Youth Today
All posts tagged "New York Bureau Today"
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2.9KFrom the BureausWhat happened after Minneapolis removed police officers from schools
By September 2020, 11 new unarmed public safety support specialists, many with law enforcement-related backgrounds, were in place and on the Minneapolis...
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1.1KFrom the BureausThere’s litigation and innovation involving LGBTQ juveniles, a disproportionately larger group
Tailor-made services are important for many justice-involved LGBTQ youth and young adults their advocates contend, because those individuals’ encounters with law enforcement,...
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2.4KFrom the BureausProject pairing students with and without disabilities seeks to bolster friendships, end isolation
College sophomores, Elizabeth Mancini and Kelsey Heaney, still hang out together as they nurture a friendship begun through Best Buddies, an international...
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1.3KFrom the BureausTeen farming feeds the needy in touristy corner of Massachusetts
In Brickle’s corner of rural, western Massachusetts, where tourists flock but many locals struggle to make ends meet, she and other 13-...
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1.8KFrom the BureausAt detention facilities offering high school diplomas, college classes are seen as next step
In mid-February 2022, 20 young men across eight of the facilities started working on an associate’s degree from Middlesex, becoming the first...
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5.2KFrom the BureausA gang-banger since 8th grade, former Blood sets a new course with a former prosecutor’s help
There is no recent official count of how many individuals have departed gang life. In 2012, the most recent year that the...
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2.0KFrom the BureausQ&A: Exalt’s Gisele Castro on the importance of New York’s “raise the age” law
Exalt is a nonprofit in New York City. Giselle Castro talks about Exalt's work and their "raise the age" efforts. They work...
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1.1KFrom the BureausAmid push for free calls from lock-up, Connecticut’s statewide mandate will be the nation’s first
Pressured by Worth Rises and similar advocacy groups, the Federal Communication Commission last year imposed ceilings on the costs of interstate calls...
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3.2KFrom the BureausDisabilities sometimes go undiagnosed in homeless students targeted by new federal education funds, experts say
The $800 million that the American Rescue Plan earmarked for homeless students is the largest such federal expenditure in a decade, with...
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2.4KFrom the BureausQ&A: Girls Inc.’s Stephanie Hull on fast-tracking virtual support during the pandemic
When Stephanie Hull was a kid, long before she became the CEO of Girls Inc., a national organization aimed at helping young...
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1.7KFrom the BureausUpcoming study aims to gauge prevalence and impact of traumatic brain injury on juveniles in detention
Traumatic brain injury among juvenile offenders will be assessed as part of a three-year research project that’s slated to enroll the first...
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1.7KFrom the BureausAs COVID-19 lingers, some juveniles facilities rate better than others in health safety
So far, juvenile facilities — 789 of the 1,510 nationwide are detention centers or long-term secure facilities, the remainder are group homes,...
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8.2KFrom the BureausA New York City initiative will Venmo homeless youth and young adults cash for rent
Next month, a $2 million pilot project will deposit $550 twice a month into the bank accounts of 30 to 40 homeless,...
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2.1KFrom the BureausMillions in seized money expanded Harlem youth hub’s “credible messenger” anti-violence project
Just weeks into his second prison stay — serving a 23-month sentence for charges including gun possession and attempted murder — Dedric...
