Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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3.3KNewsRep. Lucy McBath, Other Leaders Talk About Working With Opportunity Youth of Color
Achieving equity in the U.S. starts with giving young people of color a level playing field, Rep. Lucy McBath says.
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1.8K► ReportsBehind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities
CLASP publishes findings on young adults' mental health from focus groups in "small and hard-to-reach" white rural; Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and...
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3.0K► NewsmakersDr. Aaron Kowalski Appointed President and CEO of JDRF
JDRF recently appointed leading international diabetes expert and advocate, Dr. Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D. as its president and CEO. He succeeds Derek Rapp who...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayRestorative Justice Can Give Kids the Power of Choice
“I’m too busy to volunteer,” I mumble to myself, and I know I’ve given the stink-eye to those perpetually busy do-gooder women...
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1.7KGrantsChild and Family Welfare Community-Based Program Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Child Maltreatment, Family Support | Deadline: June 11, 2019 | Amount: $500,000 - $550,000
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayHomeless Youth Don’t Realize How Much Legal Aid Can Help Them
Civil legal aid services are a necessary tool in preventing and eliminating youth homelessness. Though most young people do not initially identify...
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2.3KNewsAfter-school Program Teaches Immigrant Children and Parents
Two hours after the school day ended, three parents sat in the nearly empty cafeteria at Norton Park Elementary School in a...
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2.4K► ReportsA World Ready to Learn: Prioritizing Quality Early Childhood Education
UNICEF's first ever global report on early childhood education provides a comprehensive and exhaustive analysis of pre-primary education across the globe, showing...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayLouisville After-school Programs Get Support From Our Network
Philanthropic organizations and local government have been supporting nonprofit organizations that serve young people in my community for decades. We have dozens...
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2.3K► NewsmakersSPLC Names Karen Baynes-Dunning Interim President and CEO
Karen Baynes-Dunning is the interim president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after its board voted unanimously to name...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayWe Students Will Keep Advocating for Background Checks for Gun Sales
In this past year as a student activist for gun safety, I’ve learned that America’s gun problem is a multifaceted issue. Gun...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayForget Disarming ‘Bad Guys,’ We Must Make All Guns Harder To Get
Six days. That’s how long it took lawmakers in New Zealand to ban military-style assault weapons following an attack in Christchurch that...
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1.8K► ReportsPromoting a New Direction for Youth Justice: Strategies to Fund a Community-Based Continuum of Care and Opportunity
The Urban Institute identifies and discusses proven, effective and innovative strategies for investment in community-based programs and tools to help justice-involved youth...
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4.1KGuest Opinion EssayWhen Children Grieve: 10 Important Points for Youth Welfare Professionals
As youth welfare professionals we have all heard it, “I need to protect my children and not talk with them about their...
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3.7KNewsYoung Atlanta Refugees Build Robotics Along With New Lives
An Atlanta robotics team initially made up of refugee youth has racked up win after win in state and national competitions, successfully...
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2.0K► NewsmakersStefaan Poortman Appointed World of Children Executive Director
World of Children has appointed Stefaan Poortman as its next executive director following a lengthy nationwide search. Poortman comes to World of...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayFrom Restorative Justice Skeptic to Advocate in 2 Weeks
Walking back into my middle school classroom after being out the previous day at a training, I first noticed that the colorful...
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4.6KNewsCan Washington State Keep Youth Off the Streets After They Leave Detention?
By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times.
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13.6KNewsAs More Schools Aid Foster Students, Data on Results Needed, Researchers Say
Youth in foster care face a multitude of barriers when it comes to higher education. How will they pay for room, board,...
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4.5KGuest Opinion EssayBoth Trump, U.S. Child Welfare Play the Bonding Card From Bottom of Deck
Last November, I wrote a column for Youth Today about the alarming similarities between the Trump administration policy of tearing apart families...
