system-involved youth Archives

SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUTH: FOUR TEENS WITH SERIOUS LOOKS ON THEIR FACES STAND NEXT TO EACH OTHER OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF A WHITE SKYSCRAPER

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Expanding education and employment pathways for systems-involved young people

Tackling the root causes of disconnection from education and careers with systems-involved youth.

at-risk youth: teen boy in therapy with head in hand

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Grants

At-risk and system-involved youth development, prevention and treatment grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, At-risk/System-Involved Youth, Diversion, Youth Development, Community | Amount: Up to $800,000 | Deadline: July 8, 2024

system-involved youth reentry project grants; team of young business people having meeting

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Youth reentry support and recidivism prevention program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Reentry, Youth Recidivism, System-involved Youth, Youth Safety | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: Apr. 15, 2024

community youth violence prevention research grants: sad and troubled teen in grey hoodie talking to therapist

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Youth violence prevention research program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Violence Prevention, At-risk Youth, Youth Safety/Well-being, Research | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Oct. 2, 2023

juvenile youth defense improvement grants: young person's hand on chain-link fence

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Changing course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place

A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.

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Community-based alternatives for system-involved and at-risk youth grants

GRANT FOCUS: At-risk/Troubled Youth, System-involved Youth, Youth Homelessness, Youth Incarceration | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: Sept. 11, 2023

foster care: Woman of color wipes tear during meeting with professional counselor

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Trauma-informed services for troubled foster youth grants

GRANT FOCUS: Foster Care/Youth, Trauma, Mental/Behavioral Health, System-involved Youth | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023

expand use of diversion for juvenile justice system report; hand of youth on detention center fence

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Reducing racial disparities in juvenile justice program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparities, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2023

mass incarceration of children report: young black boy in orange jumpsuit sits in cell

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Crimes against humanity: The mass incarceration of children in the United States

At least 32,359 individuals are in U.S. prisons because of crimes committed as children.

U.S. Homeless Student population report: homeless student sleeping on park bench

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News

Report: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes

By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.

youth-led projects, youth-led community projects grants: happy young black man in volunteer shirt giving thumps up with other youth volunteers in background

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Grants for community-based alternatives to youth incarceration

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Incarceration, Youth Welfare, Justice-involved Youth, Community | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: Apr. 11, 2023

study says schooling for incarcerated youth is inferior: boy in juvenile detention holds book behind back as he walks in line with other detainees

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Study: Schooling for incarcerated youth is fragmented, inferior

Most of the 50 states have clearly designated which agencies are in charge of hiring teachers for incarcerated juveniles, creating teaching curriculum...

justice-involved LGBTQ youth support center grant: woman with red nail polish pointing at rainbow flag on her shirt

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Justice-involved LGBTQ+ youth support center grant

GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Youth, Justice-Involved Youth, Juvenile Justice, Two-Spirit Youth | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: June 8, 2022

youth-led juvenile justice project grants: young black man in white shirt shaking hands with young white man in office setting

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Youth-led juvenile justice project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Leadership, System-involved Youth, Juvenile Recidivism | Amount: $25,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: May 18, 2022 (LOI)

girls in juvenile justice support grants: young brunette girl in orange detention garb looking at camera from behind bars

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Girls in the juvenile justice system support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Young Women/Girls, Juvenile Justice, System-involved Girls, Youth Welfare | Amount: Up to $800,000 | Deadline: May 23, 2022

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Juvenile/youth indigent defense improvement grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, System-involved Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Youth in Poverty | Amount: Up to $900,000 | Deadline: May 17, 2022

Apprenticeships for juvenile offenders: youth learning how to work intricate machinery

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Guest Opinion Essay

Apprenticeships should be part of programming for juvenile offenders

One of the strongest elements of our diversion agreements was a structured community service program. The most successful programs treated juvenile referrals...

Too many locked doors report: young minority youth leaning sadly against chainlink fence

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Too many locked doors: The scope of youth confinement is vastly understated

A new report from The Sentencing Project discusses how youth incarceration rates across the country are being systemically undercounted and what the...