Youth Today
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2.9KNewsNative Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education
The Native American Community Academy network has big plans but faces growing pains.
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1.9KGrantsMissouri disadvantaged community and child dental health program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Dental Health, Dental Care Access, Disadvantaged Children/Youth | Amount: $5,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: June 18, 2024 (LOI)
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5.1KNewsSegregation academies still operate across the South. One town grapples with its divided schools.
Parents in Camden, Alabama, say they would like to see their children schooled together.
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2.6KOpinion70 years after Brown, too many U.S. schools remain hypersegregated and unequal
1,700+ of American school districts are hypersegregated, with 75% of students from low-income households.
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1.7KNewsIllinois school districts sent kids to a for-profit out-of-state facility that isn’t vetted or monitored
Some Illinois districts have abdicated their own responsibility to monitor students’ education and welfare.
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816GrantsCollaboration program grants to help juvenile justice-involved youth with mental health issues
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Substance Use/Abuse, Youth Outcomes | Amount: Up to $650,000 | Deadline: June 18, 2024
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2.0KNewsMany ‘informal’ child care providers are entitled to pay. Most don’t know it
In many states, informal child care providers are eligible for funded support.
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1.6KGrantsHomeless youth transitional living shelter and services program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Homeless Youth, Transitional Living, Youth Welfare/Safety, Youth Services | Amount: $100,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: June 7, 2024
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2.8KGrantsYouth with sexual behavior problems intervention and services program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Behavioral Problems, Sexual Violence, Sexual Behavior, Child/Youth Safety | Amount: Up to $525,000 | Deadline: June 18, 2024
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1.8KNewsAfter a child’s death, California weighs rules for physical education during extreme weather
Many states have adopted protocols to protect students from extreme heat during physical education.
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3.6KGrantsNative youth development and cultural preservation grants
GRANT FOCUS: Native Youth, Community Development, Culture, Youth Development | Amount: Up to $60,000 | Deadline: June 5, 2024
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1.7KNewsJudge refuses to dismiss all claims by transgender child against state of Tennessee, Williamson County Schools
A challenge of Tennessee’s school restroom/locker room laws by transgender students remains alive.
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2.2KNewsSchools are more segregated than 30 years ago. But how much?
Between 1991 and 2019 the segregation level rose by over 1/3rd in 541 districts.
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3.8KNewsHUD-funded Millennia Housing’s dangerous national trend of negligence exposed by Atlanta tenants
Forest Cove apartments had issues with pest infestations, unsafe construction and frequent violent crime.
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1.2KNewsChaplains could soon come into FL public schools, but other red states are rejecting the move
Proposals from lawmakers to bring chaplains into public schools have varied. Many have failed.
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4.9KGrantsCommunity youth running program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Youth Sports, Physical Activity, Childhood Obesity | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: June 15, 2024
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1.6KNewsPreschool is popular, and more Colorado school districts are adding it
Experts say preschool in public schools helps ease the transition for incoming kindergartners.
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663GrantsJuvenile justice tools and resources development/dissemination grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Resources, Juvenile Delinquency | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: June 18, 2024
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4.2KNewsKindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem
Kindergarten lays the groundwork for “number sense" and understanding relationships between number and quantity.
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1.8KGrantsHomeless and runaway youth services center program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Homeless/Runaway Youth, Youth Services, Youth Health/Welfare, Youth Safety | Amount: $50,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: June 7, 2024
