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All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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2.2K► ReportsStemming the Tide: Diverting Youth with Mental Health Conditions from the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
The Illinois Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task Force authored this report which demonstrates the mental health issues of youth involved...
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1.6KGrantsYouth Reentry Community Supervision Improvement Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Crime, Youth Reentry, Substance Abuse, Mental Health | Deadline: May 24, 2018 | Amount: $450,000 - $1,000,000
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1.8KGrantsYouth Sex Trafficking Victim Support Services Program Grants
Subject: Youth Welfare, Mentoring, Mental Health, Sex Crime, Youth Victims | Deadline: May 15, 2018 | Amount: Up to $450,000
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3.8K► ReportsOur Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children
The Center for Law and Social Policy documents mental and physical harm that our nation's youngest children are experiencing due to the...
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3.5KOpinionBlack Girls Pay the Price When Police Enter Schools
Sen. Marco Rubio sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week wrongly blaming the...
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2.6K► NewsmakersAnuja Khemka, MSW is the New Executive Director of the Steve Fund
Anuja Khemka, MSW is the new executive director of the Steve Fund, the country’s only nonprofit focused on the mental health of...
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1.8KGrantsEmotionally Disturbed Youth Family Support Program Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Family Support | Deadline: Apr. 16, 2018 | Amount: Up to $95,000
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2.4KGrantsChild/Youth Grief Counseling and Bereavement Services Support Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Health, Mental Health, Child/Youth Bereavement | Deadline: Ongoing | Amount: Unspecified
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3.7KOpinionWe Must Stop the Rampant Criminalization of Youth with Disabilities
Minority youth are more likely to become incarcerated than white youth. This fact is so prevalent that even people outside the juvenile...
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2.0KOpinionHow to Teach the Most Challenging Youth to Problem Solve & Reduce Staff Injuries
Restrictive therapeutic facilities — inpatient psychiatry units, residential facilities, group homes and juvenile detention facilities — serve the most challenging youth in...
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Child Welfare Information and Education Program Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Mental Health, Youth Development | Deadline: July 15, 2018
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2.8KOpinionTransitioning Back to School and After-school Programs After a Mental Health Crisis
It happens frequently. A kid returns to school or other activities after a two-week absence because of a psychiatric hospital stay.
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5.0KOpinionWhy Do Child Welfare Agencies Keep Demanding Poor People Raise Their Kids ‘Independently’ When No One Else Does?
I’ve just caught up with an excellent 2014 story from ProPublica on how child welfare systems deal with parents who have mental...
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Youth Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program Grants
Subject: Youth Welfare, Conflict Resolution, Counseling, Mental Health | Deadline: Feb. 14, 2018
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Detecting and Preventing Youth Suicide and Self-Harm in Juvenile Justice System Research Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Self-Harm, Mental Health, Youth Welfare, Safety | Deadline: Sept. 7, 2019
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2.2K► ReportsSupporting Young People Transitioning from Foster Care: Findings from a National Survey
This new study from Child Trends describes the array of services available to foster youth in 47 states and territories until they...
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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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People and Youth With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Services Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Disabled Youth, Human Services | Deadline: Nov. 15, 2017 or Feb. 15, 2018
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1.7KOpinionQueer 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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3.4KNewsFrom 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...
