some people feel the end is in sight. As we...
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4.0KIs California’s ACEs Questionnaire ‘Trap’ For Poor Families?
I’ve written about a study that found that poor mothers often avoid revealing their problems or accepting much-needed help because those asking...
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1.9KNew Mexico Foster Care Challenges Need Proper Policy, Oversight, Leadership
New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment and that certainly holds true. In the four years I had the joy...
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2.1KYouth With Disabilities Find Positivity During COVID-19 Pandemic
Amid all the worrying and doubt about the coronavirus, young people with disabilities are finding ways to stay positive. Staying at home...
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4.2KAre Youth Mentoring Programs Effective? New Analysis Sheds Light
Are boys more responsive to mentoring than girls? The findings are mixed, though recent studies seem to suggest that boys may derive...
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3.1KHow Are Disabled Youth Coping With COVID-19 Pandemic?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, young people with disabilities are facing unique challenges. The threat of contracting...
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3.7KTop 3 Things States Need to Know to Use FFPSA to Remake Child Welfare Systems
Following a year when it was hard to see much that Washington could agree on, in December Congress passed and the president...
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4.9KCOVID-19 Surfaces Child Welfare’s Ugly Biases About Race, Class
Well, yes. By now, just about everyone must have read some version of the hype and hysteria around the fact that, thanks...
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3.0KCommunities of Color Must Be Centered in Gun Violence Prevention Movement
Communities of color continue to be disproportionately impacted by gun violence across the United States. Unfortunately, communities that are most impacted by...
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2.0KJuvenile Detention Is Asinine Exception to Social Distancing
Right now I’m almost sure that there is a 14- or 15-year-old crying from inside a jail cell at the Cook County...
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11.6KChild Welfare’s Response to COVID-19 Is Sickening
All over America, there are people who can’t stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some always knew their jobs carried risks: Doctors...
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5.5KThe Risks of Threat Assessment to Students Are Dire
In the wake of highly publicized and tragic mass shootings at schools, jurisdictions across the country have responded with a flood of...
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1.8KEditors’ Note
Together, we are facing a truly unprecedented situation. Despite the effects of COVID-19, we are still a hard-working team and want you...
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3.1KAfter-school Youth Leaders Serve on Frontline of Domestic Youth Trafficking
Do you work with youth after school? Across our nation, there’s a growing concern about the rise in commercial sexual exploitation of...
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5.0KWe Can Prevent Neglect, Child Abuse by Working ‘Upstream’
For a child, separation from a parent — even one who may have been neglectful or abusive — can be very traumatic....
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3.3KEffects of Gun Violence Can Be Reduced in Youth, Chicago Program Shows
Concentrated gun violence results in lost population and economic power, increases trauma throughout communities and depresses school outcomes among students exposed to...
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3.0KHomeless LGBTQ2S Youth Deserve Safety, Respect
“Gay kids in a shelter that is predominantly straight are very vulnerable, they’re in a very hard position and it makes it...
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2.8KWe Are New Mexican Foster Youth Who Help Others in the System
I am 20 years old. I was a foster kid for the majority of my life. CYFD (New Mexico Children, Youth &...
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3.0KSEL Program Can Make Students More Employable
Many students are challenged with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem today and do not have the tools or strategies to combat this....
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2.2KGun Violence Work Could Use Billions of Dollars in Victim Assistance Funds
Gun violence in the United States has rapidly become a problem that has touched the lives of millions of people. Whether directly...
