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Henry Montgomery is free: laughing older black man with glasses, fasemask and headphones

Henry Montgomery, at center of juvenile life debate, is free

The Louisiana inmate whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life...

racially unequal school boundaries in US public school system report: map of different ethnic boundaries and districts in city

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Dividing lines: Racially unequal school boundaries in US public school systems

The Urban Institute's Center on Education Data and Policy publishes a new research report highlighting the role that outdated school attendance and...

Racial justice and equity in education grants: group of minority students talking at a table

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Grants

Racial justice and equity in education grants

GRANT FOCUS: Racial Justice, Equity, Education, Minority Students, Youth Development | Amount: Up to $400,000 | Deadline: Sept. 2, 2021

youth grants, at-risk children healthy learning environment, Nevada youth development: youth playing outside at school in nice park area

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Grants

Children’s healthy learning environments in disadvantaged communities project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Minority Children/Youth, School, Environmental Health, Systemic Racism | Amount: ~$200,000 | Deadline: Sept. 10, 2021

Northwest LGBTQ+ and black community COVID recovery grants: LGBTQ+ couple on park bench with bushes behind them

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Grants

Northwest LGBTQ+ and black community COVID recovery grants

GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Communities, LGBTQ+ Youth, Social Justice, Racial Justice, Northwest | Amount: $1,000 - $10,000 | Deadline: Ongoing

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Black disparities in youth incarceration

The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.

Native American community, Rural Tribal grants: Wind River Indian Reservation town and landscape

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Disparities in tribal youth incarceration

The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.

youth justice grants, young man behind bars

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Latinx disparities in youth incarceration

The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.

higher education racial equity grants: two ethnic students doing work outside on table

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Higher education racial equity and sustainability improvement grants

GRANT FOCUS: Higher Education, Education Equity, Systemic Racism, Disadvantaged Students | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Aug. 9, 2021 (concept papers)

STEM education racial equity program grants: black female teacher helping students on computers

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STEM Education Racial Equity Program Grant

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Systemic Racism, STEM Education, Education Policy, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 13, 2021; Oct. 12, 2021

Maternal health inequities during COVID report: Asian pregnant woman is checking body temperature for symptom of fever, headache of viral infection, concept of sickness and healthcare in pregnancy in the situation of covid 19 outbreak.

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Maternal Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Urban Institute releases new research discussing how the pandemic has affected the delivery of maternal health care and has exacerbated longstanding...

lawyers for juveniles trained for racial justice trials: officer arresting a 14 year-old black boy

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Opinion

Lawyers for Juveniles Trained in Racial Justice Trials

In my 15 years of working with youth who cycle through the criminal justice system — initially as a social worker and,...

youth mentoring for preventing delinquency grants; man mentors young african american man on park bench

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Transforming Juvenile Probation: Restructuring Probation Terms to Promote Success

Researchers from the Urban Institute discuss how to reform the probation system to be less harmful to youth prospects and seek greater...

Foster care racism: Black woman with young Black child sitting at table doing homework.

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Many Say Now is the Time to Fight Racial Bias in Foster Care

LIDERINA/SHUTTERSTOCK Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism...

sounding the alarm: criminilization of black girls in florida report: pictures of 3 young black girls in black and white

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Sounding the Alarm: Criminalization of Black Girls in Florida

The Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center releases a new report discussing the stark inequities facing black girls in the Florida juvenile justice...

Education borders in Atlanta; blue and white street map of Atlanta

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Education Borders in Atlanta

The Urban Institute discusses the effects of school district boundaries on the racial segregation of schools in Atlanta.

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News

Toolkit Can Help OST Workers Band Together to Respond to Hate Messages

RUSSIAN FEDERATION/SHUTTERSTOCK What do you do if you find racist graffiti on a wall near your school or youth program? Or come...

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Injustice in the Lower Courts: How Municipal Courts Rob America’s Youth

The Juvenile Law Center discusses the oft-overlooked role that municipal courts play in harming the prospects of American youth through unnecessary incarcerations...

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Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist

The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing how stark racial disparities in the juvenile justice system remain relatively unchanged even as...