Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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2.0KOpinionNew Mexico, and U.S., Needs Help With Both Immediate Needs, Ultimate Causes
A few years ago I attended a workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed, an approach to community education based on the use...
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1.9KNewsNewly Updated Technology Helps CYFD Stay in Touch
When Brian Blalock entered his new job as cabinet secretary at the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) approximately a year and...
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1.6KNewsFor New Mexican, Tribal Leaders, It’s ‘All Hands on Deck’ in 2 Counties
Government officials and public health professionals say there’s no sugar-coating it: The coronavirus outbreak that’s done a number on the Gallup area...
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2.7KNewsCOVID-19 Challenges Don’t Stop Carlsbad Transitional Housing Program
“On call” means something different these days for Johnnie Bradford. As the longtime housing supervisor for Carlsbad Transitional Housing, she has always...
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1.6KNewsLas Cruces Caseworker Helping Youth Who Have Aged Out of Care Plus the System-involved
Transitioning out of juvenile justice is already laborious for many young people. It’s infinitely more difficult during a global pandemic. “They’re literally...
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2.1KNewsNew Mexico Tribal, State Leaders Pulling Together Against Pandemic
The arrival of the coronavirus in New Mexico in mid-March toppled the lives of the state’s foster and at-risk youth, who were...
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2.0KNewsLeaders Say Youth Organizations Have Role During Protests
As protests erupt in cities across the nation following George Floyd’s death in police custody, youth-serving agencies appear to have a similar...
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1.8KOpinionHow Can Youth With Disabilities Be Better Prepared For Future Outbreaks?
Through my work with the disabled community, I have found that many feel it is of the utmost importance to achieve a...
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2.0KOpinionGun Violence Prevention Is Essential, Especially During Coronavirus
Teens On Target (TNT) is a leadership development program at Youth ALIVE!, Oakland, Calif.’s anchor agency for violence prevention, intervention and healing....
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1.9KFrom the BureausFoster Parent Expert Advises Support Groups, Online Training to Cope With Anxious Kids During COVID-19
John DeGarmo is the founder and director of the Foster Care Institute. He and his wife Kelly have been foster parents for...
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3.5KNewsDurham Public Schools’ Exceptional Children Services ‘Horrifically Underserved My Son’
From the time she adopted Anthony, at age 4, Wendy Tonker knew he was special. He was special because he was diagnosed...
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1.7K► ReportsA Global Framework for Youth Mental Health
The World Economic Forum and Orygen partnered to produce this comprehensive framework to address the youth mental health crisis around the world...
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3.8KNewsSchools Urged to Use After-school, Community Programs to Help in Reopening
After-school and summer program leaders are trying to get heard. It’s as if they’re standing on a hilltop and waving: We can...
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2.0KNewsIntensive Coaching, Group Therapy Helped California Foster Youth at Risk for Homelessness, Chapin Hall Study Shows
In the transition from adolescence to adulthood, even the best-prepared kids can be expected to stumble.
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4.5KOpinionInclusion of Homebuilders Model Makes Family First Act a Much More Useful Law
The first time I saw the photo, nearly 20 years ago, I was so moved it almost made me cry. That may...
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4.7KOpinionPandemic Affecting Adolescent Development; We Must Help Them Handle New Traumas
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlights the disproportionate impact of crises on our most vulnerable communities, particularly here in New Mexico. Reports across the...
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2.0KNewsFor Kids Unsafe at Home, School Closure Increases Risk For Trauma
In January, Sharral Dean, a therapist at the Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia, was seeing about 30 young clients a week....
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3.0KOpinionSisters Inspire Disabled Community to Share Social Distancing Experiences
Last week, while I was interviewing a source for my column, I was alerted to an online campaign by an Instagram page...
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2.7KNewsSummer Youth Programming a Patchwork of Open, Closed, Virtual Due to COVID-19
Earlier this week, Lisa Haverty cleared away board games, dolls and other items from the large central room at Haverty Hollow, the...
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4.7KOpinionArt, Augmented Reality Are Tools for Change in Youth-led Gun Violence Movement
Art is subversive. It has a history of undermining the status quo and of transforming perceptions.
