Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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5.1KState Index to Help Guide Youth Homelessness Work
Here’s a question for you: Does a young person from Kansas deserve to be homeless more than a young person from California?...
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1.9KCentral American Kids Come To U.S. Fleeing Record-high Youth Murder Rates
Gang violence and expanding criminal networks have made El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala — an area of Central America known as the...
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3.0KBaltimore Is Tackling the Problem of Youth Violence With Its Ceasefire Movement
Violence perpetrated by youth continues to have far-reaching costs for society: It contributes to injury, community dysfunction, poor physical and mental health,...
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2.5KPost-traumatic Growth: Hope Is a Strategy, Not a Feeling
When a young person experiences trauma, there is no single answer regarding how that experience may impact them in their later years....
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1.2KTo Avoid a Crisis, Nonprofits Should Prepare and Know Their Mission
The notion that a noble mission and a track record of good deeds can shield an organization and its brand from crisis...
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3.0K‘Opioid Excuse’ for Putting Indiana Kids Into Foster Homes Falls Apart Under Scrutiny
For many years Indiana has been an extreme outlier when it comes to taking children from their families. Year after year, Indiana...
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4.1KLeaders Aren’t Born, They’re Built — at Summer Camp
“Wait. What are we going to do?” The six 12- to 14-year-olds looked at each other as the skies opened up during...
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5.0KHow to Teach Kids to Listen to, Respect Each Other
The meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June was, at minimum, riveting political theater, and potentially...
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2.6KYouth With High Stress Need Mentors Carefully Chosen to Match With Them
In recent decades, youth mentoring programs have grown exponentially in popularity and have received increasing support from both private and public sources...
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1.9KYouth Philanthropists Are Achieving a Lot With a Little Money
Most folks know of Margaret Mead's quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world ..."...
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4.0KChess Saved Me From Life of Crime, So I Teach It to Tough Kids
I’m in the business of playing a game with young people. Let me clarify that. I’m in the business of not only...
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2.1KGirls Need Our Help to Look Beyond the Mirror
“As I think about the image that I see in the mirror, I will remember that does not reflect the person within....
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4.3KProposed Family First Regulations May Harm Kinship Care of Youth in Foster System
The Family First Act, that vastly overhyped law that, according to those doing the hyping, is supposed to revolutionize child welfare finance...
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3.6KHigher Education for Youth in Care Must Be A Higher Priority for Child Welfare
In an op-ed of mine Youth Today published in March, I challenged the child welfare community to think more expansively about our...
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3.6KHousing Help Can Be a Child Welfare Intervention
Imagine being a parent who, despite your best efforts, cannot afford safe and adequate housing. Imagine that because of low earning power,...
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3.2KOST Training, Professional Development Plans Crucial to Quality
The office always seems to have a louder buzz this time of year. A steady stream of potential candidates pour in and...
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2.4KYou Must Hold Up the Mirror to Truly Work on Equity in Your Organization
Do you recall the last diversity training you attended? If it was a good one, maybe you do because you gained some...
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19.7KCAPTA Law Codifies Everything Wrong With How We ‘Fight’ Child Abuse
Elizabeth Eden chose the wrong morning to eat a poppy seed bagel for breakfast. Then she chose the wrong hospital to give...
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2.8KProgram Quality Goes to Summer Camp, Where It Belongs
Think about the last time you had a quality customer service experience — was it at a store? On vacation? Over the...
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2.0KTeens’ Brains May Be Molded by Living With Neighborhood Violence
Flinching as a gunshot whizzes past your window. Covering your ears when a police car races down your street, sirens blaring. Walking...
