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1.5KAdvertisingRead in-depth coverage of challenges facing youth in New Mexico
Youth Today’s New Mexico Child Welfare: Special Edition Summer 2022 examines the problems facing New Mexico's youth — from foster care to...
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1.2KAdvertisingStay up to date with our most recent stories on gun violence across the nation
Youth Today publishes the Targeting Gun Violence Project. Our coverage includes youth-related stories, data, reports, legislative updates and features on the latest...
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1.8KNewsMental health figures into Pennsylvania’s education funding
Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania...
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7.7KNewsAsian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled
Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...
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2.4KNewsWhen students bring guns to North Carolina schools
West Charlotte High School had let out only minutes earlier when, hearing gunfire, school officials ordered an immediate lockdown and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police...
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1.2KGrantsAt-risk and foster youth transitional living support program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Youth, At-risk Youth, Transitional Living, Youth Services, Youth Welfare, System-involved Youth | Amount: Up to $825,000 | Deadline: Aug. 15,...
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2.1KNewsLuring pandemic-impacted youth back to college will take effort, educators say
Colleges and universities have lost nearly 1.3 million students since spring 2020 as youth of color bear the brunt of the pandemic...
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2.4KNewsAdvocates call for more autism training for crisis hotlines ahead of 988 launch
Research shows people with autism spectrum disorder have a much greater risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Despite this – and despite doctors identifying more...
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4.1KNewsNew online-only SAT puts students with disabilities at new disadvantage, advocates say
Some young people who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities, already concerned about what they say are structural biases in the existing...
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2.1K► ReportsAddressing youth substance use through school services and supports
Urban Institute researchers discuss lessons learned from school-based approaches to youth substance use implemented in D.C., Massachusetts, and New Mexico.
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1.1KNewsAlabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...
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1.3KGrantsDisadvantaged youth, arts, health and community program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Arts/Culture, Disadvantaged Youth, Health, Homelessness | Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2022
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958GrantsWIC community outreach project grant
GRANT FOCUS: Food/Nutrition, Child Health/Development, Access to Food, Low-Income Families | Amount: Up to $20,000,000 | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2022
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3.9KNewsHurricane Maria devastated her home. Now, this teen is helping put survival kits in Florida libraries
Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...
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1.2KGrantsCommunity youth mental health program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Mental Health, Youth Welfare, Access to Healthcare, Community | Amount: $25,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: July 8, 2022
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1.5KNewsFamilies brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals
The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels...
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1.7K► ReportsStudy: Schooling for incarcerated youth is fragmented, inferior
Most of the 50 states have clearly designated which agencies are in charge of hiring teachers for incarcerated juveniles, creating teaching curriculum...
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1.4KGrantsCommunity arts and culture creative placemaking project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Arts/Culture, Community, Youth Development, Creative Placemaking | Amount: $25,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: Aug. 4, 2022
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1.9KNewsLGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan
The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under...
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1.1KGrantsNew England LGBTQ+ youth support and community project grants
GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ Youth, Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Mental Health, Community | Amount: Up to $20,000 | Deadline: July 21, 2022
