Youth Today
-
1.8K► ReportsConnecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement
MDRC evaluates the efficacy and sustainability of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's LEAP initiative, which provides education and employment pathways for youth...
-
3.2KOpinionHousing Is Harm Reduction for Youth Experiencing Homelesssness
The epidemic of youth homelessness is rooted in oppression, white supremacy and, more specifically, a social service culture that too often pits...
-
1.6KGrantsNE Child Health Research Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Child Welfare, Research | Amount: $165,000 | Deadline: Oct. 7, 2019
-
1.7KGrantsYouth Technology Job/Career Pathway Development Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: STEM Education, Youth Development, Job/Career Training | Amount: $100,000 - $350,000 | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2019
-
2.9KNewsWaiting Period Law for Firearms Would Aim to Save Lives of Suicidal Alabamians
This story is part of a series on public health and firearms. The first examined groups working to reduce homicide in Birmingham....
-
2.1KNewsLife-saving Advice for Suicide Prevention From Public Health Experts
When a person commits suicide, family members are often left wondering how they could have saved their loved one’s life.
-
2.3KOpinionTo Ease Reentry, Help the Hosts Who Offer Couch Hopping
When Carlos first came to live with us he was about 16. A friend of my son’s, he had a long history...
-
1.8K口 Advertising ArchiveColorado Hosts Conference for Rural Afterschool Educators and Leaders
When it comes to educating its young citizens, rural and mountain communities face similar challenges. They also come up with unique and...
-
1.5KGrantsCA K-12 Agriculture Education Project Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Agriculture Education, K-12 | Amount: Up to $500 | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2019
-
3.8KOpinionHomeless Young People Under 21st-century Capitalism Are Disposable
As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, we are surrounded by reports and images of abandoned and neglected children...
-
3.4K► ReportsJuvenile Arrests, 2017
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) discusses the latest data and trends involving arrests of juveniles across the country....
-
3.0KOpinionDecriminalize Homelessness, Make Record Clearing More Accessible
In cities across America, being homeless puts you at increased risk for a criminal record. You can be charged for behaviors that...
-
5.6KOpinionWashington State Must Help, Not Arrest Sex Trafficked, Homeless Minors
This summer, stories of now-deceased wealthy financier Jeffery Epstein’s sexual exploitations rocked the country. The girls Epstein exploited were mostly young, poor,...
-
3.8KOpinionHomeless Youth Must Be Helped With Services, Not Forced Into Justice System
In 2013, my colleagues and I were gathering stories from youth around the country to better understand their pathways into the justice...
-
2.0KOpinionBeing Homeless: Don’t Let Your Present Define Who You Are
I am a 22-year-old from Capitol Heights, Md. I first started experiencing homelessness at the age of 19 while I was in...
-
1.5KGrantsCT Early Care, Education and Youth Development Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Early Child Care, Education, Youth Development, Youth Travel, Community Amount: Unspecified Deadline: Oct. 4, 2019 “We believe in the importance of...
-
2.0KGrantsD.C. Region Low-Income Student Support Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Low-Income Students, Academic Achievement, K-12 | Amount: $10,000 - $35,000 | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2019
-
3.0KFrom the BureausHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth.
-
2.2KGrantsAdvancing Informal STEM Learning Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: STEM, Education, Learning, Research | Amount: Up to $3,000,000 | Deadline: Nov. 6, 2019
-
2.9KFrom the BureausTrans Woman Who Died at Rikers Created Chain Reaction of Kindness, Friends Say
The first time Christina Vengerovsky met Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was on Christopher Street in the summer of 2010. Her friends had been talking...
