Youth Today
All posts tagged "homelessness"
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962GrantsYouth homelessness reduction project grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Homelessness, Youth Welfare, Housing, Youth Services, Community | Amount: $2,500 - $15,000,000 | Deadline: Oct. 30, 2024
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1.4K► ReportsResearchers: Washington state saw 40% reduction in youth and young adult homelessness
Spotlighted solutions show the power of public-private partnerships to address persistent challenges and gaps.
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1.1KNewsYouth shelters lock out hundreds of NYC youth and migrants
The migrant crisis is increasingly intertwined with the rapidly rising number of homeless youth.
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704NewsMassachusetts’ highly touted push to “significantly reduce” affordable housing vacancies barely made a dent
Families desperate for refuge from the winter cold remained unhoused through the winter.
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1.3KGrantsLos Angeles region education, healthcare, homelessness and social justice program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Los Angeles Education, Health, Healthcare, Homelessness, Social Justice | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Mar. 1, 2024
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1.2KNewsAtlanta homeless youth program helps students attend college
Jay Lee is an 23-year-old Atlanta native and college student. And Lee is homeless.
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayFrom the mouth of babes: Letting young people lead us to a new vision of justice
To create positive change we must listen to the people impacted by juvenile justice.
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayVillainizing and restricting social media will worsen, not help, youth mental health
What do youth tell us are the greatest threats to their mental health?
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1.8KGrantsHomeless and runaway youth national communication system program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Homeless/Runaway Youth, Youth Services, Youth Welfare, Safety | Amount: $1,000,000 - $1,800,000 | Deadline: June 9, 2023
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661GrantsEducation, 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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1.7KNewsCan Cleveland reduce the harm eviction does to Black families?
Evictions can have far-reaching consequences beyond a miserable day with a housing magistrate.
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839GrantsDisadvantaged 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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2.9KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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2.0KNewsTackling 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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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayThe Remix with Karen Pittman: Ensuring youth access to people, places and possibilities
Youth don’t grow up in programs or systems, they grow up in communities. The outreach staff who innovated their work with homeless...
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1.3KGrantsOregon disadvantaged community program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Disadvantaged Communities, Racial Equity, LGBTQ, Homelessness, Oregon | Amount: Up to $40,000 | Deadline: Mar. 30, 2022
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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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8.2KFrom 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,...
