Youth Today
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2.3KNewsState Outreach Helping Aged-out Foster Youth Amid Anxiety About Lost Oil Field Jobs
Jade Collins really needs her driver’s license to get to her doctor’s appointments. She was 29 weeks pregnant in late May and...
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3.4KNewsPandemic Accelerated Rollout of Extended Foster Care ‘in Really Good Way’
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) had been working for over a year toward launching...
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2.2KNewsNM Schools Providing Academic Coaches, School Packets, Food to Struggling Students
The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning have exposed a number of unexpected and difficult educational achievement gaps for New...
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1.2KFrom the Bureaus17 Rikers Workers to Be Disciplined for Transgender Woman’s Death in Solitary
The New York City Department of Corrections will discipline 17 officers for their conduct surrounding the death of 27-year-old Layleen Polanco, a...
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5.4KNewsChild Protective Services Target Minority, Poor Women, Report Says
In 2018, Elizabeth Brico left her Florida home for three days following a fight with her mother-in-law. After her mother-in-law called Florida’s...
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1.4KFrom the BureausSyracuse Activists Skeptical of Executive Order on Police Reforms
The biggest promise of police reform came in Mayor Ben Walsh’s first executive order after 18 months in office. It happened on...
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1.9KGrantsGirls and Gender Expansive Youth of Color Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Women/Girls of Color, Health, Safety, Education, Gender Issues | Amount: Up to $25,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.2KOpinionHow Are Youth With Disabilities Spending Their Money During COVID-19?
It seems like every day experts have new opinions on how the economy is being affected by COVID-19. Today alone, I’ve read...
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1.8KNewsPhotographer Gets Gassed, Sprayed on Front Lines of Police Reform Protests
The protest started peacefully with a diverse group gathering at police headquarters. Fathers holding toddlers on their shoulders stood next to young...
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1.2KGrantsSouthern Arizona Basic Needs and Healthcare Access During COVID Crisis Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Basic Needs, Human Services, Family Support, Community Support, Arizona | Amount: $3,000 - $20,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.4KGrantsOR Family Stability and Support Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Family Support, Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Development, Safety, Parenting | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 10, 2020
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1.1KGrantsChildren’s Environmental Health Centers Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health/Welfare, Environmental Health, Child/Youth Development, Research | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Nov. 23, 2020
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1.7KGrantsBlack, Indigenous and People of Color Artist and Arts Administrator Support Small Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Arts/Culture, Black, Indigenous, People of Color | Amount: $200 | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.0K► Reports2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 31st edition of its KIDS COUNT Data Book, describing how children across the United States were...
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2.3KFrom the BureausDA Charges Tre’mall McGee, Teen Shot in Back While Prone, With Resisting Arrest
The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office in Louisiana plans to continue its criminal case against the 14-year-old shot in the back as...
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2.1KFrom the BureausBlack Lives Matter Organizers In Rural Cortland County Are Tired Of Gestures
Few people downtown would look Steve Williams in the eye. Not the police officers stationed at each end of Courthouse Park. Not...
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2.0K► NewsmakersDr. Lorelle Espinosa is Sloan Foundation’s New Diversity in STEM Higher Ed Program Director
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation recently named Dr. Lorelle Espinosa as program director for diversity in STEM higher education. She succeeds Dr....
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2.1KOpinionSystem Change Means More Than Defunding Police
Calls for racial justice have reached a critical level in the U.S. and the world. This moment, which to many people seemed...
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2.1KOpinionWe Need to Take Care of Each Other After COVID-19 Too
The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) in Richmond, Calif., is a non-law enforcement governmental agency whose sole purpose is to reduce gun...
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3.6KNewsYouthWorks in Massachusetts Reimagines Summer Youth Employment
This summer, teenagers in Massachusetts may be conducting oral history interviews about the impact of COVID-19 in their community. They may be...
