Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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982Endless Stories, Contagious Sadness, Familial Love from One Muslim Youth
As I write this, I'm watching and intently listening to a news report about thousands of Muslims who are returning from trips...
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No One Should Shut Up — The U.S. Constitution Gives Us That Right
A new administration in Washington means changes, no matter the party taking the White House.
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2.0KA New Way to View, Treat, Prevent Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use
We cannot afford inaction. Like other chronic illnesses with social, biological and environmental determinants, substance use disorders are best addressed with a...
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1.4KWhat’s At Stake for Youth in Federal Budget Are Critical, Crucial Programs
As a new Congress and president take power, we’re entering a period of infinite unknowns.
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3.1KIncarcerated Youth and Their Families: Human Just Like Everyone Else
Watching my brother go to jail opened my eyes to the fact that I want to help and work with youth who...
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914Placing Youth Front and Center in Movement Building
People with lived experiences should not only be leading conversations, they should be be active agents in determining effective strategies to overcome...
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3.5KWe Must Stop the Politics of Hate
On Jan. 20, our country will have a new president who was elected by fewer than half the voters in the U.S....
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4.1KMedical Needs in After-school Programs: What Would You Do?
Participants have the same health needs before and after school as they do during school hours, and program administrators must ensure they...
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1.4KLive on Washington: The Evolution of a Teen-Curated Festival, and Why It’s Important
It’s late spring, 2012, and 15 teenagers sit around a rectangular table on the second floor of the Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor’s...
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1.7KHealth and Human Services Misinterprets Foster Care Data
Let’s assume that there has been a real increase in parental substance abuse. The biggest flaw in HHS’ logic is the implicit...
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Data-Driven & Collective Impact: How Youth Agencies Can Show What Works
In his aptly titled book “Show Me the Evidence,” Ron Haskins demonstrates how nonprofits and community programs today must prove their value...
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1.9KPull Up One More Chair For Youth
Young people’s lived experience speak to viable solutions that policymakers might otherwise never come upon. The best first step for anyone looking...
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2.9KRemaking a Life: Inside and Out
I had been accused of a serious crime at the age of 17, and because the courts wanted to charge me as...
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597Draw From Juvenile Justice System’s Strengths for Better Approaches for Young Adults
The response to the behavior of a young adult shouldn’t happen in a police station, prison or jail, but should happen in...
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1.5KWe Have to Partner with Law Enforcement Around Trauma
Is there a need for trauma-informed training for police officers? Let me share an example of a situation where the outcome could...
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1.3KEffective Reentry Services: Valuing the People behind the Practices
As practitioners and researchers, our emphases on evidence-based practices often focus our attentions on services and systems.
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1.4KUsing Learning Theory to Combat Burnout in Child Welfare Professionals
In the new year and with an uncertain political and policy landscape afoot, youth-serving agencies must prioritize how traumatic experiences may affect...
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1.5KWays to Let Detained Youth Know They’re Not Forgotten This Holiday Season
As the holidays approach, we often forget there are so many youth who are detained, in placement or simply away from their...
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Needless Removal, Not ‘Drug Plague,’ Drives Foster Care Numbers Hike in Arkansas
In 2015, for the third year in a row, the number of children taken from their parents, and the number of children...
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5.8KSailing through Memory
My mind is somewhat of a junkyard, full of twisted metal and lost souls, and I sweat as I run from demons...
