Youth Today
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1.7K► ReportsSuspected Suicide Attempts Among Persons Aged 12–25 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes the latest data highlighting troubling increases in suspected suicide attempts by young people...
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1.1KGrantsWestern Native Community COVID Response Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Native Communities, Native Youth, Mental Health, Nonprofit Support | Amount: Up to $28,000 | Deadline: June 24, 2021
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4.5KOpinionLead Exposure’s Link to Crime Should Shape Criminal Sentencing, Early Release
The Pure Earth Council and UNICEF reported in 2020 that, globally, one out of three children are exposed to dangerous levels of...
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1.5KNewsSummer Camps Return But with Fewer Campers and Counselors
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a...
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941GrantsSTEM Education Racial Equity Program Grant
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Systemic Racism, STEM Education, Education Policy, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 13, 2021; Oct. 12, 2021
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2.2KGrantsYouth Afterschool Service and Service Learning Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Afterschool, Youth Development, Education, Civic Engagement, Youth Service | Amount: Up to $500 | Deadline: July 30, 2021
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3.2KOpinionLearning Disabled Students Need Better Protections and Supports as Schools Reopen
INSTA-PHOTOS/SHUTTERSTOCK Learners whom I prefer to call exceptional, rather than disabled, get teased more often than many of us care to acknowledge....
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1.8KNewsCOVID Prolonged Foster Care Stays for Thousands
SEATTLE (AP) — Leroy Pascubillo missed his daughter's first step, her first word and countless other precious milestones. After being born addicted...
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856GrantsPediatric Mental Healthcare Access Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Mental Healthcare, Child/Youth Mental Health, Healthcare Access, Health Inequity | Amount: Up to $445,000 | Deadline: July 6, 2021
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1.6K► ReportsMaternal Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Urban Institute releases new research discussing how the pandemic has affected the delivery of maternal health care and has exacerbated longstanding...
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3.8KOpinionSummer Learning Does Not Equal Summer School: Let Kids Be Kids
PANAEK PHOTOGRAPHER/SHUTTERSTOCK The outcry has been predictable: To catch kids up and reduce further slide after a year of pandemic-disrupted education, this...
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3.6KNewsSummer Enrichment Out of Reach for Millions of Families
The number of kids taking part in structured summer activities has grown steadily over the past 15 years, but that growth has...
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740GrantsSchool Violence Prevention Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: School Violence, Violence Prevention, School Safety, K-12, Mental Health | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: Aug. 2, 2021
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1.4KNewsAnother COVID Side Effect: Many Kids Head to Summer School
With her three teenagers vaccinated against COVID-19, Aja Purnell-Mitchell left it up to them to decide whether to go back to school...
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2.9KNewsGeorgia Establishing New Therapeutic Foster Care Program
ATLANTA — Georgia is establishing a therapeutic foster care program to provide specialized treatment for children with an assortment of behavioral, mental...
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2.2KNewsSouth Carolina Juvenile Prison Workers Walk Out In Protest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About two dozen correctional officers and teachers at South Carolina’s beleaguered juvenile justice agency joined an impromptu walkout...
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883GrantsYouth-Centered Arts, Culture and Social Change Nonprofit Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Arts, Culture, Social Change, Youth Leadership, Minority Youth | Amount: Up to ~$6,000 | Deadline: June 30, 2021
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2.5KGrantsAmerican-Japanese Culture and Language K-12 Education Project Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, K-12, Cultural Education, Foreign Language Learning | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 15, 2021 (LOI)
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7.0KNewsThese clinics specialize in gynecologic care for women with disabilities
Izzie Bullock — whose severe form of cerebral palsy prevents her from controlling her arms, legs and body — had her first...
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2.8KOpinionYouth Justice Needs Specialized Training of Judges, Lawyers, Court Employees, and Courtroom Language that Doesn’t Demean
“Move the bodies.” That’s what a defense lawyer recently overheard an employee in juvenile court say, as if the young people being...
