Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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3.2KNewsPercentage of Kids in Poor Areas Higher in 10 States, Puerto Rico, Casey Report Says
Despite the country’s longest-ever period of economic growth, the share of U.S. children living in high-poverty neighborhoods is on the rise in...
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6.7KGuest Opinion EssayHow We Can Leverage Social Networks, Tech to Help Homeless Young
I was recently interviewing a young person in a drop-in center serving people experiencing homelessness. While I have been working with this...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow Higher Education Can Help Remedy Homelessness, Housing Insecurity
“Students attending colleges and universities across the United States experience homelessness and housing insecurity.” We consistently start our presentations with this statement.
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayCourts, Social Services Can Work Together on Housing Instability
Public health experts recognize that as little as 10-20% of our individual health may be attributed to treatments received from the health...
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1.4K► NewsmakersThe Opportunity Agenda Appoints New President, Ellen Buchman
A “social justice visionary” who says she has the fight for equality coursing through her veins is the new president of The...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayViolence Against Homeless Youth Is Encouraged By Our System
It is an arid, 100-degree August night in Tempe, Ariz. Five of us are volunteering on outreach in the downtown area tonight...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayPolice Can Help Homeless Youth Instead of Arresting Them
Justin (not his real name) was waiting to run into our group of volunteers as we conducted street outreach to youth and...
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1.4K► ReportsConnecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement
MDRC evaluates the efficacy and sustainability of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's LEAP initiative, which provides education and employment pathways for youth...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayHousing Is Harm Reduction for Youth Experiencing Homelesssness
The epidemic of youth homelessness is rooted in oppression, white supremacy and, more specifically, a social service culture that too often pits...
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2.6KNewsWaiting Period Law for Firearms Would Aim to Save Lives of Suicidal Alabamians
This story is part of a series on public health and firearms. The first examined groups working to reduce homicide in Birmingham....
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1.7KNewsLife-saving Advice for Suicide Prevention From Public Health Experts
When a person commits suicide, family members are often left wondering how they could have saved their loved one’s life.
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayTo Ease Reentry, Help the Hosts Who Offer Couch Hopping
When Carlos first came to live with us he was about 16. A friend of my son’s, he had a long history...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayHomeless Young People Under 21st-century Capitalism Are Disposable
As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, we are surrounded by reports and images of abandoned and neglected children...
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2.5K► ReportsJuvenile Arrests, 2017
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) discusses the latest data and trends involving arrests of juveniles across the country....
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayDecriminalize Homelessness, Make Record Clearing More Accessible
In cities across America, being homeless puts you at increased risk for a criminal record. You can be charged for behaviors that...
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayWashington State Must Help, Not Arrest Sex Trafficked, Homeless Minors
This summer, stories of now-deceased wealthy financier Jeffery Epstein’s sexual exploitations rocked the country. The girls Epstein exploited were mostly young, poor,...
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3.3KGuest Opinion EssayHomeless Youth Must Be Helped With Services, Not Forced Into Justice System
In 2013, my colleagues and I were gathering stories from youth around the country to better understand their pathways into the justice...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayBeing Homeless: Don’t Let Your Present Define Who You Are
I am a 22-year-old from Capitol Heights, Md. I first started experiencing homelessness at the age of 19 while I was in...
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2.5KFrom the BureausHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth.
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2.5KFrom the BureausTrans Woman Who Died at Rikers Created Chain Reaction of Kindness, Friends Say
The first time Christina Vengerovsky met Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was on Christopher Street in the summer of 2010. Her friends had been talking...
