Youth Today
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1.8KOpinionOur Jacksonville Partnerships, Social Structure Help Give People Second Chances
When we began our journey to rebuild broken urban communities in our city, Jacksonville, Fla., 20 years ago, little did we know...
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1.9KGrantsUnderserved Middle School Student Afterschool and OST Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Afterschool, OST, Youth Development, Middle School, Underserved Youth | Amount: $15,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Jan. 24, 2020
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3.8KNewsPower of Youth Challenge Fuels Solutions Like College Prep, Blue Lollipops
When Isaac Espinal was in the eighth grade in Fort Worth, Texas, he compared his local public school with a nearby private...
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4.4KOpinionWhere Are LGBTQ Youth in Gun Violence Conversation?
Jerel’s story is one of many tales of hate, anger, pain and violence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth face...
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9.7KBook ReviewsBook Makes Strong Case For Free Play: Will After-school Field Take Note?
Several years ago when Pasi Sahlberg was a visiting professor of practice at Harvard, he took his young son to visit a...
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2.0K► ReportsSpecialized Case Management for Young Adults in Extended Federal Foster Care
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss the policies and practices best suited for meeting the needs of foster youth through the age...
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2.2KNewsQ&A with Alicia Philipp: Atlanta Foundation Does Much More Than Award Grants
Alicia Philipp has led the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta for almost 40 years and will retire in early 2020. She spoke...
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5.4KNewsHow One Philadelphia After-school Program Works to Be Trauma-informed
On an afternoon in October, kids in the Sunrise of Philadelphia after-school program made tissue-paper marigolds, assembled little altars and created masks....
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3.2KNewsAvoid Simplistic Thinking About Trauma-informed Care, Some Say
As the effort to be trauma informed sweeps across youth-serving agencies, some who research and treat trauma are urging people to think...
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3.3KNewsLA’s BEST Sees Increase in Mental Health Issues, Responds with a Focus on Trauma
The increase of mental health problems in kids is one of the reasons LA’s Best, an after-school provider serving 25,000 children in...
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1.7KGrantsTX Rural Community Library Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Library Support, Education, Community, Reading, Rural Youth | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 15, 2020
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3.0KGrantsEnvironmental Education Project Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Education, Education Technology, STEM | Amount: Up to $2,500 | Deadline: Jan. 15, 2020
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1.7KGrantsCT Nonprofit Childcare, Culture, Education and Healthcare Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Childcare, Education, Culture, Healthcare, Connecticut | Amount: $5,000 - $75,000 | Deadline: Dec. 13, 2019 (LOI)
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1.7KGrantsUnderserved Children and Youth Dental Care Access Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Healthcare Access, Underserved Children/Youth, Dental Care | Amount: Up to $20,000 | Deadline: Dec. 20, 2019
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3.1K► ReportsEstimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences & Implications for Prevention
The CDC quantifies the effects that adverse childhood experiences have on one's health and socioeconomic outcomes through to adulthood. The report makes...
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2.2KNewsEqualize Access to Summer Activities, National Academy of Sciences Advises
Summertime can either reinforce or redress the inequalities that exist for young people. That’s one takeaway from the National Academy of Sciences’...
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2.3KOpinionCalifornia Partnerships Helping Reduce Gun Violence, Incarceration
California has comprehensively strengthened its gun safety laws over the past 25 years and is now generally considered to have the strongest...
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2.9K► NewsmakersMonique Cox Announced as Urban Alliance’s Baltimore Executive Director
Urban Alliance announces the appointment of Monique Cox as executive director of its Baltimore region.
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2.7KOpinionWe Can Reduce Suicides By Gun With Right Policies
Nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths in this country are self-inflicted, according to an average from 2013 to 2017. In other words,...
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3.7KNewsNew SEL Curriculum Intended to Help Youth Focus Attention, Develop Compassion
Many social and emotional learning models exist, but a new one introduced this year involved the Dalai Lama. The leader of Tibetan...
