Youth Today
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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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883GrantsYouth 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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3.2KOpinionDisruptive 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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3.1K► 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...
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1.6KGrantsVaccine equity resource hub project grant
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Vaccines, Vaccine Equity, BIPOC Communities, Community Health | Amount: $900,000 - $1.25 million | Deadline: Sept. 7, 2021
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2.0KGrantsCommunity improvement, STEM education and safety program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, STEM Education, Safety, Community Improvement | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Sept. 30, 2021
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2.3KNewsRecord delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record...
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898GrantsNew England child health and disease research grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Pediatrics, Research, Child Development, Healthcare, New England | Amount: $165,000 | Deadline: Sept. 22, 2021
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2.2KNewsAnti-violence internship program finds flexibility in face of fluctuating pandemic
Kabuya recently completed an internship at a local juicery where she learned skills related to entrepreneurship and financial literacy. The internship program...
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1.1KGrantsRacial justice and equity in education grants
GRANT FOCUS: Racial Justice, Equity, Education, Minority Students, Youth Development | Amount: Up to $400,000 | Deadline: Sept. 2, 2021
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5.8KNewsRoommate-matching services expand housing options for people with disabilities
Growing up autistic, Meghan McCarthy found it hard to make friends. By age 24, still living with parents whom she dearly loved,...
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3.9KOpinionYou can fix most ‘child welfare’ problems by giving poor people money
A concept some of us have been pushing for decades has suddenly become a centerpiece of the child welfare debate: Family policing...
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2.1K► ReportsReport: Juveniles in pioneering San Francisco detention diversion project were less likely to re-offend than youths on probation
Juvenile offenders participating in a 30-year-old project diverting youth from detention to community-based programs were less likely to cycle back into incarceration...
