All posts tagged "LGBTQ"

Northwest LGBTQ Youth and Family Support Grants

Subject: LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth, Safety, Family Support | Deadline: June 29, 2018 | Amount: $1,000 - $10,000

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2018 LGBTQ Youth Report

"HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut released the largest-of-its-kind survey ever of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers across the nation, revealing in distressing...

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Missed 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...

LGBTQ homelessness: Graphic shows that homeless LGBTQ youth experienced higher levels of adversity than homeless non-LGBTQ youth.

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LGBTQ 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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Disregarding 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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Staggering New Numbers on Youth Homelessness Demand Action

Every year, more than 4 million young people experience homelessness in the United States. And while youth homelessness is a largely hidden...

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Gay-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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Millions 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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From the Bureaus

Bobby 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...

Grants for Programs Addressing the Problem of Social Isolation

Subject: Mental Health, Social Isolation, Youth Welfare, Youth Development | Deadline: Dec. 21, 2017

Queer Youth Speaker: P Rodriquez sits at table speaking to group.

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Queer 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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From 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...

Stressors, Mental Health, and Sources of Support Among LGBTQ Public High School Students in New York City

The New York City Department of Health used data from the 2015 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey and findings from...

School-to-Prison Pipeline Can Be Dismantled Using Alternative Discipline Strategies

The school-to-prison pipeline refers to the streamlining of at-risk students from schools to incarceration or related correctional-type facilities that results from punitive...

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HIV Tried Me. It Lost: My First Year In College

“The pediatrician said you need to come to the office immediately,” my mom quivered over the phone. Hearing “immediately” commanded my heart...

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Transgender Issue Highlights That We Can’t Tolerate Differences

In the seconds following President Donald Trump’s ban of transgender individuals from the U.S. military, landmines of outrage and...

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

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...