Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
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1.9KNewsDemand soars for kids’ books addressing violence, trauma
As anxiety and depression rates have soared among young Americans, educators and advocates say children's books can play a role in helping...
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1.3KNewsThese foster kids need mental health care. New Mexico is putting them in homeless shelters.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Hours after Jaidryon Platero attempted suicide, an employee of New Mexico’s child welfare agency visited...
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1.2KNewsSocial Security boost will help millions of kids, too
Social Security's cost of living adjustment, otherwise known as the COLA, for 2023 is expected to be around 9% or even higher,...
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802GrantsYouth development cross-sector partnership support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Education/Learning, Community, Job/Career Training | Amount: ~$200,000 | Deadline: Nov. 4, 2022
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Youth violence expert Paul Boxer on how to help kids struggling with antisocial, potentially violent behaviors
Paul Boxer has become an expert in youth violence. He has co-authored 80 research papers and is head of the Rutgers Center...
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1.1KNewsSenators call for stronger rules on off-the-books suspension
Two Democratic senators urged the Education Department on Wednesday to strengthen regulations against quietly excluding kids from class because of behaviors related...
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1.2KNewsTicketing misbehaving students is counter-productive, critics of that practice argue
Students can be ticketed by school resource officers or by local police departments to whom school staff members refer students viewed as...
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1.1KNewsAs youths face hefty court fines, some states find new ways for them to pay for their crimes
Courts have long mandated such fees, aiming to hold youth accountable, deter them from future crime and often to cover the justice...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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3.7KNewsAfterschool programs mobilize in wake of mass shootings
The pandemic emphasized the important role afterschool and summer programs can play in supporting kids with their social and emotional well-being. Some...
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1.7KNewsCalifornia eyes making girls’ flag football a school sport
The number of girls playing flag football in U.S. high schools doubled to 11,000 in the decade leading up to 2018-19, according...
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1.6KNewsRules sought for ‘gooning,’ taking troubled kids to care
Within what's known as the secure transport industry, it's called "gooning." Brawny men show up under the cover of darkness and force...
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967NewsTeen interest in long-lasting birth control soars after Roe
Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling appears to be accelerating a trend of increased birth control use among teens, including...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayThe Remix with Karen Pittman: Handle with care
I continue to be impressed with the simplicity and power of Handle with Care, a partnership between law enforcement, schools and mental...
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1.3KNewsAfraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action
More than a thousand protesters, many of them skipping school, marched through the streets.
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1.6K► Nonprofit ToolboxSix qualities of a great board chair
Communities thrive when nonprofits thrive, and nonprofits thrive when an engaged board works to translate bold vision into reality. As the leader of...
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1.8KNewsAlabama’s food deserts: Hit hard by inflation, Black Belt children ‘still being forgotten’
A history of disinvestment and exploitation have left this region of the state, called the Black Belt, a food desert - an...
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2.1KNewsElectrical workers union trains Chicago youth for growing solar market
The solar academy run by Chicago’s branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW Local 134, is a direct path to...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayWhat are green jobs and how can I get one? 5 questions answered about clean energy careers
The number of “clean energy jobs” is expected to increase in the coming years as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act’s...
