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All posts tagged "pandemic"
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750NewsCan Monthly Cash Payments Cut Child Poverty By Nearly Half?
Child Tax Credit payments are a key part of Democrats' COVID-19 aid bill passed in March, but for policymakers they are more...
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1.6K► Nonprofit ToolboxEmbracing Change: A Post-Pandemic Nonprofit Sector
It is almost unfathomable that just a little over a year ago nonprofits were operating in a "world-as-we-knew it" mentality. The onset of...
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1.3KNewsKey to Gaining COVID Relief Funding: Partner with Schools Now, Nonprofit Leader Says
School districts around the nation will receive $122 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act to help safely reopen schools and support...
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3.1KNewsDisabilities Advocates Cite Unequal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine, Ponder Remedies
Alex Hanson, 20, has cerebral palsy, a breathing tube, two feeding tubes and round-the-clock nursing care. More than a month into her...
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4.5KNewsNew Mexico CYFD Routinely Deletes Information That Could Be Life-Saving for Kids, Attorneys and Lawmakers Charge
For at least the past two years, Albuquerque lawyer Antonia Roybal-Mack says that whenever she’s representing some of the most vulnerable children...
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1.5KNewsPandemic Forces Autistic People to Cope With ‘Ultimate Uncertainty’
University of California, Berkeley graduate student Hari Srinivasan had finally begun to immerse himself in campus life last year — no easy...
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2.0K► ReportsPlaying Through a Pandemic: Youth Sports and COVID
The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital uses its National Poll on Children's Health to take a look at how parents across the country...
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2.1KNewsDisability Service Providers Get Creative As Pandemic Threatens Programs
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Wichita, Kansas, nurse Heather McFann was at a loss as to what to do for...
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1.7KFrom the BureausCourt: New York City Must Give All Homeless Shelters Wi-Fi
New York City must finish installing Wi-Fi in shelters for homeless families and domestic violence victims by Aug. 31, according to a...
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1.1KNewsWith New Aid, Schools Seek Solutions To Problems New and Old
With a massive infusion of federal aid coming their way, schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use the windfall to...
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1.1KNewsSurvey: Even As Schools Reopen, Many Students Learn Remotely
Large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning, according to a...
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2.7KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan Gives Out-of-school Time Programs Big Role in Pandemic Recovery,OST Reporting Project
The latest COVID-19 relief package, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, includes a huge chunk of money to benefit young people. Of...
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2.3KNewsSurvey: Pandemic Slashed Sports For Low-income Youth
Sports programs serving low-income communities have seen a big drop in youth participation because of the pandemic, according to a survey of...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayThree Relationships Kids Need During Pandemic And Into Recovery
This time last year, I was in New Orleans for a child and youth well-being summit. Mardi Gras was over and leaders...
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1.6KNewsCitywide After-school Systems Are Sustaining Themselves, Report Finds
Citywide after-school systems have staying power, according to a recent comparison of U.S. city systems in 2013 and 2020. “More than three-quarters of...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayHow Human Connections Can Save Our Youth
A crisis is when a non-common negative occurrence increases in trend and frequency. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic there seems...
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3.2KNewsCOVID Relief Bill Would Reduce Child Poverty, Aid Youth Programming
COVID relief funding from the federal government, if passed into law, will make a historic reduction in child poverty and could also...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayIndependent Living Coordinators Are Lifeline For Current, Former Youth in Foster Care During Pandemic
Ever heard of a state or county “independent living coordinator?” I have and I’m fascinated by the near-mythical role they play as they...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Replace College, Job Fair For High School Students
COVID-19 has greatly altered the lives of our youth. Few, if any, high students have attended school under the same circumstances as...
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1.9KNewsYoung Activists, CLASP Call For New Deal To Get Youth Jobs
A group of student activists ages 14 to 25 is urging the Biden administration and Congress to create a plan for youth...
