Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayKeep Disconnected Youth on Track for Their Sake and the Economy’s
Over the past five years, public awareness of the plight and promise of young people who are not in school or the...
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1.5K► ReportsA Right To Be Heard: Listening to Children and Young People on the Move
UNICEF recently released this report, based on a comprehensive global survey, conveying the perspectives of and the challenges faced by the world's...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayTrump Endangers Immigrant Children, Against Every Child Welfare Principle
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have squarely targeted the most vulnerable: children. Like most people, I was outraged last summer when I...
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2.5K► NewsmakersChristine Stoner-Mertz Announced as Executive Director of California Alliance
Christine Stoner-Mertz is the new executive director at the California Alliance of Child and Family Services (California Alliance). She succeeds Carroll Schroeder,...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayEpic Stories: Why Pop Culture Is Powerful Tool for Engaging Youth Leaders
There’s a moment in every great story when it seems that all is lost: the Ministry has fallen, the Rebellion has been...
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2.4KNewsNY Activists Mourn ‘Elder Statesman’ Who Fought for Justice for Slain Son for 24 Years
More than a week since Christmas, Donna Carter-Heyward’s Brooklyn apartment still had the cozy warm atmosphere of the holidays. A small Charlie...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayHispanic Youth Living in Settlements at U.S. Border Suffer Poverty, Lack of Health Care
Recent media stories from the U.S.-Mexico border about immigration have largely missed the daily struggle of families and children in U.S. communities...
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6.9KGuest Opinion EssayOakland Demonstrates Right Way to Use Restorative Justice With Teens
Restorative justice is a centuries-old approach that seeks to empower people to address the harms, needs and obligations that arise when a...
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2.5K► ReportsSmart Investments for Safer Schools
The Center for American Progress takes a look at the different ways in which governments are allocating funds for school safety in...
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4.5K► NewsmakersSam Reiman is New Director of Richard King Mellon Foundation
Sam Reiman has been named director of the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The announcement comes after the current director, Scott Izzo, informed...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayKansas City Program Shows How Collaboration Can Boost Summer Learning
About five years ago, a colleague of mine in Kansas City, Mo., told me it was time for a new American summer....
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2.5K► ReportsThe 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
The Department of Housing and Urban Development releases its latest report to congress on homelessness in America. It shows slight declines in...
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3.9K► NewsmakersDr. Elizabeth González Named Chief Program & Strategy Officer at College Futures Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth González, Ph.D. has been named chief program and strategy officer of the California-based College Futures Foundation (CFF). González’s career is...
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3.7KNewsApprenticeships For Youth Now Have National Momentum
Da’Sean Harrison, 22, has ambitions to be a general contractor, a master of all trades. Now working on a construction job in...
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4.5KNewsWashington State Leader in Paying for Apprenticeships for Youth in Foster Care
What many consider routine and the direct path to college can be a quagmire for traumatized youth in foster care.
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2.4K► ReportsBroken Promises to Our Children: A State-by-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement 20 Years Later
This report from a coalition of organizations and published by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids takes a look at how each state...
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3.7K► NewsmakersDr. Faith Mitchell, President & CEO of Grantmakers in Health, To Step Down
Dr. Faith Mitchell, president and CEO of Grantmakers in Health, recently informed the GIH board and staff that she will be stepping...
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2.7KNews2008 Recession Helped Create Many More Homeless Youth, Expert Says
Medical sociologist Eric Wright’s work has taken him into parks, abandoned buildings, shelters and other places off the beaten path.
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2.8KNewsThe Young and Homeless Have Hard Time Avoiding Arrest
They’re on our streets. In our schools and colleges. They’ve probably taken your fast-food order. But you wouldn’t know it.
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1.8KNewsReal Estate Investor Stagmeier Ready to Educate Landlords About Her After-school Model
High above Peachtree Street, on the 11th floor of the Colony Square building, a cool blue-gray light filters through the windows of...
