In a school year that was supposed to be a return to normal but has proven anything but, over 700 schools, including...
Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization's largest insurers...
In her 20 years as a researcher at RAND Corporation, the last 10 of which she has focused on afterschool, Jennifer McCombs...
Afterschool and summer programs for Georgia students affected by the coronavirus pandemic are expanding thanks to $85 million in federal grant funding....
Billions of dollars earmarked for afterschool programs in the American Rescue Plan have begun to flow into programs nationwide, setting some on...
How are summer camps handling changes in the campers and the young counselors caused by the ongoing pandemic? Temper tantrums. Panic attacks....
After decades working in youth development, including his current role as California's afterschool czar, Michael Funk has reached retirement age. But he...
Like many rural communities, Elizabethton is struggling with a shrinking population and dim opportunities for work, education and recreation, especially for young...
A contentious debate on the value of using predictive analytics within the child welfare system is unfolding between proponents who say the...
President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill finally passed after months of negotiations, and while there are plenty of positives in the new...
After more than a year of disrupted school for most of the country, we know that meaningful relationships are a powerful part...
David McCullough III believes young people today are growing up in a divided nation, one where youth aren’t able to empathize or...
A group of Atlanta teens shed light on what they want and need after the final bell of the day rings at...
Child Care Aware estimates 9% of licensed child care programs have permanently closed since the pandemic began, based on its tally of...
Ask anyone in the youth development field what the greatest crisis facing afterschool programs is and you'll likely get the same answer:...
After a pandemic year when the violent crime rate in Illinois' fifth-largest city soared along with much of the rest of the...
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
To cope with violence and gang influences, youth are joining Urban Warriors, a YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago program that brings together combat...
After more than a year of isolation and remote learning, many families across the country are taking advantage of the windfall of...
A pandemic relief bill providing aid to transitional age foster youth will expire today unless Congress makes an 11th-hour decision to extend...