Youth Today
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4.1KNewsFlorida Attorney Believes Lead Poisoning Is Partial Explanation For Low-income Neighborhood Crimes
Teri Sopp’s former self stares down from a wall in Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office. The painting, a gift more...
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1.2KGrantsInclusive STEM Education Network Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: STEM Education, Disadvantaged/Low-Income Students, Education Equity | Amount: $3,000,000 - $15,000,000 | Deadline: June 16, 2021
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913GrantsFamily Support and Human Services Organization Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Family Support, Family Welfare, Nonprofit Support, Human Services | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Apr. 15, 2021 (LOI)
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1.5KGrantsNative Youth Development, Health and Wellness Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Native Youth/Children, Youth Development, Youth Health/Wellness, Physical Activity, Culture | Amount: Up to $200,000 | Deadline: Apr. 12, 2021
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3.1KNewsSurvey: Pandemic Slashed Sports For Low-income Youth
Sports programs serving low-income communities have seen a big drop in youth participation because of the pandemic, according to a survey of...
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2.5K► ReportsSounding the Alarm: Criminalization of Black Girls in Florida
The Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center releases a new report discussing the stark inequities facing black girls in the Florida juvenile justice...
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2.2KOpinionThree Relationships Kids Need During Pandemic And Into Recovery
This time last year, I was in New Orleans for a child and youth well-being summit. Mardi Gras was over and leaders...
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2.0KNewsCitywide After-school Systems Are Sustaining Themselves, Report Finds
Citywide after-school systems have staying power, according to a recent comparison of U.S. city systems in 2013 and 2020. “More than three-quarters of...
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2.4K► NewsmakersElizabeth Lindsey is the New CEO of Urban Alliance
Elizabeth Lindsey is the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Urban Alliance, succeeding seven-year CEO, Eshauna Smith, on April 12, 2021.
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2.6KOpinionTime For Marginalized Communities to Do Their Own Talking, Privileged to Step Back
March on Washington, August 1963, 250,000 people. Women’s March, January 2017, 7 million people, worldwide. March for Our Lives, March 2018, 2...
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1.4KGrantsPreventing Violence Affecting Youth Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Violence Prevention, Racial Justice, Youth Violence | Amount: $225,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: May 1, 2021
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1.2KGrantsBrooklyn Community COVID-19 Health Outreach Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Community Health, Minority Communities, Health Outreach, Brooklyn | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Mar. 26, 2021
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Cover Alabama Coalition Director — Why Medicaid Expansion Hasn’t Been a Priority
Alabama is entering the 2021 legislative session, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. For advocacy groups serving working-class families, Medicaid expansion is...
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1.9KNewsIn Alabama, State Legislators (In Private), Republicans Agree Medicaid Expansion Needed More Than Ever
For a decade, expansion had been unpopular with conservative voters too, in part because of its ties to the Democratic former president...
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1.9KNewsAlabama’s Essential Workers Lack Access to Basic Health Care, Services, Report Says
The “essential workers” hailed as pandemic heroes often lack the basic protections of a living wage, health insurance, paid sick leave and...
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1.9KGrantsOregon Creative Arts Education Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Arts Education, Creativity, Youth Development, SEL, Oregon | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Apr. 10, 2021
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2.1K► ReportsEducation Borders in Atlanta
The Urban Institute discusses the effects of school district boundaries on the racial segregation of schools in Atlanta.
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3.3KOpinionHow Human Connections Can Save Our Youth
A crisis is when a non-common negative occurrence increases in trend and frequency. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic there seems...
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1.2K口 Advertising ArchiveCareer Opportunity: Providence After School Alliance (PASA)
Position Profile: Executive Director Application Deadline — March 19 The Providence After School Alliance (PASA) is currently seeking an Executive Director who...
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5.8KOpinionBelieve in Yourself, Not the Statistics
I was in foster care for 14 years. I was in 10 different foster homes and two different group homes. I represent...
