Youth Today
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1.6KGrantsEarly Childhood Educator Support and Preparation Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Early Education, Educator Support, Workforce Development, Early Care | Amount: $200,000+ | Deadline: Mar. 2, 2020 (LOI)
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5.7KOpinionReal Origin of Child Welfare Points to Today’s Foster Care Wrongheadedness
Racial and class bias are child welfare’s original sins. So it’s no wonder so many in the field are desperate to whitewash...
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4.4KNewsOccupational Therapy on Horse Offers Physical, Emotional Benefits, Parent Says
Eighteen-year-old Christopher Frierson is sitting tall and riding high. In one weekend in spring 2019, he competed in an English-saddle horse show,...
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1.9KGrantsYouth Garden Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Gardens, Education, Youth Development, Health, Nutrition | Amount: $500 - $1,000 | Deadline: Feb. 14, 2020
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1.4KGrantsMissing and Exploited Children Issues Response Improvement Program Grant
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Missing Children, Exploited Children, Child Trafficking | Amount: Up to $1,800,000 | Deadline: Mar. 23, 2020
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1.7KGrantsOR,WA Youth Conservation Job and Career Training/Education Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Job/Career Training, Environment, Civic Engagement, Environmental Education | Amount: $5,000 - $40,000 | Deadline: July 17, 2020
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1.5KGrantsGrants for Improving the Judicial System’s Handling of Child Abuse Cases
GRANT FOCUS: Child Abuse/Neglect, Child/Youth Welfare, Workforce Development, Justice | Amount: Up to $2,500,000 | Deadline: Mar. 17, 2020
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4.6K► ReportsMentoring for Preventing and Reducing Substance Use and Associated Risks Among Youth
The National Mentoring Resource Center recently published this comprehensive review of the most effective mentoring practices for the prevention and reduction of...
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2.9KOpinionI Thought I Could Help My Last Mentee — But I Was Wrong
It’s pretty to believe that if one only puts in the time, he can save a wayward child. It doesn’t always work...
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4.8K► NewsmakersYouth Villages Names Jessica Foster Chief Strategy Officer
Youth Villages recently named Jessica Foster as its new chief strategy officer. The appointment is a promotion from within, as Foster has...
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2.3KFrom the BureausMeet ‘Firefighter’ in Middle of New York Hospital’s War Against Gun Violence
On one Thursday in March, James Dobbins was towering over a group of teen boys as they all headed to a community...
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1.5KGrantsAZ Community Health and System Change Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Health, Health Equity, Social Change, Arizona | Amount: $10,000 - $30,000 | Deadline: Feb. 28, 2020
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1.5KGrantsCA,HI Conservation, Education and Healthcare Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Health, Healthcare, Environment, California, Hawaii | Amount: $50,000 - $200,000 | Deadline: Feb. 24, 2020
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1.6KGrantsQuality Child Care Teacher and Project Award Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Early Education, Teacher Support | Amount: Up to $2,000 | Deadline: Jan. 29, 2020
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2.6K► ReportsSexual Victimization Reported By Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018
The Bureau of Justice statistics releases the most current figures on youth-reported instances of sexual victimization during incarceration at juvenile detention facilities...
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4.2KOpinionTeaching Students to Know the Signs Is Key to Preventing Gun Violence
It’s been seven years since my son Daniel was murdered, along with 19 of his classmates and six educators, at Sandy Hook...
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2.8KGrantsCO Child Caregiver Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Childcare, Caregiver Support, Family Support, Colorado | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Feb. 15, 2020; June 15, 2020
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2.0KGrantsMinneapolis Region Disadvantaged Youth Development Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Disadvantaged/At-Risk Youth, Education, Social/Emotional Well-Being, Arts | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Feb. 15, 2020
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Family Substance Abuse and Mental Health Education and Support Program Grant
GRANT FOCUS: Family Support, Substance/Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Education, Addiction | Amount: Up to $800,000 | Deadline: Feb. 28, 2020
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2.3K► ReportsWhen Student Loans Linger: Characteristics of Borrowers Who Hold Student Loans over Multiple Decades
A new brief from the Urban Institute discusses student loan borrowers who hold the debt for multiple decades into adulthood, affecting their...
