Youth Today
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1.0KGrantsCulturally-specific family/domestic violence prevention and trauma services grants
GRANT FOCUS: Violence Prevention, Domestic/Family Violence, Child Maltreatment, Underserved Communities | Amount: $200,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: Aug. 11, 2023
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2.0KNewsAirbus afterschool classes help aviation careers take off
This pre-apprentice program trains high schoolers for careers at Airbus’ Mobile, Alabama, assembly plant.
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907GrantsJuvenile justice reform education and awareness program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Justice, Education, Awareness | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: Aug. 7, 2023
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1.5KOpinionDon’t sabotage our country’s future. Be the person you needed as a kid
This is my advice to school resource officers and police officers in general.
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2.5K► NewsmakersShawna Rosenzweig named president of Camp Fire
Rosenzweig has served as Camp Fire’s chief strategy officer for the past four years.
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891GrantsMinority and disadvantaged student education improvement support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Academic Improvement, BIPOC/Minority/Disadvantaged Students, Community | Amount: $10,000+ | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2023
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2.8KNewsToday’s racial, social tensions prompt a revival of yesteryear’s ‘freedom schools’
Some of today’s freedom schools enroll only Black youth, others a "racial rainbow."
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1.1KGrantsMemphis, Tennessee community development and civic engagement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community Development/Improvement, Civic Engagement, Memphis, Tennessee | Amount: $2,500 - $7,500 | Deadline: July 21, 2023
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1.1KGrantsNational child welfare workforce development program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Workforce Development, Child Well-being, Job/Career Training | Amount: $4,000,000 - $5,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
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2.5K► NewsmakersGisele C. Shorter appointed president and CEO of Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Shorter previously served as director of national education strategy at the Raikes Foundation.
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2.0KNewsWith no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raises
Lawmakers ended this year’s legislative session without giving public schools any money for raises.
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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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2.6K► 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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828GrantsPublic 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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1.7K► ReportsEffective alternatives to youth incarceration
Reversing America’s continuing overreliance on incarceration will require two sets of complementary reforms.
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1.3KNewsRansomware 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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940GrantsGrants 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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1.5KNewsChildren 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."
