Youth Today
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3.1KNewsBlack children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge.
Among cases referred to juvenile court, the statewide average in Tennessee for how often children were locked up was 5%. In Rutherford...
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1.4KGrantsLong Beach community and youth grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Youth Health/Welfare, Youth Development, Mental Health, Long Beach | Amount: $5,000 - $20,000 | Deadline: Nov. 11, 2021
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1.3KGrantsIndiana youth programs on college campuses grants
GRANT FOCUS: Higher Education, Disadvantaged Students, Youth Development, Minority Students | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: Oct. 22, 2021
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1.2KGrantsAlabama, Georgia, Florida child and youth education grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Education, Social/Emotional Learning, Alabama | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Nov. 15, 2021 (letters of inquiry)
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1.8KGrantsCalifornia school garden project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, School/Youth Gardens, K-12, Environmental Education, Nutrition, Food, Health | Amount: $1,200+ | Deadline: Oct. 31, 2021
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10.1KNewsBehind bars since age 16, juvenile lifer watches New Mexico struggle over sentencing reform
Michael is one of dozens of people in New Mexico who received what juvenile justice reformists call “de-facto life sentences” — sentences...
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3.4K► ReportsThe state of the world’s children 2021
UNICEF releases its flagship yearly report on the current outlook and quality of life for children around the world, focusing on mental...
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2.2KGrantsPandemic recovery effects on childhood health and nutrition research grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Child Health/Welfare, Food Access/Security, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity | Amount: Up to $250,000 | Deadline: Nov. 17, 2021
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1.1KGrantsMinority community broadband internet access expansion grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Internet Access, Racial Equity, Infrastructure, Education, Remote Learning | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021
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1.1KGrantsYouth and community garden project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Garden, Community Garden, Education, Nutrition, Food, Health | Amount: Up to $1,000 Deadline: Nov. 12, 2021
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2.9KFrom the BureausMillions in seized money expanded Harlem youth hub’s “credible messenger” anti-violence project
Just weeks into his second prison stay — serving a 23-month sentence for charges including gun possession and attempted murder — Dedric...
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2.6KNewsExpanded child tax credit brings enrichment for some kids who missed out
After more than a year of isolation and remote learning, many families across the country are taking advantage of the windfall of...
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1.1KGrantsYouth-led innovative community and social change grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Leadership, Youth Development, Civic Engagement, Community, Social Change/Justice | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Nov. 4, 2021
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2.3KNewsAnnie E. Casey Foundation: Gun shootings fell by as much as 73% in areas where public health-focused “Cure Violence” was implemented
The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that shootings fell by as much as 73% in communities implementing Cure Violence, an international gun...
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4.4KOpinionThe forgotten ones: Congress must extend pandemic aid to foster youth like me
Protections that foster youth like me fought for to safeguard us during the pandemic will disappear today, September 30, if our representatives...
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3.2KNewsPandemic relief for foster youth expires, ending aid to thousands
A pandemic relief bill providing aid to transitional age foster youth will expire today unless Congress makes an 11th-hour decision to extend...
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2.1KNewsA pilot program aims to build a Peace Corps-style network of volunteer caregivers for the disabled nationwide
One of dozens of initial grantees in a roughly $5 million federal pilot program, begun in 2019, Good Shepherd is part of...
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3.4KOpinionAs court upholds electroshock therapy at Massachusetts school, opponents continue decades-old fight to end it
For years now, I and other disability advocates have been fighting to end the use of electroshock treatment on youth with behavioral,...
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1.3KGrantsIncreasing family engagement in student learning grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Family Engagement, Remote/Distance Learning, Parenting | Amount: $50,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Oct. 8, 2021 (LOI)
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1.7K► Nonprofit ToolboxThree steps to better grant writing
With the end of the “summer slowdown,” nonprofit fundraising professionals are entering the busy year-end season. Their goal: winning grants this fall...
