Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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2.9KNewsBryan Stevenson’s Message to Youth Workers: Change Narrative for Kids
At the end of April, Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Institute opened a striking museum and a memorial to 4,400 victims of lynching...
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2.9KOpinionMentoring Graduation Coaches Needed for Mass. Students
Massachusetts is considered a leader in education in the country, with the highest standardized test scores and some of the best public...
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4.3KFrom the BureausAs Colleges Polarize Politically, Extremists Are Getting Younger
Colleges are becoming ideological battlegrounds. A national survey of freshman students found the incoming 2016 class was the most politically extreme in...
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6.6KOpinionThe Department of Child and Family Services Mostly Failed Me, But Still I Persist
I was in the Department of Child and Family Services foster care system for nine years of my life. It was my...
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2.2K► ReportsNew Zealand’s Youth Justice Transformation: Lessons for the U.S.
The National Juvenile Justice Network takes a look at the successes of New Zealand's juvenile justice system and discusses how the United...
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2.5KNewsTraining, Connections, Better Benefits: What Young Staffers in Youth Organizations Want
Youth-serving organizations are often staffed by young adults whose outlook and circumstances are different from that of their older colleagues. Sometimes young...
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4.5K► NewsmakersCarrie Johnson is the Recipient of the National Juvenile Defender Center’s Inaugural Norman Dorsen Award
The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) has announced that Carrie Johnson will be recognized with the inaugural Norman Dorsen Award in recognition...
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3.6KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students Use ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ to Explore Solutions to Gun Violence
It’s early evening on a warm Tuesday in March, and a handful of teenagers are commanding rapt attention in a corner of...
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3.8KNewsHow to Recruit, Retain Kids for Voluntary Summer Learning
Leaders of summer learning programs who are now reaching out to enroll kids often have to deal with a high no-show rate.
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2.5KOpinionYouth Leaders Need Extra Thought, Sensitivity to Help the Young Enjoy Outdoors
The next generation is responsible for protecting an environment that they may not know how to connect with. As someone who sees...
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2.4KGrantsMinority Youth and Community Support Grants
Subject: Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Youth, Race/Ethnicity, Community Development, Youth Violence, Safety, Youth Welfare | Deadline: May 24, 2018 | Amount: $25,000 - $500,000
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Opinion
Restorative Justice Even Works With the Big Bad Wolf, Training Shows
The first lightbulb moment for me was when I got to attend a restorative justice training for high school students in Seattle.
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4.5KFrom the BureausLos Angeles Housing Patterns That Reinforced Segregation Reverberate to This Day
Land remains the starkest turf of bigotry in American life. Blacks have been kept out, locked in, preyed upon and segregated by...
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3.9KNewsLGBTQ Youth More Likely to Become Homeless, Latest Chapin Hall Report Finds
Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer youths have nearly double the risk of winding up homeless as their straight peers — and...
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5.1K► NewsmakersDr. Amy Pollack is the Next Director of Maternal, Newborn & Child Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Amy Pollack, MD, FACOG, FACPM will be the new director of maternal, newborn & child health at the Bill & Melinda...
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Opinion
Let’s Make College Smoother for Students From Foster Care
Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their...
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6.4KFrom the BureausLos Angeles’ Vast Child Welfare System Has a Lot to Teach Rest of Nation
You can only find the entrance to the RightWay Foundation if you’re really looking for it. Hidden deep within the parking structure...
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Grants
Community Arts & Culture Project Grants
Subject: Arts, Culture, Community Development, Arts Education | Deadline: Aug. 9, 2018 | Amount: $25,000 - $200,000
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Grants
Homeless and Street Youth Services Program Grants
Subject: Street Youth, Homeless Youth, Youth Welfare, Youth Services, Safety | Deadline: June 20, 2018 | Amount: $90,000 - $150,000
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3.2KNewsYoungest Afterschool Alliance Lobbyists Ever Reassured by Legislators on Annual Funding
What began as a lobbying gala quickly changed into a pep rally as key congressional leaders assured after-school advocates that their cherished...
