Youth Today
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3.9KNewsChild tax credit payments poised to hit American family bank accounts
Millions of American families with children will start receiving monthly payments this week as a result of the temporary expanded child tax...
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1.1KGrantsD.C./Baltimore region LGBTQ community nonprofit support grants
GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth, Health, HIV/AIDS, Community, Nonprofit Support | Amount: Up to $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 6, 2021
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4.1KNews“Play streets” bring summer camp atmosphere to neighborhoods
This summer, select cities across the country will block traffic to “play streets,” creating child-friendly zones in urban neighborhoods that lack parks...
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868GrantsHigher education racial equity and sustainability improvement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Higher Education, Education Equity, Systemic Racism, Disadvantaged Students | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Aug. 9, 2021 (concept papers)
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1.2KGrantsOregon disadvantaged children and youth program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Opportunity Gap, Disadvantaged Children/Youth, Oregon | Amount: $5,000 - 100,000 | Deadline: Aug. 19, 2021
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899GrantsGulf region high school youth STEM environmental career development grants
GRANT FOCUS: STEM Education, Environmental Education, Job/Career Training, High School | Amount: Up to $1,500,000 | Deadline: Aug. 6, 2021
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3.7KOpinionSummer offers opportunity to bridge gap in academic and social emotional learning
As America’s education system and economy recover from COVID-19, communities everywhere are turning to summer learning for hope and inspiration in preparing...
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1.8KFrom the BureausHomicide likely to be only crime charged to New Yorkers under 12
Unless accused of criminally negligent homicide, no child younger than 12 could be legally arrested, detained or brought before a judge, according...
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1.9KFrom the BureausNYC parade honors essential youth workers
During the rollercoaster ride of a pandemic, it was Maxene Foster’s job to help make sure that cash-strapped Bronx residents got fed,...
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2.2KFrom the BureausLegalizing recreational marijuana likely means fewer arrests of juveniles of color
The new law is retroactive. It allows persons to have prior marijuana-related convictions for which, under the new rules, they would not...
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1.4KGrantsLouisiana arts, music and culture community and education grants
GRANT FOCUS: Arts/Cultural Education, Music Education, Community, K-12, Youth Development, Louisiana | Amount: Up to $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 6, 2021
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1.4KNewsMental health toll from isolation affecting kids on reentry
After two suicidal crises during pandemic isolation, 16-year-old Zach Sampson feels stronger but worries his social skills have gone stale. Amara Bhatia...
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5.7K► ReportsEducation in a pandemic: The disparate impacts of COVID-19 on America’s students
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights releases a report highlighting the disparate impacts the COVID-19 pandemic and response had on...
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3.4KNewsBoy Scouts, Girl Scouts suffer huge declines in membership
America's most iconic youth organizations – the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA – have been jolted...
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1.4KGrantsIllinois children’s pandemic dental health disparity reduction grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Child Health, Dental/Oral Health, Underserved Children, Low-Income Children, Illinois | Amount: Up to $200,000 | Deadline: Aug. 2, 2021
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4.6KNewsHow a hands-on summer science program for underserved youth pivoted online
Every summer for over 30 years, Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) had brought underserved Northern and Central California high school students...
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2.0KGrantsCommunity Arts and Culture Placemaking Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Arts, Culture, Education | Amount: $25,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: Aug. 5, 2021
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1.1KGrantsFarm to school program development and education center grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Schools, School Food | Amount: $200,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: July 28, 2021
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4.2KNewsYouth with intellectual disabilities are likelier to be overweight; researchers are trying to change that
Among 10- through 17-year-olds, for example, 20% of those with disabilities but 15% of the non-disabled were obese, according to one federal...
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2.1K► ReportsBringing more teens home: Raising the age without expanding secure confinement in the youth justice system
The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing the success of states which implemented "raise the age" reforms in their justice systems,...
