His mother Susie Wong-Benjamin encourages him to take bites and chew because he prefers softer foods like spaghetti and mashed potatoes.
A tomato sauce bubbles on the stove. The aroma of baking chicken fills the air. There’s a hum of voices, a burst...
In New York and Washington, the two states hardest hit by COVID-19, officials are working with after-school and child care providers to...
Do you work with youth after school? Across our nation, there’s a growing concern about the rise in commercial sexual exploitation of...
These survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in which as many as 300 people were killed, lived through a white mob shooting,...
Girls at several middle and high schools in Washington, D.C., in wards 5, 6 and 7 were already handling more challenges in...
As school districts close down across the country, numerous after-school programs are following suit. They’re scrambling to deal with the unprecedented situation...
After-school programs are urged to follow the guidance of their local health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in...
Many students are challenged with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem today and do not have the tools or strategies to combat this....
A small nonprofit in Atlanta fills what its founder considers a critical gap for black adolescent boys — a chance to explore...
When Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, youth development professionals had various responses....
Many out-of-school time programs experience frequent staff turnover, to the chagrin of leaders in the field. Some estimates put the turnover rate...
When it comes to child development we have tons of information about how kids’ social, emotional, physical, spiritual and intellectual abilities grow...
Leah Davis remembers the first brochure she saw for the after-school and college prep program Educational Excellence.
Two months after Congress approved $1.25 billion for after-school funding, the White House has again called for a complete kill-off of the...
Can communities improve educational equity by collaborating across agencies? The idea of cross-sector collaboration caught fire in 2011 after an article in...
What can youth advocates in rural New England learn about reducing teen drug and alcohol use from a small island nation just...
After-school programs connected with public housing could expand if a bill introduced in December by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state...
If you work with youth, you probably know about the significance of relationships in the lives of young people.
When Tyquan Ruffen looks back at his life he sees a patchwork of places he’s lived. Italian Home, Knights Children Center, Harrington...