Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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2.5K► PodcastsNorth Central Florida YMCA brings summer camp to rural areas
The North Central Florida YMCA kicked off summer camp in Hawthorne this week. It’s the first time Hawthorne has had summer programming...
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3.4KNewsYouth employment opportunities shine bright this summer
Summer of 2022 is shaping up to be one of economic opportunity for millions of young people, from teens looking for summer...
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2.2KNewsFunding, logistics remain challenges to afterschool and summer programs in rural communities
Afterschool Alliance estimates there are 4.5 million rural kids across the country who want to attend afterschool but can't, with low-income families...
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2.3KFrom 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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1.6KNewsAfterschool program expanded to help Latino families during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of young people and the programs that serve them, but some out-of-school time organizations have...
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2.4K► ReportsStudy: Drug use less common, more deadly among teens during pandemic
Published today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths Among US Adolescents, January 2010 to June...
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3.3KNewsQ&A: Rep. Rosa DeLauro on the fight for afterschool funding and the child tax credit
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut and the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has long been hailed as an afterschool...
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2.6KNewsThese Tulsa high school students are part of the nation’s cyber-defense plan
In a classroom at Will Rogers High School, across the street from the University of Tulsa’s campus, 16-year old Bernardo Bustos is...
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2.3KNewsCongress approves more afterschool funding, but advocates say it isn’t enough
Afterschool advocates welcomed a $30 million federal spending boost for out-of-school time programs they say will benefit 30,000 additional children a year,...
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2.3KNewsUnderstaffing leaves afterschool programs with unmet demand
School-based providers list difficulties hiring and retaining staff as the biggest reasons they have not fully rebounded from pandemic shutdowns and they...
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2.9KNewsHow teaching city kids to farm paid off for this Texas community
An Austin nonprofit with farms on two plots of land working with young people to grow fruits and vegetables increased its production...
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4.0KNewsA struggling Mississippi school district leans on afterschool programming
When the pandemic hit Jackson, Mississippi, the ongoing challenge to keep teenagers in high school got even harder. As the economic impacts...
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2.7KNewsOklahoma basketball team launches afterschool program to teach data, analytics to Black youth
The students, known as Thunder Fellows, are part of the inaugural class of an afterschool program founded in the wake of the...
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3.1KNewsQ&A: Karen Pittman on her next chapter and how the pandemic opened minds
Karen Pittman has been at the forefront of youth development for nearly 50 years, championing a whole-child approach to learning that goes...
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2.6KNewsInsurer agrees to $800M settlement in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization's largest insurers...
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2.4KNewsQ&A: RAND’s Jennifer McCombs on shifts in summer school
In her 20 years as a researcher at RAND Corporation, the last 10 of which she has focused on afterschool, Jennifer McCombs...
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2.8KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds fuel expansion in afterschool programs
Billions of dollars earmarked for afterschool programs in the American Rescue Plan have begun to flow into programs nationwide, setting some on...
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4.6KNewsSummer camps brace for another year of social emotional fallout from pandemic
How are summer camps handling changes in the campers and the young counselors caused by the ongoing pandemic? Temper tantrums. Panic attacks....
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4.5KNewsQ&A: Michael Funk discusses California’s publicly-funded universal afterschool and summer programming
After decades working in youth development, including his current role as California's afterschool czar, Michael Funk has reached retirement age. But he...
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3.4KNewsRural Appalachian parks departments ‘train trauma’ to support youth
Like many rural communities, Elizabethton is struggling with a shrinking population and dim opportunities for work, education and recreation, especially for young...
