Youth Today
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2.8KNewsAlready facing barriers, voters with disabilities are troubled by latest bids to block ballot access
Online registration was among the expanded forms of voter access that several states implemented in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19...
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1.6KNewsLandmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care
Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban on gender-confirming care, with Republican lawmakers in 2021 overriding GOP Gov. Asa...
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1.0KGrantsChild health promotion and preventative healthcare program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Healthcare Access, Disabled Children/Youth, Child Development | Amount: Up to $1,566,000 | Deadline: Dec. 14, 2022
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3.1KNewsIncreased federal and state funding spurs afterschool expansion
The majority of federal and state grants that afterschool programs have depended upon for decades typically cannot be spent on transportation, despite...
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1.3K口 Advertising ArchiveCareer opportunity: MENTOR National Research Manager
MENTOR is committed to using research to improve the quality and quantity of mentoring programs for youth across the nation. The Research...
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1.0KGrantsNational maternal and child health data resource program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Maternal Health, Pregnancy, Data | Amount: Up to $900,000 | Deadline: Nov. 16, 2022
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9.4KNewsPolice need warrants to search homes. Child welfare agents almost never get one.
By law, ACS caseworkers are not allowed to enter and search a home without either permission to enter or an entry order,...
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2.5KNewsMandatory reporting was supposed to stop severe child abuse. It punishes poor families instead.
“Today, Pennsylvania says ‘No more’ to child abuse,” then-Gov. Tom Corbett declared as he signed the legislation into law in 2014. A...
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2.7KNewsQ&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
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2.7KNewsDemand soars for kids’ books addressing violence, trauma
As anxiety and depression rates have soared among young Americans, educators and advocates say children's books can play a role in helping...
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2.0KNewsThese foster kids need mental health care. New Mexico is putting them in homeless shelters.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Hours after Jaidryon Platero attempted suicide, an employee of New Mexico’s child welfare agency visited...
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1.7KNewsSocial Security boost will help millions of kids, too
Social Security's cost of living adjustment, otherwise known as the COLA, for 2023 is expected to be around 9% or even higher,...
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1.2KGrantsYouth development cross-sector partnership support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Education/Learning, Community, Job/Career Training | Amount: ~$200,000 | Deadline: Nov. 4, 2022
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2.7KNewsQ&A: Youth violence expert Paul Boxer on how to help kids struggling with antisocial, potentially violent behaviors
Paul Boxer has become an expert in youth violence. He has co-authored 80 research papers and is head of the Rutgers Center...
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910GrantsNational early care and education workforce development program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Early Care/Education, Child Development, Job/Career Training, Workforce Development | Amount: $6,000,000 | Deadline: Nov. 7, 2022
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1.5KNewsSenators call for stronger rules on off-the-books suspension
Two Democratic senators urged the Education Department on Wednesday to strengthen regulations against quietly excluding kids from class because of behaviors related...
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1.7KNewsTicketing misbehaving students is counter-productive, critics of that practice argue
Students can be ticketed by school resource officers or by local police departments to whom school staff members refer students viewed as...
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1.7KNewsAs youths face hefty court fines, some states find new ways for them to pay for their crimes
Courts have long mandated such fees, aiming to hold youth accountable, deter them from future crime and often to cover the justice...
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2.7KOpinionTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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960GrantsChild maltreatment in youth organizations national research project grant
GRANT FOCUS: Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse, Youth Organizations, Sexual Abuse, Research | Amount: $1,500,000 | Deadline: Oct. 24, 2022
