Youth Today
All posts tagged "OST"
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2.7KNewsLA’s BEST Sees Increase in Mental Health Issues, Responds with a Focus on Trauma
The increase of mental health problems in kids is one of the reasons LA’s Best, an after-school provider serving 25,000 children in...
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1.8KNewsEqualize Access to Summer Activities, National Academy of Sciences Advises
Summertime can either reinforce or redress the inequalities that exist for young people. That’s one takeaway from the National Academy of Sciences’...
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3.1KNewsNew SEL Curriculum Intended to Help Youth Focus Attention, Develop Compassion
Many social and emotional learning models exist, but a new one introduced this year involved the Dalai Lama. The leader of Tibetan...
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4.6KFrom the BureausTo Help Foster Youth With Education, More Data, Analysis Needed, Experts Say
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
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2.0KNewsOther Cities Note How Denver Turned Marijuana Into Money for After-school Programs
The green skunky smell of lushly growing marijuana fills the air as drivers travel down the highway leading from Denver International Airport...
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1.6KNewsYouth Leaders in Helsinki Say Their Voice Important in Policymaking
Teenage members of the Helsinki Youth Council joined with student leaders from India and Venezuela to call for greater youth voice in...
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2.7KNewsAfter-school Staff Can Earn Micro-credentials Through New NAA Program
After-school staff now can gain skills and credentials through a new micro-credentialing system offered by the National AfterSchool Association. In development for...
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2.0KNewsHow One OST Organization Recruits, Retains Staff
How can after-school and summer programs recruit and retain staff more easily? The Fresh Air Fund has a few answers. The 142-year-old...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Students With Homelessness, Foster Care Backgrounds Need Help Building Network
Earlier this year we wrote a column in Youth Today about the barriers faced by college students who had experienced homelessness or...
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5.6KNewsHow Finland Handles Worldwide Problem of Decreasing Physical Activity Among Kids
The birch trees were still golden on a crisp autumn day as children played outside Drumsö Primary School. They bounced a basketball,...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Campus Support Programs Are Strong Model of Services Helping Foster Youth
Most research shows that obtaining a college degree will lead to higher lifetime earnings than possessing only a high school diploma. However,...
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1.7KNewsSummer Learning CEO on R&D, More Chances for Low-income Youth
Youth Today reporter Stell Simonton spoke with Aaron Philip Dworkin, CEO of the National Summer Learning Association, on the closing day of...
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17.5KNewsHomelessness, Lack of Education Reinforce Each Other, Chapin Hall Report Says
Homelessness and a lack of education for unaccompanied youth are intertwined. Young adults who do not finish high school or get a...
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2.2KNewsCulinary Program a Way to Connect Kids to Caring, Supportive Adults
Inside the red doors of a former church in Westbrook, Maine, more than 40 kids are eating dinner. It’s Friday evening and...
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1.9KNewsWaco’s Cove Plans Host Homes for Homeless Youth
Each weekday afternoon, school buses in Waco, Texas, rumble down streets, pull up at designated stops and drop kids home. Some students,...
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1.7KNewsJDAI Shifts Focus to Overhauling Probation, Increasing Diversion
When the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) in the tough-on-crime era of the early 1990s, politicians...
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2.5KGuest Opinion Essay4-H Helped Me Find My Voice, Appreciate Living in Rural Community
More than ever, I’m witnessing the power of youth leading movements and using the unique power of their voice to bring attention...
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1.6KNewsWilliam S. White’s Handshake Sparked National Support For After-school Programs
William S. White, who died this month, is remembered by after-school advocates as the philanthropist who punched up a little after-school program...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayHow to More Effectively Engage Families As 21st CCLC Advocates
What is the purpose of family engagement in 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs? As a 21st CCLC program director,...
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1.8KNewsAfter-school Healthy Snack Standards Fall Short Without Training, Study Says
Adopting standards for healthy snacks may not be enough to enough to improve snack quality in after-school programs, according to a study...
