Youth Today
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3.8KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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2.9KNews‘I try my hardest’: Homeless youth fight substance abuse in New Mexico
New Mexico lacks treatment facilities to help housing insecure youth struggling with addiction. Serenity Mesa in Albuquerque, one of the only programs...
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2.6KNewsTackling youth homelessness in New Mexico
New Mexico consistently ranks toward the bottom among states for child welfare. In an under-resourced state with an overburdened system, a tight-knit group...
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1.6KOpinionTeen shooters should be judged as teens, not adults
Few among us are oblivious to the suffering that results from certain crimes committed by youthful offenders. As researchers and citizens, we...
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990GrantsCampus-based child care services for low-income students access program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care Access, Higher Education, Low-Income Students, Young Parents | Amount: $90,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2022
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3.4KNewsTrans kids’ treatment can start younger, new guidelines say
A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition treatment, including sex hormones and surgeries. The...
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2.1K► ReportsClimate change and youth mental health
The Oregon Health Authority releases a report discussing how the ever-worsening impacts of climate change and dire predictions for the future are...
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1.5KNews#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began
Survivors of sexual assault in church settings and their advocates have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of...
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2.4KNewsLatino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change
After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from...
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1.1KGrantsYouth pollinator garden program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth/School Gardening, Education, Child/Youth Development, Environment | Amount: $500 | Deadline: July 15, 2022
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4.8KNews‘Without language, we are nothing’: New Mexico to pay Native-language teachers equally
Today, students in New Mexico schools can study many of the eight indigenous languages of New Mexico’s 23 tribal entities. It’s an...
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1.9K► PodcastsNorth Central Florida YMCA brings summer camp to rural areas
The North Central Florida YMCA kicked off summer camp in Hawthorne this week. It’s the first time Hawthorne has had summer programming...
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2.4K► Nonprofit Toolbox5 tips for an engaging and effective board retreat
Have you ever wished your board could take a moment to breathe, reflect and refocus? A highly effective nonprofit board grows together...
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1.5KGrantsMaternity group home for pregnant and parenting youth program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Safety, Maternity, Teen Parents, Youth Services | Amount: $100,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: June 27, 2022
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1.2KNewsFTC Chair Khan plans key work on kids’ data privacy online
The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions and policies to help safeguard...
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1.7KFrom the BureausThere’s litigation and innovation involving LGBTQ juveniles, a disproportionately larger group
Tailor-made services are important for many justice-involved LGBTQ youth and young adults their advocates contend, because those individuals’ encounters with law enforcement,...
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2.4K► ReportsThe rise of firearm suicide among young Americans
Everytown for Gun Safety releases a troubling new report discussing the stark rise in firearm suicides among youth across the nation and...
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1.1KNewsOregon dropping AI tool used in child abuse cases
Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead...
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1.2KNewsScouts sell off camps under strain from sex abuse suits
KILLINGWORTH, Conn. (AP) — As the financially struggling Boy Scouts sell off a number of campgrounds, conservationists, government officials and others are...
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2.3KNewsiPad rentals, emergency funds and food pantries: What it takes to make “free college” work for all students
Since moving to New Mexico from her home country of Malaysia in 2017, Nuraisyah A Mohd Hilmi has paused her college education...
