Youth Today
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788GrantsSchool 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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1.5KNewsAnother 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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3.0KNewsGeorgia 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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2.3KNewsSouth 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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925GrantsYouth-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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2.7KGrantsAmerican-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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7.1KNewsThese 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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2.9KOpinionYouth 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...
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836GrantsChild-friendly Family Visiting in Jails and Prisons Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Family, Parenting, Child Development, Incarcerated Parents, Justice System | Amount: Up to $350,000 | Deadline: July 12, 2021
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1.5K► Nonprofit ToolboxExplicit strategies needed to address diversity, equity and inclusion in nonprofit sector
Many resources exist to help even small nonprofits with their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, but experts assert that a deeper...
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817GrantsYouth w/ Disabilities Healthcare Transition Resource Center Grant
GRANT FOCUS: Youth w/ Disabilities, Healthcare Access, Youth Welfare, Youth Independence | Amount: $450,000 - $485,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2021
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2.8KNewsFew Barriers Prevent Gun Trafficking from Mississippi
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a...
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61.8KNewsA pistol bought in Mississippi killed a teen in Chicago
Malcolm Stuckey was pulling up in a burgundy Pontiac Grand Prix to his friend’s birthday party in Chicago’s once-prosperous Englewood neighborhood when...
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1.1KGrantsJuvenile Justice System Reform Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Crime, Recidivism Reduction, Juvenile Incarceration | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 6, 2021
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4.7KOpinionA Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation
Supporters of the juvenile justice status quo wrongly claim that community-based organizations are not yet strong enough to serve all youth who...
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4.1KNewsA New Mexico foster mom posted about missing children on Facebook. Child services is suing her for it.
The brutal abuse of a New Mexico toddler, allegedly by her parents, has pitted the state’s child protective services against the girl’s...
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1.2KNewsCDC Loosens Mask Guidance for Summer Campers
NEW YORK — Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
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1.0KGrantsFamily-Based Alternative Sentencing Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Justice, Parenting, Alternative Sentencing, Child Welfare, Family | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: July 2, 2021
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1.2KGrantsLocal Community-Based COVID Vaccine Access Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Vaccinations, Community, Health, Health Education, Minority Communities | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: June 9, 2021
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3.7KNewsExercise Boosts Fitness, Lowers Disease Risks for Disabled Youth
For the first time, when he was 11, Matthew Bishop got to play competitive sports with athletes who, like him, had Down...
