Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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3.2KChild Welfare Needs to Embrace Youth Potential While Changing Its Own Systems
We have all heard the labels, and sometimes used them ourselves: Foster youth. Special needs kid. Delinquent. Homeless youth.
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4.9KThese Tools Help Coach College Youth Aged Out of Foster Care to Develop Relationships
What does it take to engage students who age out of foster care into supportive relationships on the college campus? It helps...
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2.9KGun Violence Education in Medical School Holds Opportunity for Impact
On Oct. 1, 2017, a 64-year-old man brought 14 AR-15 rifles, eight AR-10 rifles, a bolt-action rifle and a revolver with more...
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2.3KResistance to Change: Equity Is Crucial Issue for Out-of-school Time
A group of out-of-school time professionals at the 2019 National AfterSchool Association convention in June facilitated a two-hour Leadership Institute, an opportunity...
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2.9KLos Angeles Youth Experiencing Homelessness Need Mindfulness, Yoga
Mindfulness and yoga are important factors in ending youth homelessness. I realize this is a bold sentence to write and has the...
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3.4KHow Youth Voices Can Help Us Keep Kids Away From the Juvenile Justice System
Statistics recently released by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice illustrate a grim reality for the outcomes of most individuals who have...
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2.7KHigh-quality Learning Environments Can Change Odds for Both Toddlers, Teens
High-quality preschool is the gift that keeps on giving. At least that’s what Nobel Prize-winning economist Jim Heckman’s research shows. The IQ...
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4.7KLGBTQ Homeless Youth: We Can’t Ignore Their Systematic Oppression
Angel was unable to live at home because her mother ran a day care center out of their house and her clients...
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4.7KWe Can Change Our Culture of Gun Violence: Here’s How
Gun violence occurs in the U.S. more often than in any other nation not at war. It is clear that this is...
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1.7KWith New Program, Strategy, How to Establish Your Decision-making Process
Have you ever been to a conference or attended a webinar and left impressed with the program or strategy you just heard?...
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3.0KFoster Youth: Campus, Community Interventions Hold Great Potential to Impact Their College Graduation Rates
With growing awareness of the challenges young people with experience in foster care face in accessing and completing college, it is more...
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5.5KTo Solve Youth Homelessness We Must Make Race Part of the Equation
In June 2015, Houston declared the end of veteran homelessness and turned its focus to ending youth homelessness by 2020.
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2.5KStrengthening Social and Emotional Learning of OST Staff Is Better for Youth
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is all the rage when it comes to supporting youth and young adults. But what about staff...
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3.8KUsing Strengths Framework Helps Foster Youth Achieve Their Higher Education Goals
Youth in foster care have educational aspirations much like youth who have not been in care, with 70-80% of foster youth reporting...
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2.8KYouth Homelessness Must Be Made Visible Through Systems Collaboration
Youth experiencing homelessness are frequently described as hidden or invisible. The thought is that they are challenging to identify as they do...
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1.6KSummer Programming Is Good Opportunity to Teach Cultural Sensitivity
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative, Jewish student who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, made headlines because his admission to Harvard University was...
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2.5KAfter-school Programming Strengthens Career Exploration
Youth need to participate in active learning opportunities that cultivate their interests and promote positive growth. Youth also need educational experiences that...
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7.0KStates Use Tuition Waivers to Support College Enrollment of Youth in Foster Care
More first-generation, low-income students and students of color, including youth in foster care, are enrolling in college than ever before. However, youth...
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2.1KWhat Youth-serving Groups Can Learn By Using Frameworks From Other Fields
I am known to borrow tips, tricks and tools from all kinds of sources. I rely on a multitude of frameworks from...
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3.5KDiversion: A Necessary Approach for Ending Youth Homelessness
Youth homelessness is a national crisis. Does that seem like a dramatic statement? It’s not. About 7% of the total homeless population...
