Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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1.6KNews21st Century Programs Gaining Flexibility During School Day, But More Funding Sought
After a tense and uncertain summer, after-school providers funded through 21st Century Community Learning Centers are able to step back and take...
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2.9K► ReportsState Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults: 2000–2018
The CDC releases a new worrying report showing recent significant increases in youth suicide rates in at least 42 states.
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayPlace Siblings Together in Foster Homes: A Call for ‘First Priority’ and ‘Beyond Reasonable Efforts’
According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway in 2019, more than two-thirds of foster youth in the U.S. have siblings. It’s a ...
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2.1K► NewsmakersThe Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson Appointed President and CEO of Children’s Defense Fund
The Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson will be the next president and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), succeeding civil rights leader...
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2.2KNewsWhat Works In Mentoring? New UVA Scale Can Shed Light
What makes mentoring programs effective? And what makes some programs more effective than others? These questions have existed for years in youth...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Surge in Juvenile Homicide Means And What To Do About It
The U.S. Department of Justice recently released two statistical reports that appear to stand in contrast. A report released in June of...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayThe First Basic Income Pilot Program for Foster Youth Is a No-Brainer
The Santa Clara County (California) Board of Supervisors approved in May a basic income pilot program for youth who are transitioning out...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayYouth With Disabilities Want COVID-19 to Teach Importance of Accessibility
For the past few months, while writing this column, I have been building relationships with young people who have disabilities. I have...
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1.4K► ReportsThe Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System
A new report analyzes racial and ethnic data at state-level youth justice agencies, documenting how inconsistent data categories and reporting result in...
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayA Strengths-based Approach Can Take Youth From Deficit to Abundance
It’s a typical day. James, a likeable 15-year-old you’ve known professionally for some time, arrives on the scene. Recently, James shared with...
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1.8KNewsMeet Gary Green Our New Executive Director
This summer Kennesaw State University hired Gary Green as executive director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism, publisher of YouthToday.org. Green joined...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayTo Work On Youth Homelessness, Brainstorming, Decision Analysis Strong Tools
Generating alternatives is key to effective decision-making because it provides the decision-makers in a collective body with an array of choices from...
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1.7KNewsIndianapolis Schools, Partners Setting Up Hubs For Homeless Students, Other Needy Families
When a school district goes virtual, what happens to homeless students? School often provides them stability and a place to access resources...
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1.9KNewsHigh School Students Call For Racial Equity Focus, For Adults to Listen
Young people across the country are returning to school during a global pandemic after a summer that dramatically highlighted racial inequality. Under...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayAre Youth With Disabilities Changing Habits to Prevent Spread of COVID-19?
You see it on TV. You hear it on the radio and you read it in the newspaper. Everywhere you go there...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayNew Technology Not Enough to Monitor Child Welfare Outcomes During Pandemic
Child welfare systems are on the brink of a paradigm shift when it comes to technology use in their difficult work. A...
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2.3K► ReportsEvaluating the Implementation of Raise the Age in New York City
The Youth Justice Research Collaborative releases a policy brief outlining how Raise the Age has been implemented in NYC since being signed...
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2.0KNewsYMCAs Turn Their Child Care, After-school Programs Into Learning Pods
Ocean County YMCA in Tom's River, New Jersey, is among many YMCAs across the country that are providing learning centers to give...
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2.2K► NewsmakersMaheen Kaleem is New Deputy Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color
Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) recently announced Maheen Kaleem as its new deputy director.
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1.6KNewsOnline Portal Will Connect Tulsa Families to Expanded Learning Sites, Other Services
When teachers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, walked out In 2018 to protest education cuts, community organizations mobilized to help families find child care...
