Youth Today
All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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3.0K► ReportsMissed Opportunities: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in America
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall recently produced this report showing the disproportionate struggles LGBTQ youth experience as they are...
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3.5KNewsLGBTQ Youth More Likely to Become Homeless, Latest Chapin Hall Report Finds
Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer youths have nearly double the risk of winding up homeless as their straight peers — and...
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2.1K► ReportsDisregarding the Best Interest of the Child: License to Discriminate In Child Welfare Services
This brief from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation discusses the troubling state legislative push over the past several years to allow taxpayer-funded...
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5.1KGuest Opinion EssayGay-Straight Alliances in Rural High Schools Important But Still Controversial
People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and others of minority sexual orientations and gender...
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4.9KNewsMillions of Youth Are Homeless for More Than Month At a Time, New Study Finds
Nearly one in 30 teens and one in 10 young adults experienced homelessness in the past year, a groundbreaking new study has...
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3.8KFrom the BureausBobby Cagle, New LA Child Welfare Chief, to Find High Demand, Too Few Foster Homes
Bobby Cagle, a former foster child and caseworker, is set to take over as head of Los Angeles Department of Children and...
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Grants
Grants for Programs Addressing the Problem of Social Isolation
Subject: Mental Health, Social Isolation, Youth Welfare, Youth Development | Deadline: Dec. 21, 2017
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayQueer Youth Must Get Sexual Health Care While Incarcerated
As “bathroom bills,” military transgender bans and elimination of protections for LGBTQ federal employees demonstrate, we are a long way from a...
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3.3KNewsFrom Detention to Graduation: Examining Role of Education in U.S. Juvenile Justice System
At 7 a.m., teenagers are scurrying to dress and head to class. There are no parents or older siblings nearby to push...
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Grants
Community Development, LGBTQ Issues, Family Planning and Social Justice Organization Capacity-Building Grants
Subject: Community Development, LGBTQ, Family Planning, Social Activism | Deadline: July 25, 2017
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Growing Up LGBT in America
The Human Rights Campaign conducted exhaustive surveys of the largest known sample of LGBT youth ever (over 10,000) from across the country...
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LGBTQ Services and Outreach Community Program Grants in the Northwest
Subject: LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth, Community Development | Deadline: June 30, 2017
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1.2KNewsAtlanta Vigil Held for Orlando Massacre
An estimated 3,000 people gathered at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights for vigil Tuesday evening remembering the massacre in...
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1.8KVideosCultural Competence and LGBTQ Kids
LGBTQ youth make up 5 to 10 percent of the 10- to 18-year olds in foster care. Culturally competent foster care addresses...
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Access to Safety: Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service Provision for LGBTQ Youth Who Engage in Survival Sex
This new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on the risky world of LGBTQ youth involved in the commercial sex...
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1.7KNewsServices for LGBTQ Youth Who Have Survival Sex Are Inadequate: New Report
Most LGBTQ youth who trade sex for necessities or money they need to survive use protection to prevent sexually transmitted infections and...
