Youth Today
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4.3KOpinionBack to Normal Not Good Enough For Parents, Kids Pulled Into Foster Care System
The child welfare system is destroying families and leaving children to languish in foster care. The problem is rampant nationwide.
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1.2KGrantsGrants to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Higher Education, STEM, Hispanic Youth/Students | Amount: Up to $3,000,000 | Deadline: Feb. 10, 2021
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4.2KOpinionYouth At Greater Risk For Being Sex Trafficked If Homeless, LGBTQ, Minority
Sexual crimes are prevalent domestically and globally, and sex trafficking — people brokering other humans for sex — is no exception. Data...
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1.3KGrantsNorth Georgia Basic Needs and Nonprofit Organization Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Basic Needs, Nonprofit Support, Food Access, Housing, Health, Georgia | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Aug. 31, 2020
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1.2KGrantsChild Care Services for Low-Income Student Parents Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Education, Higher Education, Low-Income Families, Disadvantaged Students | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Sept. 8, 2020
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2.4KOpinionOpinions Vary on Voting While Disabled
In the middle of a global pandemic our country is about to choose who will be the president for the next four...
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2.4KNewsAlabama Police Chief Discusses Whether Policing Can Be Safer For Officers, Communities
When Marcus Wood was a kid, he said, the neighborhood police hosted barbecues for his community, handing out sticker badges, teaching him...
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4.3KNewsAlabama Activists Say Defunding Police Rooted In Legacy Of Southern Organizing
Black freedom fighters in Alabama once changed this country. Speaking onstage in Kelly Ingram Park on Juneteenth, Celestine Hood, a woman who...
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1.1KGrantsInland Empire Vulnerable Community Nonprofit Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Disadvantaged Communities, Basic Needs, Child Care, Food Access, Family Support, California | Amount: $10,000 - $25,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.8KGrantsRural, Low-Income Family Housing and Community Development Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community Development, Low-Income Families, Housing, Rural Children/Youth | Amount: $1,250,000 - $3,250,000 | Deadline: Sept. 28, 2020
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2.3K► ReportsThe Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Undermines a Generation of Future Potential
UNICEF and Pure Earth jointly produced this report showing that roughly 1 in 3 children has unhealthy levels of lead in their...
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2.4KOpinionIn Demanding Justice For Black People, Are We Sacrificing the Peace of Black Youth?
We met at Freedom Plaza. This was my first protest since the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. People of all...
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3.7KOpinionNew Mexico Shouldn’t Double Down On Failed System of Child Abuse Reporting
Even as we finally come to grips with the racial bias that permeates so many aspects of American life, some people in...
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3.2KNews4-H Launches Campaign to Close Opportunity Gap
4-H’s new campaign calls for a nationwide focus on positive youth development to address the opportunity gap among young people. It plans...
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2.5KOpinionTime to Invest In Our Communities, Proven Solutions to Gun Violence
Three months ago, the entire nation was rocked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In the weeks since his...
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1.2KGrantsAdvancing Health Equity During COVID Crisis Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Health Equity, Social Equality, Structural Racism, Healthcare | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Sept. 11, 2020
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1.2KGrantsEarly Child Care for Low-Income Migrant and Seasonal Children Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Early Care, Child Care, Early Education, Immigrant Children, Migrant Families | Amount: $500,000 - $4,500,000 | Deadline: Sept. 21, 2020
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2.1KNewsGeorgia Town Can’t Save Money By Reducing Gun Violence Due to Budget Woes
MACON, Georgia — Carl Fambro says Macon’s West Macon neighborhood has been left behind. Anchor businesses at its shopping centers — like...
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2.2KOpinionHow Has COVID-19 Affected Schooling of Young People With Disabilities?
As schools begin to open back up, many young people and their families are facing the unexpected. Understandably, they have questions about...
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1.2KGrantsIowa and Wisconsin Community Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Basic Needs, Food Access, Employment, Environment, Housing | Amount: $500 - $5,000 | Deadline: Sept. 1, 2020
