Youth Today
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991GrantsEducation, literacy, environment, social welfare and research program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Literacy, Environment, Social Welfare, Culture, Scientific Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 1, 2022
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3.2KFrom the BureausProject pairing students with and without disabilities seeks to bolster friendships, end isolation
College sophomores, Elizabeth Mancini and Kelsey Heaney, still hang out together as they nurture a friendship begun through Best Buddies, an international...
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1.2KGrantsTeen pregnancy prevention research and practice program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Sex Education, Birth Control, Research | Amount: $800,000 - $1,200,000 | Deadline: June 23, 2022
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1.6KNewsStates divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage at a Texas elementary school, sending...
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3.2KOpinionNew, multimillion-dollar jail is no panacea for juvenile offenders
How one prisoner, sentenced as a teen, sees spending millions on new juvenile jail: Replacing an old youth jail with a new...
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952NewsIndiana lawmakers enact trans sports ban with veto override
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Indiana voted Tuesday to override the GOP governor’s veto of a bill banning transgender females...
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862NewsTop Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers
Top administrative leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said Tuesday that they will release a secret...
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1.3KNewsAdoptions another facet of life halted by war in Ukraine
LEEDS, Maine (AP) — The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been devastating for families of all kinds — including...
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1.1KNewsSouthern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers
A blistering report on the Southern Baptist Convention's mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the...
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1.5KNewsSchool counselors sound cry for help after Buffalo shooting
For many schools, last weekend's shooting rampage in Buffalo, carried out by an 18-year-old who had been flagged for making a threatening...
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1.3K► ReportsReport: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades...
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2.7KOpinionThe Remix with Karen Pittman: Re-centering youth work across systems
I’ve been struck once again this month, while reading Youth Today, by how the stories and commentaries demonstrated the complexity of what...
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1.1KGrantsYouth arts/culture, sports and entrepreneurship program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Youth Sports, Youth Leadership, Arts/Culture, Youth Entrepreneurship | Amount: $5,000 - $20,000 | Deadline: June 4, 2022
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2.0KNewsFunding, logistics remain challenges to afterschool and summer programs in rural communities
Afterschool Alliance estimates there are 4.5 million rural kids across the country who want to attend afterschool but can't, with low-income families...
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1.3KGrantsGrants to improve outcomes for youth victims of human trafficking
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Victims, Victim Services, Human Trafficking | Amount: $1,000,000 - $1,500,000 | Deadline: June 22, 2022
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3.2K► Reports2022 National survey on LGBTQ youth mental health
The Trevor Project releases findings from the 2022 edition of its annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
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1.4KNewsTransgender medication law in Alabama blocked by judge
A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and...
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1.1KNewsMixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in...
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1.8KNews‘From crisis to death’: Probing teen’s last, desperate hours
Y'all here to protect me," the youth asked the officers, beseechingly. "Right?" The 17-year-old's foster father, unable to deal with a teen...
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2.0KFrom the BureausTeen farming feeds the needy in touristy corner of Massachusetts
In Brickle’s corner of rural, western Massachusetts, where tourists flock but many locals struggle to make ends meet, she and other 13-...
