Youth Today
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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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966GrantsWIC 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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4.0KNewsHurricane 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
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1.7KNewsAfter year of violence, US schools try to tame tensions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first week of school was supposed to mark a triumphant return to classrooms at San Francisco’s Everett...
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1.6K► ReportsYouth prison reform in the COVID era
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss how three states reduced youth incarceration and implemented reforms through the trying times of the COVID...
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1.1KGrantsChild care support grants for female athletes with children
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Women/Girls, Gender Equity, Parenting, Female Athletes, Sports | Amount: $10,000 | Deadline: July 12, 2022
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3.0KNewsExpanded wheelchair football league launches third season
The Move United-launched league has players and coaches in Birmingham. Ala.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago; Cleveland; Dallas, Los Angeles; Milwaukee; New Orleans, Phoenix;...
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2.9KNewsAs air quality worsens, so does childhood asthma
Six million of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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2.4KOpinionThe Remix with Karen Pittman: Adolescents are a force for good
Adolescents are a force for good is one of the UCLA’s Center for the Developing Adolescent six principles of adolescent development. The...
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3.0KNewsAfter a win for U.S. climate change education, classroom implementation is off to a slow start
Many teachers have little or no formal training about climate change, much less about how to teach it, and what students learn...
