Youth Today
All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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Unlocking Youth: Legal Strategies to End Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities
The Juvenile Law Center recently released this new report which outlines the counterproductive nature and the great harm caused by the solitary...
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Youth/Childhood Obesity, Opioid Abuse and Mental Health Program Grants for Disadvantaged Communities
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Substance Abuse, Childhood Obesity, Mental Health | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2017
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Reducing Youth Obesity, Opioid Abuse Care/Prevention, and Youth Mental Health Improvement Program Grants
Subject: Community Development, Health, Child/Youth Welfare, Substance Abuse, Drugs, Childhood Obesity | Deadline: July 31, 2017
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Improving and Expanding Mentoring Programs for Youth Victims of Sex Trafficking Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mentoring, Mental Health, Youth Development, Sex Trafficking | Deadline: June 15, 2017
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Grants for Programs Helping Boys and Young Men of Color Cope With Trauma and Stress
Subject: Youth Welfare, Minority Youth, Mental Health | Deadline: May 2, 2017
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Promising Gains, Persistent Gaps: Youth Disconnection in America
This new report from Measure of America presents findings gathered from the latest data about youth across the country who are neither...
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Youth and Family Bereavement Support Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Family Support, Mental Health | Deadline: Apr. 10, 2017
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18.9KMagazinesBokeh Focus website: Youth photographers and writers
Focusing the spotlight on creative youth. Explore Bokeh Focus' website and its always growing collections of photo essays, stories and videos by...
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17.3KMagazinesSubstance use: New focus, new solutions
Finding ways to make a difference in the lives of users and their families. Explore our digital magazine with news stories, personal...
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Child Welfare Information and Education Program Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Mental Health, Youth Development | Deadline: July 15, 2017
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2.4KNewsFear of Deportation, Hate Crimes Reportedly Threaten Mental Health of Young Californians
In the months leading up to the presidential election, Guillermo and his friends at Oakland International High School had a running joke.
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2.1KNewsLegislation with Mental Health Reforms, Opioid Prevention Funding Heads to Senate
A major medical innovation bill that could help children and families with mental health reforms and funding to fight opioid addiction is...
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2.8KOpinionHow to Reduce the Use of Chemical Restraints on Foster Children
We American taxpayers spend many, many millions of dollars on chemical restraints, also known as antipsychotic medications, that we administer to children...
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► Reports
Depression Is a Deadly Growing Threat to Our Youth: Time to Rally
This new report published in Pediatrics uses nationwide data to show a startling and disturbing rise in the percentage of adolescents experiencing...
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8.4KFrom the BureausA Troubled Life of Truancy, Drugs Leads to Foster Care, Early Death
Only a few years apart, Andrew Lavin and Jennifer Cohen grew up together, first in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and then in Staten...
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2.9KNewsPuberty Blockers May Improve The Mental Health Of Transgender Adolescents
Puberty is no picnic, even in the best of circumstances. Once the sex hormones estrogen or testosterone kick in, there’s no turning...
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2.0KNewsRace, Ethnicity Affect Kids’ Access To Mental Health Care, Study Finds
Nubia Flores Miranda works part time at Family Paths, a counseling and mental health organization in Oakland, Calif. Miranda, a psychology major...
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Grants
Youth Bereavement Support Services Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Youth Welfare, Mental Health | Deadline: Ongoing
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4.2KBook ReviewsGarbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir
“I always felt isolated and alone” in foster care, begins Shenandoah Chefalo in “Garbage Bag Suitcase.” “As soon as I understood that...
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1.9KOpinionSelfishly Selfless: Social Anxiety, Addiction and the Benefits of Service
People in recovery vividly recall their first experiences with drugs and alcohol as teenagers.
