Youth Today
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1.1KGrantsFamilies with special needs youth healthcare information center program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Child/Youth Development, Healthcare, Disabled Youth, Special Needs Youth | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 5, 2022
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1.9KGrantsLibrary support through pandemic recovery grants
GRANT FOCUS: Library Support, Pandemic Recovery, Education, Humanities, Literacy/Reading, Community | Amount: $10,000 | Deadline: Dec. 2, 2021
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4.3KNewsAmerica’s afterschool staffing shortage undercuts pandemic recovery
Ask anyone in the youth development field what the greatest crisis facing afterschool programs is and you'll likely get the same answer:...
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2.6KGrantsNorth Carolina K-12 environmental education school project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Child/Youth Development, Civic Engagement, Teacher Support | Amount: Up to $1,000 | Deadline: Nov. 30, 2021
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3.1KOpinionCalifornia juvenile reforms should proceed, despite probation officer lobbying efforts
As California’s juvenile probation caseloads have plummeted and annual costs of incarcerating a single youth skyrocketed to hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
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1.9KNewsEducation funding on ballots in New Mexico cities’ elections
Local governments across New Mexico are seeking to renew property taxes to pay for school buildings, computers and air ventilation systems even...
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2.5KFrom the BureausMedical treatments for substance use disorders are slated for all New York jails and prisons
Under a law scheduled to take effect next year, each of New York’s jails and prisons are slated to establish medication-assisted treatment...
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1.8KNewsNew Mexico awards $157M in grants to child care providers
New Mexico's child care department is sending millions to child care centers in an effort to keep them in business, awarding grants...
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2.9KNewsTiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children
Kids are still an afterthought in reforms championed by lawmakers and pushed by police departments. But in case after case, an Associated...
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2.1KNewsWhite House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11
Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially...
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2.7KNewsWith windfall, city tries to reach kids trapped in violence
After a pandemic year when the violent crime rate in Illinois' fifth-largest city soared along with much of the rest of the...
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2.7KNewsGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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1.2KGrantsNew Mexico and Louisiana community, human services, education and environment nonprofit support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Education, Nonprofit Support, Social Change, New Mexico, Louisiana | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021
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1.1KGrantsNative language education program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Native/Tribal Youth, Language, Culture, Youth Development | Amount: $45,000 - $75,000 | Deadline: Nov. 10, 2022
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3.5KNewsQ&A: Afterschool Alliance’s Jodi Grant on the pandemic’s silver lining
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
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1.9KNewsTexas abortion law shutting down court avenue for teens
Thirty-eight states require some form of parental consent or notice for anyone under 18 to get an abortion. Of those, nearly all...
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1.1KGrantsEast Central Indiana youth-serving organization support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Youth Welfare, Youth Leadership, Nonprofit Support, Indiana | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Oct. 31, 2021
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1.6KNewsData on child abuse in New Mexico called into question
Data on child abuse in New Mexico has been called into question after lawmakers raised concerns that the former director of the...
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1.7KNewsNew Mexico pledges support for tribal adoptions in state law
In her first prepared speech Tuesday the new leader of New Mexico's child protection department pledges to restore the agency's credibility following...
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2.7K► ReportsState of childhood obesity: Reforming our nation’s policies to help all children grow up healthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation releases the latest iteration of its annual report on childhood obesity in the United States, discussing the...
