Youth Today
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4.2KNewsNew Mexico lags in mandated foster care reforms
Two years after New Mexico agreed to overhaul its foster care system in response to a lawsuit claiming it systematically re-traumatizes children...
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1.5KGrantsDisabled youth services personnel preparation program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Disabled Children/Youth, Special Education, Child Development, Workforce Development | Amount: $2,000,000 | Deadline: May 16, 2022
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3.0KNewsQ&A: Rep. Rosa DeLauro on the fight for afterschool funding and the child tax credit
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut and the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has long been hailed as an afterschool...
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1.1KGrantsInnovative STEM education project grants
GRANT FOCUS: STEM, Education, PreK-12, Education Innovation, Educator Support | Amount: $2,000 - $7,500 | Deadline: May 13, 2022 (letters of intent)
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1.2KGrantsMidwest early childhood health program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Early Childhood, Child Development, Family Support, Midwest | Amount: Up to $25,000 | Deadline: Apr. 29, 2022
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1.8KNewsFirst pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning
As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis' historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches...
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1.2KGrantsSTEM education equity advancement program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, STEM, Racial Equity, Gender Equity, Education Equity | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: May 10, 2022
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2.7KNewsQ&A: From Louisiana prisoner to Louisiana State University graduate
Within months of his release from a lifetime imprisonment sentence in Louisiana's 18,000-acre prison in Angola, La., Andrew Hundley, then 34, enrolled...
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1.5KNewsGeorgia lawmakers hand transgender decision to sports group
Georgia lawmakers dumped the thorny problem of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to play high school sports onto the state's main...
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3.7KNewsMissouri regulates boarding schools after abuse allegations
The new law approved last year followed extensive reporting from The Kansas City Star that found that several faith-based boarding schools, including...
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2.5KNewsWith students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children. That is now playing out at schools...
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1.2KGrantsNational juvenile justice data analysis program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Detention/Incarceration, Juvenile Offenders, Data, Research | Amount: Up to $2,400,000 | Deadline: May 9, 2022
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2.3KOpinionChildren’s book aims to combat stigma, uplift children with incarcerated parents
Incarceration is harmful not only to people held in confinement but to the health of their children who may experience post-traumatic stress...
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1.1KNewsCaseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put in motion abuse investigations into the parents of some transgender kids, child welfare supervisor Randa Mulanax...
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1.1KGrantsSupport grants for organizations serving children and youth with serious emotional disturbance
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Mental Health, Emotional Health, Family, SED, Healthcare | Amount: Up to $120,000 | Deadline: May 2, 2022
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2.4KNewsThese Tulsa high school students are part of the nation’s cyber-defense plan
In a classroom at Will Rogers High School, across the street from the University of Tulsa’s campus, 16-year old Bernardo Bustos is...
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2.2KNewsCongress approves more afterschool funding, but advocates say it isn’t enough
Afterschool advocates welcomed a $30 million federal spending boost for out-of-school time programs they say will benefit 30,000 additional children a year,...
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2.2KNews‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten...
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1.8KNewsMichigan law adds mandatory reporters after Nassar scandal
Physical and occupational therapists and athletic trainers will now be required to report suspected child abuse or neglect under a new Michigan...
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1.7KNewsUtah bans transgender athletes in girls sports despite veto
GOP lawmakers in Utah pushed through a ban on transgender youth athletes playing on girls teams Friday, overriding a veto and joining...
