Youth Today
All posts tagged "homeless youth"
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684GrantsEducation, human services and healthcare access program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Human Services, Healthcare, Homelessness, Food Security | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Mar. 1, 2023 (LOI)
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1.6KNewsUnmet needs: Critics cite failures in health care for vulnerable foster children
For states using specialty-managed care for foster kids, transparency and oversight remain spotty.
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2.9KNewsAs shelters face staffing crunch, some homeless teens are left with few safe options
Homeless teenagers and young adults are arriving at emergency shelters with more acute needs, but shelter providers strained of adequate staff and...
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783GrantsLong-term foster care for unaccompanied migrant children program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Immigrant Children/Youth, Unaccompanied Children, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare | Amount: $500,000 - $12,000,000 | Deadline: Nov. 29, 2022
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1.3KNewsThese foster kids need mental health care. New Mexico is putting them in homeless shelters.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Hours after Jaidryon Platero attempted suicide, an employee of New Mexico’s child welfare agency visited...
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2.8K► PodcastsYouth leaving foster care, juvenile and other systems are aim of Washington housing effort
Implemented in June, HB 1905 establishes a five-year budget of over $5 million to reduce homelessness among those aforementioned groups. Washington’s Office of...
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2.1K► PodcastsMore housing resources go to young Washingtonians leaving state custody. Is it enough?
Young people eventually released from Washington state’s foster care, juvenile or mental and behavioral health systems often do so without having reliable,...
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859GrantsDisadvantaged youth, arts, health and community program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Arts/Culture, Disadvantaged Youth, Health, Homelessness | Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2022
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4.6KNewsNot enough beds, services for homeless youth in New Mexico
“Youth homelessness is largely hidden,” said Forrest Verde-Dudek, housing youth project manager for the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. “They might...
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2.3KNews‘I try my hardest’: Homeless youth fight substance abuse in New Mexico
New Mexico lacks treatment facilities to help housing insecure youth struggling with addiction. Serenity Mesa in Albuquerque, one of the only programs...
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2.1KNewsTackling youth homelessness in New Mexico
New Mexico consistently ranks toward the bottom among states for child welfare. In an under-resourced state with an overburdened system, a tight-knit group...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayDepartment of Education, act now to empower youth experiencing homelessness
Throughout my final years of high school and college, I was homeless and on my own, without a parent or guardian to...
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2.7K► PodcastsUpended by COVID-19, some nonprofits went online, on the road and otherwise innovated to aid homeless youth
As COVID-19 upended their usual protocols, some nonprofits that didn’t manage to alter their outreach strategies saw the tally of homeless youth...
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2.9K► PodcastsPodcast: How homeless youth services adapted to COVID
As COVID-19 upended their usual protocols, some nonprofits saw the tally of homeless youth they served plummet. But for other organizations across...
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3.2KFrom the BureausDisabilities sometimes go undiagnosed in homeless students targeted by new federal education funds, experts say
The $800 million that the American Rescue Plan earmarked for homeless students is the largest such federal expenditure in a decade, with...
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2.9KNewsPhoto essay: Former foster youth navigate motherhood
Photo essay: Two young women share stories of their experiences in the foster care system and their lives as young mothers.
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8.3KFrom the BureausA New York City initiative will Venmo homeless youth and young adults cash for rent
Next month, a $2 million pilot project will deposit $550 twice a month into the bank accounts of 30 to 40 homeless,...
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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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1.4KFrom the BureausMental Health Cuts in Poorest New York City Schools Amid Pandemic
As the pandemic raged across New York City in spring 2020, Jose Rivera trekked from the Bronx to Coney Island, Brooklyn to...
