Youth Today
All posts tagged "pandemic"
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1.1KNewsFamilies despair over post-holiday return to remote learning
Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Detroit district this week joined a growing number of others in moving classes online after...
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864NewsHospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
Since mid-December, as the highly contagious omicron variant has spread furiously around the country, the hospitalization rate in these youngest children has...
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2.8KNewsMonths after pandemic aid lapsed, former foster youth struggling
Not long after the federal government passed a pandemic relief package last December to help former foster youth struggling to make ends...
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2.4K► ReportsHidden pain: Children who lost a parent or caretaker to COVID-19 and what the nation can do to help them
COVID Collaborative and Social Policy Analytics releases a new report highlighting the number of children who have lost parents or caretakers in...
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1.5KNewsSchools use therapy-based programs for ‘overwhelmed’ kids
In a school year that was supposed to be a return to normal but has proven anything but, over 700 schools, including...
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2.1K► ReportsU.S. Surgeon General advisory: Protecting youth mental health
The U.S. Surgeon General releases a new advisory discussing the need to urgently address the youth mental health crisis across the nation.
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1.6KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan grants $85M to 106 Georgia nonprofits helping students cope with pandemic
Afterschool and summer programs for Georgia students affected by the coronavirus pandemic are expanding thanks to $85 million in federal grant funding....
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1.9KNewsPandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll
Isolation. Anxiety. Uncertainty. The stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have taken a toll on Americans of all ages, but a new poll...
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1.7KNewsRacial disparities in kids’ vaccinations are hard to track
The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation's efforts to address pandemic inequalities: Health...
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2.3KNewsRelieved by court’s ruling, disability activists say Texas case will decide future of other states’ bans against COVID-19 mask mandates in schools
Parents who don’t want their children to wear masks while in school during the COVID-19 pandemic have insisted that forcing them to...
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1.6KNewsExacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
Child Care Aware estimates 9% of licensed child care programs have permanently closed since the pandemic began, based on its tally of...
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2.0KNewsStudy: People with disabilities were more likely to be on the margins of the pandemic’s telework expansion
Partly because many of them lack internet access and are disproportionately employed in retail, food and other service industries, workers with disabilities,...
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3.6KNewsAdvocates: Pandemic proves that employers can make in-person and remote accommodations for disabled workers
While the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in February 2021 one in four U.S. workers was working remotely — many...
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1.5KNewsDisruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students
Even as schools have returned in full swing across the country, complications wrought by the pandemic persist, often falling hardest on those...
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3.3KNewsAmerica’s afterschool staffing shortage undercuts pandemic recovery
Ask anyone in the youth development field what the greatest crisis facing afterschool programs is and you'll likely get the same answer:...
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1.5KNewsWhite House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11
Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially...
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2.0KNewsWith windfall, city tries to reach kids trapped in violence
After a pandemic year when the violent crime rate in Illinois' fifth-largest city soared along with much of the rest of the...
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2.3KNewsQ&A: Afterschool Alliance’s Jodi Grant on the pandemic’s silver lining
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
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2.0K► ReportsState of childhood obesity: Reforming our nation’s policies to help all children grow up healthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation releases the latest iteration of its annual report on childhood obesity in the United States, discussing the...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayReturning to pre-pandemic activity raises Asian American fears of anti-Asian gun violence
Going on outdoor walks without a mask. Hopping on a Washington, D.C. Metro train without holding my breath. Meeting friends at restaurants...
