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All posts tagged "Los Angeles"
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1.3KNewsWhat happens when suspensions get suspended?
Students are benefiting from a decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance.'
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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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3.0KNewsAre California counties ready to handle juvenile offenders now that state youth prisons are shuttered?
“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster.”
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677NewsLos Angeles schools shut down as staff begin 3-day strike
With teachers marching in solidarity, the workers are demanding better wages and increased staffing.
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3.9KNewsPublic school districts move into the affordable housing business
Teacher salary: $52,000. Median home price: Nearly $500,000. Solution: District-sponsored affordable housing.
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1.0KGrantsGreater Los Angeles Area Low-Income Child/Youth Education, Health and Development Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Development, Education, Low-Income Families, Community, Southern California | Amount: $100,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: Aug. 15, 2020 (Pre-application contact);...
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1.1KGrantsL.A. Region Youth Education, Health and Development Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Youth Development, Physical Activity, Youth Sports, Health, Food Access | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: May 1, 2020
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2.7KNewsLA’s BEST Sees Increase in Mental Health Issues, Responds with a Focus on Trauma
The increase of mental health problems in kids is one of the reasons LA’s Best, an after-school provider serving 25,000 children in...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Study These Amazing Low-crime Trends in California, NY
Leaders across the United States agonize over recent mass shootings as Americans fear more to come. Perhaps we can learn from youth...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayYouth in Foster Care Deserve Greater Chance to Enter Diversion Programs
Over the past two decades, I have had the extraordinary experience of working with youth involved in the juvenile justice system and...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayLos Angeles Youth Experiencing Homelessness Need Mindfulness, Yoga
Mindfulness and yoga are important factors in ending youth homelessness. I realize this is a bold sentence to write and has the...
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1.6KGrantsSouthern CA Children, Youth, Family and Community Project Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Health and Welfare, Youth Development, Education, Culture, Community, Family | Deadline: May 1, 2019 | Amount: $100,000 - $1,000,000
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2.1KNewsSome LA After-school Programs Feel Caught in Between As Teacher Strike Looms
As more than 30,000 teachers in Los Angeles prepare to strike on Monday, some after-school programs find themselves in an awkward position.
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8.0KFrom the BureausHow Homelessness Crisis in LA Affects Aged-out Foster Youth
Doniesha Thomas is in her bedroom, crouching on the floor and peering into a pet carrier that appears empty. “He’s in there,...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayLos Angeles Meeting Foster Care Challenges With Simulation Labs, More Social Workers, Mentoring
I know from experience the precarious start so many of the children in the foster care system face. I myself was living...
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5.0KFrom the BureausLA Foster Families Suffer As Stipends Are Delayed By Bottleneck in Foster Reform
Destiny Adams was driving on Balboa Boulevard, on the way to visit her two younger sisters, when she got the call.
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2.8KFrom the BureausYoung Family of Prisoners Find Safe Space at POPS in LA High Schools
It’s lunchtime on a recent Wednesday at Venice High School. Twenty or so students are sitting at their desks with full plates...
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2.3KNewsCoverage of the Los Angeles March for Our Lives
When the Los Angeles March for Our Lives crowd stepped off on March 24, students at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg...
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4.4KFrom the BureausNew Los Angeles Center Will Be For Transition-age Foster Youth
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic is opening a new facility to expand their efforts to support transition-age foster...
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3.0KFrom the BureausLos Angeles Charity Drive Supports Youth Housing
Charities from across Los Angeles County came together on April 15 to donate home goods to underprivileged youth. Led by the Los...
