Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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4.1KNewsAspen Report Marks Pivotal Moment For Child Welfare: Youth Development Leader
Karen Pittman is the co-founder, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit whose goal is to change the...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayOST: Learn Differences Between Tools to Measure Your Program Quality
What is a high-quality after-school program? What do you expect to see in high-quality programs? As an experienced practitioner, you have likely...
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2.6K► NewsmakersJohn Palfrey Named MacArthur Foundation President
John Palfrey has been named president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He succeeds Julia Stasch, who has led the...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayThese Connections Are Currency; Some Young People Need Our Help to Form Them
The other day I attended a diversity training at work. The facilitator talked about who and how we hire. She said something...
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24.7KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Aging Out of Foster Care Need a Runway, Not a Cliff
Toni should be celebrating. She’s part of a rarified group — the 10 percent of students at four-year public colleges who graduate...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayMany Women, Girls Feel Impact of Justice System Via Their Network, Report From Bronx Organization Shows
G.I.R.L.S. N Da Hood is exploring gender and incarceration in the Bronx. We focused on understanding womyn’s experiences with arrest, court, lockup,...
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2.4KNewsGolf Organization Reaches Out to Youth, Partly to Stem Sport’s Decline
Young people who want to play golf can benefit from a nonprofit that will subsidize their play. It’s Youth on Course, a...
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3.6KGuest Opinion EssayCollaboration Between School Districts, Extended-Learning Agencies Creates Holistic Approach to Education
Many of you are well-versed in the fields of education, parks and recreation, and other sectors that serve children. I hope to...
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1.9K► Reports$23 Billion – The Disparity in Funding Between White and Nonwhite School Districts
EdBuild breaks down the troubling numbers behind the disparity in funding between predominantly white and predominantly nonwhite school districts around the nation.
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3.4KNewsCommunity Activism a Family Tradition for Head of Violence Interruption Program
She remembers the frantic knocks at the door and the family friend who waited almost hysterical on the other side.
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5.9KNewsJackson, Miss., Turns to Innovative Program to Lower Its Gun Deaths
Mississippi’s capital city is becoming a petri dish for an experiment designed to stop an epidemic of gun violence that claimed 84...
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3.0K► NewsmakersCasey Trupin is New Director of Youth Homelessness at Raikes Foundation
Casey Trupin is the new director for youth homelessness at the Seattle-based Raikes Foundation. His appointment comes as his successor, Katie Hong,...
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2.2KNewsRecommended Gun Laws for Illinois Could Have Prevented Shooting: Center
Not long after a shooter killed five people at an Aurora, Ill., warehouse, Johns Hopkins released a report listing ways Illinois could...
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10.7KFrom the BureausThe Problem of Youth Homelessness Is Not the Fault of the Youth, Experts Say
The fight against youth homelessness drags on and on. It is not that the fighters are no match for a seemingly intractable...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayCamp Staff Can Call National Hotline When Emergencies Strike
Camps and other youth programs are fun, dynamic and fast-paced places, which is part of the reason youth thrive in these settings....
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2.4KGuest Opinion Essay10 Years In, Lots More Dreams for Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Advocacy Program
Imagine a program that allows a young person who has been deeply affected by statewide systems to have autonomy and decision-making ability...
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2.7K► ReportsBlack and African American LGBTQ Youth Report
This new report from the Human Rights Campaign presents data and analysis from a survey of more than 1,600 black and African...
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2.2K► NewsmakersRobert G. Riney Elected Board Chair of Nemours Children’s Health System
The Nemours Children's Health System Board of Directors recently announced the election of Robert G. Riney as its chair. He succeeds 13-year...
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3.6KFrom the BureausTrauma Runs Through Gun Violence Among Black Youth, Researcher Says
Of all the threads of injustice, trauma is the common theme that contributes to a culture of gun violence for black youth...
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3.3KNewsCollege Possible Helps Guide Low-income Students to Be First Generation to Reach Higher Education
When Camellia Brown was growing up in Philadelphia, she was an avid reader. She knew she wanted to go to college. But...
