Youth Today
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3.1KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds flow to summer out-of-school programs
As $122 billion flows into American education from the American Rescue Plan, some kids and families are beginning to feel the impact...
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4.9KNewsUnrecognized by Alexa and Siri, impaired speech is being used to develop new speech-assistance software
Google’s Project Euphonia has been testing a prototype that, by mid-June, employed the voices of roughly 1,000 disabled individuals, including Cisek, who...
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1.3KGrantsNorthwest LGBTQ+ and black community COVID recovery grants
GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Communities, LGBTQ+ Youth, Social Justice, Racial Justice, Northwest | Amount: $1,000 - $10,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.0KNews316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through...
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4.9K► ReportsBlack disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.6K► ReportsDisparities in tribal youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.7K► ReportsLatinx disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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3.4KNewsTo ‘Build Back Better,’ we must invest in our young people of color
As the U.S. begins to rebuild from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has signaled that it intends to seize the...
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846GrantsCommunity technology and internet access program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Digital Divide, Disadvantaged Youth, Technology Access, Internet Access | Amount: Up to $30,000 | Deadline: Sept. 1, 2021
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3.7KNewsEven with a windfall of new funding, out-of-school programs face challenges
Last summer, when it became clear that K-12 schools across Kansas City, Missouri, would have to teach virtually due to the pandemic,...
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976GrantsCommunity health and health equity program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Health, Community Health, Health Equity, Disadvantaged Communities | Amount: Up to $25,000 | Deadline: Aug. 27, 2021
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2.2KNewsYouth organizations step up to fill gap in classroom civic discourse
As partisan tensions over America’s fraught racial history reshape classrooms into ideological battlegrounds, community youth organizations are finding new, alternative avenues for...
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1.3KGrantsVaccine confidence promotion and education in communities grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Health, Vaccines, Immunizations, Child Health, Community | Amount: Up to $125,000 | Deadline: Aug. 17, 2021
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2.4KFrom the BureausNonprofits push parole reform and housing for parolees
Some among the 3,614 formerly incarcerated persons living in city shelters in 2019, as one example, spent stints in city jails for...
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2.1KNewsNew Mexico to begin distributing $1.8 million in pandemic aid to former foster youth
A first round of pandemic aid payments to young adults transitioning out of foster care is expected to go out this month...
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5.1KNewsCalifornia approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income for former foster youth
California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying...
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1.6KFrom the BureausNew York project aims to narrow gap between minority versus white juvies sent to community programs, not prison
A project aiming to grant more Black and brown youth entry to community-based programs that are an alternative to juvenile incarceration will...
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1.4K► Nonprofit ToolboxSeeking grants with limited time and resources
Grantseeking can be an overwhelming, complex process — from the research and strategic plan to the actual writing of the proposal. A...
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1.6K► ReportsEmpowering the workforce of tomorrow: The role of business in tackling the skills mismatch among youth
UNICEF and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development discuss the current skills mismatch between youth and employers while providing a number...
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1.7KNewsSummer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois,...
