Youth Today
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2.1KNewsMorning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe
The machines help ensure emergency contraceptives are cheap, discreet and widely available.
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2.5K► NewsmakersNicole Rodriguez Leach named executive director of Grantmakers for Education
Leach began work on July 1, succeeding Celine Coggins who left in December 2022.
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819GrantsPublic school infrastructure improvement center program grant
GRANT FOCUS: School, Education Infrastructure, School Safety, Research, Public Education | Amount: $2,000,000 | Deadline: Aug. 7, 2023
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1.5KNewsMoms for Liberty’s focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions
Moms for Liberty is looking to expand its work in 2024 and beyond.
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1.6KNewsBaltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All they know is guns’
"They were having fun in the beginning, but you know kids ... they started drinking ... "
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1.6K► ReportsEffective alternatives to youth incarceration
Reversing America’s continuing overreliance on incarceration will require two sets of complementary reforms.
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1.2KNewsRansomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks
The documents are intimate and graphic including psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents and suicide attempts.
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903GrantsGrants to address racial bias and inequity in child welfare
GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare/Well-being, Racial Disparities/Inequity, Systemic Racism, Minority Children/Youth | Amount: $400,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
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1.4KNewsChildren face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
"We're supposed to be using the juvenile legal system for rehabilitation and not punishment."
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860GrantsSupport grants for BIPOC southern artists working for social change
GRANT FOCUS: Social Change, BIPOC, Arts/Culture, Civic Engagement, Race/Ethnicity | Amount: $75,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
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1.5KNewsInstagram and Facebook are adding more parental controls. Critics say they aren’t enough
Many of the features require minors — and their parents — to opt in.
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4.0KNewsHow a partisan budget battle worsened Illinois’ foster care crisis
Illinois foster kids are staying in social workers' offices, conference centers and jails.
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1.7KNewsVermont town to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections, after legislature overrode veto
The Democrat-controlled state Legislature overrode the Republican governor's veto of the Brattleboro charter change.
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1.6KNewsFamilies worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
Some states have already stopped payments while others have yet to make them permanent.
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2.0KOpinionNew pathways toward school and community crossings
Guides can help youth access opportunities and become active players in their community.
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3.0KNewsThousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors
The number of different e-cigarette devices sold in the U.S. nearly tripled since 2020.
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751GrantsAtlanta early care and learning facility improvement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Early Care, Early Education, Child Development, Atlanta | Amount: Up to $75,000 | Deadline: July 28, 2023
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5.1KNewsProposed reforms of ‘troubled teen industry’ fall short of promises
A promised "youth bill of rights" is absent from federal legislation introduced this spring.
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1.8KNewsYour state has a law on bathrooms and trans kids? Officials may not know how it will be enforced
It's not clear how bathroom laws will play out after being enacted.
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1.1KGrantsJuvenile justice reform leadership team grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism, Diversion, Juvenile Justice Reform | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 10, 2023
