Youth Today
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2.5K► ReportsThe COVID-19 Pandemic Is Straining Families’ Abilities to Afford Basic Needs
The Urban Institute uses data from its Health Reform Monitoring Survey conducted between March 25 and April 10 to evaluate the effects...
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2.4KOpinionNew Mexico Foster Care Challenges Need Proper Policy, Oversight, Leadership
New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment and that certainly holds true. In the four years I had the joy...
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2.1KGrantsYouth Gang Intervention and Suppression Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Welfare, Safety, Gangs, Youth Violence, Youth Crime | Amount: $230,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: May 26, 2020
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2.4KOpinionYouth With Disabilities Find Positivity During COVID-19 Pandemic
Amid all the worrying and doubt about the coronavirus, young people with disabilities are finding ways to stay positive. Staying at home...
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1.1KGrantsStudent Success During COVID Era Educator Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Education, Academic Achievement, Education Innovation | Amount: $2,000 or $5,000 | Deadline: July 15, 2020
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4.1KNewsNorth Carolina’s Raise the Age Law Highlights How Schools Handle Discipline
“We don’t know how many students are casualties of a racist system, in which they are punished for being in their bodies,...
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1.5KGrantsMilwaukee Region COVID-19 Response Direct Services Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Food Access, Education, Early Childhood, Housing, Healthcare, Mental Health | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.6KGrantsChildren’s Healthy Learning Environment Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Child/Youth Development, Environment, Safety, School, Childcare | Amount: Up to $315,000 | Deadline: June 1, 2020
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3.8KFrom the BureausNew York Homeless Youth Feel Lonely, Stuck, Isolated
First he lost his job as a shift manager at McDonald’s. Then the movie theater, the bowling alley, all the places he...
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1.4KGrantsRural Tribal COVID-19 Healthcare Access Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Tribal Health, Rural Health, Healthcare Access, Rural/Tribal Families | Amount: Up to $300,000 | Deadline: May 6, 2020
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2.1K► ReportsStrategies and Challenges in Feeding Out-of-School Students
Urban Institute researchers examine and assess the challenges both school districts and families face when ensuring proper food and nutrition access for...
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2.6KNewsAmid Huge Gun Sales, Coronavirus Already Linked to Spike in Florida Violence, Suicide
Theirs was supposed to be the kind of family people dream of having; a father, mother, son and daughter living in domestic...
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5.9KOpinionAre Youth Mentoring Programs Effective? New Analysis Sheds Light
Are boys more responsive to mentoring than girls? The findings are mixed, though recent studies seem to suggest that boys may derive...
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1.4KGrantsKS Health Nonprofit COVID Response and Recovery Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Health, Healthcare, Nonprofits, Public Health, Kansas | Amount: Up to $25,000 | Deadline: Aug. 31, 2020
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1.3KGrantsSC COVID Disadvantaged Community Direct Services Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Disadvantaged Communities, Food Access, Family Support, Human Services, South Carolina | Amount: Up to $75,000 | Deadline: Apr. 30,...
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2.4KNewsNonprofits Should Do Scenario Planning, Talk to Funders, Advisors Say
Emergency funds for nonprofits and small businesses could flow again as congressional leaders negotiate billions more for the Paycheck Protection Program. An...
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1.4KGrantsNational Child Welfare Capacity Building Program for Courts Grant
GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Justice, Courts, Child Protection | Amount: $2,750,000 - $3,000,000 | Deadline: June 1, 2020
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2.3KNewsCOVID-19 Changes in Eddy County Mean Fewer Referrals, More Donations
The child welfare challenges brought about by the current COVID-19 pandemic have easily been the most disquieting for Maria Calderon, protective services...
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3.4KNewsCOVID-19 Adds to Woes of Homeless New Mexican Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
Javier seems like a well-adjusted teenager on the surface. He’s gregarious, funny, sometimes brutally blunt and also a bit awkward. When the...
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2.4KNewsNew Mexico Foster Care Intends to Become ‘Trauma Responsive’ in Lawsuit Settlement
New Mexico’s already low performance in child welfare hit rock bottom on Sept. 22, 2018: Thirteen foster youth, represented by Disability Rights...
