All posts tagged "Mental Health"

Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs From Urban Youth and Other Experts

Parity Law Means More Treatment for Youths’ Mental Illness, Substance Abuse

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius talks about the Affordable Care Act at theSouthside Medical Center in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. She was in...

Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation

In ‘Vernon’s World,’ a Young Photographer Documents the Life of a Homeless Teenager

Vernon Foster walks down 9th Street to visit a friend in a park. He roams shirtless whenever it’s warm enough to allow...

Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement

LGBT Communities and the Affordable Care Act

Transteens

Transgender teens come from all over New York to find refuge on Christopher Street but soon discover they are underserved by social-services...

Trans Freedom Fighters Help Today’s Trans Teens

Photo by Robert Stolarick In the late 1990s when Carl Siciliano worked at Safe Space, an organization that helped homeless teens, he...

DRUMBEAT Program Provides a Safe Space for Rhythmic Reflection

DRUMBEAT, a group program that uses hand drumming to create a fun, safe space for social learning and self-reflection, provided her with a...

Is Citywide Afterschool Coordination Going Nationwide?

CDC Finds Teens Using E-Cigarettes Doubled Last Year

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescent use of electronic cigarettes doubled from 2011 to 2012, with an...

Notes from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2012

Poor Quality Housing Is Tied to Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings

Sesame Street Workshop Helps Kids with Incarcerated Parents

Kharon Benson reads letters from his imprisoned father. At age 10, Benson found out that his father was not in the military...

State to Boost Care for Medicaid Youths

Via The Seattle Times / (MCT):  In what all sides hailed as a landmark agreement, the state of Washington has agreed to fundamentally change the...

ABA Urges US to Promote Housing as a Human Right

Governments should promote the “human right to housing,” according to a resolution passed by the American Bar Association (ABA). “The American Bar...