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All posts tagged "foster youth"
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370GrantsFoster youth family unification program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Youth, Family Unification, Child/Youth Welfare, Foster Care System | Amount: Up to $1,700,000 | Deadline: Oct. 30, 2024
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2.4KGrantsAt-risk youth development, education and job/career training program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Education, Job/Career Training, Youth Leadership, At-Risk Youth | Amount: $700,000 - $1,500,000 | Deadline: Sept. 16, 2024
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925NewsFormer foster youth are eligible for federal housing aid. Georgia isn’t helping them get it.
Georgia has only applied for and received eight federal housing aid vouchers since 2019.
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2.5KNewsHow a partisan budget battle worsened Illinois’ foster care crisis
Illinois foster kids are staying in social workers' offices, conference centers and jails.
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773GrantsTrauma-informed services for troubled foster youth grants
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Care/Youth, Trauma, Mental/Behavioral Health, System-involved Youth | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
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1.3K► ReportsFostering youth transitions 2023
A new report compiles and examines data on foster youth ages 14 to 21.
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4.0KNewsFor foster youth, new restrictions make abortion access even more difficult
And less than a third of teens in foster care receive birth control information.
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2.0KFrom the Bureaus‘You’re not alone’: How a California school district created a community for children in foster care
“The program is looking to close the achievement gaps for kids in foster care,” said Jenna Mendez, Corona-Norco Unified School District's foster...
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3.5KNewsQ&A: Sixto Cancel on prioritizing kinship care for foster youth
Sixto Cancel has truly beat the odds. His innovative approach to leveraging a technology platform geared toward capturing the lived experience of...
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3.2KNewsDo online adoption “heart galleries” do more harm than good?
Two decades ago, it was common practice for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to advertise the faces of foster youth seeking...
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847GrantsAt-risk and foster youth transitional living support program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Youth, At-risk Youth, Transitional Living, Youth Services, Youth Welfare, System-involved Youth | Amount: Up to $825,000 | Deadline: Aug. 15,...
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1.3KNews‘From crisis to death’: Probing teen’s last, desperate hours
Y'all here to protect me," the youth asked the officers, beseechingly. "Right?" The 17-year-old's foster father, unable to deal with a teen...
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2.1KNewsGeorgia aims to keep more kids out of foster care with new specialist teams
Georgia plans to launch a new program this summer intended to prevent children from entering the foster care system. The $1.5 million...
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2.0KNewsNew Mexico to create new legal aid office for child welfare cases
Child welfare professionals in New Mexico are applauding passage of a bill they say will improve legal representation for youth and families...
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1.5KNewsVideo shows struggle before foster teen’s death in custody
Surveillance video shows a Black 17-year-old struggling with staff at a Wichita juvenile center last fall before he died after he was...
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2.9KNewsMonths after pandemic aid lapsed, former foster youth struggling
Not long after the federal government passed a pandemic relief package last December to help former foster youth struggling to make ends...
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2.4K► ReportsHidden pain: Children who lost a parent or caretaker to COVID-19 and what the nation can do to help them
COVID Collaborative and Social Policy Analytics releases a new report highlighting the number of children who have lost parents or caretakers in...
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1.1KGrantsYouth conflict resolution and prevention project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development/Welfare, Conflict Resolution, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, School, Afterschool | Amount: $15,000 - $40,000 | Deadline: Jan. 14, 2022
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3.0K► ReportsSupportive housing for young people formerly in foster care
The Urban Institute takes a look at the current state of supportive housing for former foster youth across the nation; discussing the...
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1.3KNewsNew Mexico pledges support for tribal adoptions in state law
In her first prepared speech Tuesday the new leader of New Mexico's child protection department pledges to restore the agency's credibility following...
