Youth Today
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2.6KNewsAfterschool programs looked forward to a normal year. Then delta happened.
After a year of remote learning, experts worry students have fallen behind academically and are struggling socially and emotionally, having been isolated...
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2.7KGrantsEngaging the arts to build vaccine confidence grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Arts, Culture, Arts Education, Vaccines, Organizational Support | Amount: Up to $75,000 | Deadline: Oct. 14, 2021
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1.3KGrantsSanta Barbara area child care program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Child Development, Early Childhood, Child Welfare/Safety | Amount: $15,000 | Deadline: Oct. 8, 2021
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5.9KNewsAs a buffer against social media bullies, the disabled and their parents add their fact-focused voices to those platforms
“It often makes me feel as though the public at large would like families with disabilities to live out of sight and...
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3.5KNewsHow youth-serving organizations can teach civil discourse
Empowering youth to speak up about issues that matter to them is an important step toward self-awareness and community advocacy. This is...
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1.8KGrantsChildren/youth in nature and conservation project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Outdoor Activities, Children/Youth in Nature, Conservation | Amount: Up to $5,000 | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2021
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2.1KNewsNew Mexico education policy director resigns over remarks
An education policy expert has resigned her post at the New Mexico Legislature following a long-simmering controversy over remarks she made about...
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2.4KGrantsEducator professional development and support during COVID era grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Education, Educator Support, Career/Workforce Development | Amount: $2,000 or $5,000 | Deadline: Oct. 15, 2021
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1.3KGrantsD.C. area disadvantaged child healthcare grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Healthcare, Healthcare Access, Disadvantaged Children/Youth | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Sept. 17, 2021
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5.1KOpinionElevating equity and community voice beyond the pandemic
UPDATE: New video added — Over the last eighteen months, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to tectonic shifts in the ways our...
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3.8KNewsCongress mulls ending federal program that OKs sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities
After graduating from a Massachusetts technical high school, John Anton took a job in a sheltered workshop north of Boston where he...
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3.6KNewsJuvenile cases in 2019 dropped to the lowest level in 14 years, federal data show
Juvenile offenses involving property, drug and public order offenses, combined, declined in 2019 to their lowest levels since 2005, according to recently...
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1.6KGrantsCalifornia humanities organization COVID support and recovery grants
GRANT FOCUS: Humanities, Education, Organizational Support, COVID, California | Amount: $5,000 - $20,000 | Deadline: Sept. 15, 2021
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876GrantsYouth leadership, relationship violence prevention and racial equity grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Youth Welfare, Youth Safety, Youth Leadership, Violence Prevention | Amount: Up to $200,000 | Deadline: Sept. 17, 2021...
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2.2KNewsMigrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children...
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3.4KNewsGeorgetown University launches national project certifying correctional officials in practices designed to limit solitary confinement of juveniles
The Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform is preparing to train this fall's inaugural class of juvenile justice executives and rank-and-file...
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2.7KNewsNew law gives juvenile offenders in Washington state same rights to a lawyer that adults have
Defendants who are 18 years old and younger will have the same access to legal counsel as adults in Washington, starting next...
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3.1KOpinionDisruptive students, often facing challenges at home and in their communities, deserve acts of “restorative justice”
This is how practitioners of restorative justice approach things: First, focus on building strong, authentic relationships in a community, including schools that...
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3.0K► ReportsLGBTQ youth suicide prevention in schools
The Trevor Project issues a new brief using data from its 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health discussing the inclusion...
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1.6K► Nonprofit ToolboxDonor communication key to successful program expansion, pivot
The ever-shifting conditions of the coronavirus pandemic have forced many nonprofits to adapt their programming on the fly, but responsiveness and clear...
