The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
Some programs face long waitlists due to staffing shortages; others have closed.
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
One of the Biden Administration's signature pieces of legislation — the $13 billion gun safety bill known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities...
Across the country, young people are banding together to undertake surveys and create heat maps that capture their communities’ desire to mitigate...
As a leader committed to transforming the lives of youth, the mission impact of your charity begins with you. The youth of...
Student groups argue that damage to the environment and human health inflicted by the fossil fuel industry conflicts with the schools’ missions...
Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...
Homeless teenagers and young adults are arriving at emergency shelters with more acute needs, but shelter providers strained of adequate staff and...
“Problem-free isn’t fully prepared” is the slogan I am most known for... Today, in the wake of a youth mental health crisis exacerbated...
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
Climate change is a galvanizing force for young people whose lives are being radically altered by storms, wildfires, drought, heat waves and other effects...
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old organization said...
Over the summer, youth climate activists ramped up their campaign, organizing petitions, sit-ins, protests and rallies at Congress and state capitols across...
The majority of federal and state grants that afterschool programs have depended upon for decades typically cannot be spent on transportation, despite...
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
Paul Boxer has become an expert in youth violence. He has co-authored 80 research papers and is head of the Rutgers Center...
The pandemic emphasized the important role afterschool and summer programs can play in supporting kids with their social and emotional well-being. Some...
The solar academy run by Chicago’s branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW Local 134, is a direct path to...