Youth Today
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3.3KOpinionNew York Residential Facilities Should Only Be Used Like ERs for Children
With Family First Act implementation underway, editorials and articles proliferate, many articulating nervousness among residential providers. With their revenue models under attack,...
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1.6KGrantsOR,HI Youth and Environment Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development/Welfare, Youth Advocacy, Environment, Education, Climate Change, Childhood Poverty | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.9KGrantsOpioid-Affected Youth Services Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Substance Abuse, Opioids, Opioid Epidemic, Health | Amount: $500,000 - $750,000 | Deadline: Apr. 20, 2020
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10.1KOpinionMandatory Child Abuse Reporting Belongs in Dustbin, New Research Shows
Last week, a committee of the Idaho Legislature did something that, in the politics of child welfare, is revolutionary. The committee took...
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1.7KGrantsYouth Civic Engagement Collaborative Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Civic Engagement, Youth Development, Youth Services, Youth Voting, Volunteering | Amount: $15,000 | Deadline: Mar. 27, 2020
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3.2KNewsJacksonville Organization Attacks Violence, Blight With Holistic Approach
On Nov. 14, Gary Ervin attended a vigil for a young life cut tragically short by gun violence. Days earlier, a 15-year-old...
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1.8KNewsPaul Tutwiler’s Mission of Revitalizing Communities Takes Him Back to His Roots
A black and white picture of schoolchildren hangs on the wall of Paul Tutwiler’s office. He’s not related to any of the...
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2.7K► ReportsThe Lasting Benefits of Early College High Schools
The American Institutes for Research provides an overview of key findings from different research projects focused on the efficacy and benefits of...
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4.1KOpinionTrauma for Youth Is Everywhere … But We Can Heal It in Newark
On a sunny afternoon in 2006, I was driving my four sons to a cookout in Newark, N.J., my hometown. We had...
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5.0KNewsAtlanta Organization Emphasizes Cultural, Historical Knowledge For Black Adolescent Boys
A small nonprofit in Atlanta fills what its founder considers a critical gap for black adolescent boys — a chance to explore...
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3.0K► NewsmakersNicola Diamond Appointed Chief Operating Officer at Urban Alliance
Urban Alliance recently appointed 30-year public school system veteran, Nicola Diamond, as its new chief operating officer. She has already begun work...
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2.2KNewsThe First Female Muslim American to Win an Olympic Medal Is Passing Along the Mentoring to ‘Our Youth’
Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad would not be where she is today were it not for her mentor, also an Olympic medalist in...
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3.6KOpinionOnly Death Ends the Rescue Fantasy for Clinician — At First
From training to practicing to now teaching, one of the key factors in psychotherapy that continually surfaces is countertransference (sorry self-care), which...
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2.0KGrantsYouth Grief and Bereavement Services Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Mental Health, Grief/Bereavement, Therapy, Counseling, Mentoring | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Mar. 9, 2020; July...
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1.4KGrantsCommunity Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Welfare, Drugs, Substance Abuse, Community | Amount: Up to $125,000 | Deadline: Apr. 3, 2020
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2.3KOpinionBeing a Kin Caregiver Is More Complicated Than Just Helping Family
What comes to mind when you hear the term foster care? More than likely, it is not the placement of children with...
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1.3KGrantsMD Aquatic Environment Education Project Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Education, Civic Engagement, Maryland | Amount: Up to $4,000 | Deadline: June 30, 2020
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1.7KGrantsJuvenile Indigent Defense Enhancement Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Disadvantaged Youth, Youth in Poverty | Amount: Up to $437,500 | Deadline: Apr. 6, 2020
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3.1KNewsHead of Florida Center That Helps Girls ‘in Trouble’ Stepping Down
She’s credited with being a “visionary,” “a role model” and a literal life-saver for some of the most vulnerable girls and young...
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2.1KNewsBoy Scouts Bankruptcy Dismaying To Some In Youth Development
When Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, youth development professionals had various responses....
