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All posts tagged "system-involved youth"
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1.8KGrantsCommunity at-risk youth program development and assistance grants
GRANT FOCUS: At-risk Children/Youth, Child/Youth Welfare, Community, Underserved Youth | Amount: $1,519,113 | Deadline: Sept. 1, 2026
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396GrantsPublic safety and mental health intervention and treatment program access expansion grants
GRANT FOCUS: Mental Health, Community/Public Safety, At-risk Youth, System-involved Youth | Amount: Up to $3,000,000 | Deadline: Sept. 25, 2026
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671OpinionThe students we stop counting: Education, incarceration and the children left behind
South Carolina's school-to-prison pipeline, how the systems create a cycle of failure instead of support — and five solutions.
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1.4KNewsQ&A: Brit Christopher and Gabriel Arika on why youth prisons don’t work — and how their youth-led magazine is building a movement
The No Kids in Prison magazine is a project of Youth First Justice Collaborative (YFJCo), a national organization dedicated to ending youth...
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425GrantsYouth homelessness prevention demonstration program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Homelessness Prevention, Housing Instability, Youth Mental Health, At-risk Youth | Amount: $350,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: Aug. 17, 2026
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715From the FieldYouth homelessness prevention starts long before a young person loses their home
Washington state shifted its youth homelessness strategy from crisis response to prevention.
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1.1KFrom the FieldThe boys we forgot to see: What working inside juvenile hall taught me about complex care
Complex care requires adults to see the whole person, not merely the behavior, diagnosis, charge or file.
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6.7KGrantsYouth 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: Mar. 30, 2026
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2.1KGrantsJuvenile/youth indigent defense improvement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, System-involved Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Youth in Poverty | Amount: Up to $400,000 | Deadline: Oct. 23, 2025
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2.8KGrantsAt-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: Feb. 24, 2025
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5.3KNewsWhile youth detention numbers rise, states begin to roll back reforms
States are backtracking on youth justice reforms.
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2.3K► ReportsExpanding education and employment pathways for systems-involved young people
Tackling the root causes of disconnection from education and careers with systems-involved youth.
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1.1KGrantsYouth 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
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1.7K► Reports
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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1.3KGrants
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
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1.9KGrantsTrauma-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
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1.0KGrantsReducing 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
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1.9K► ReportsCrimes 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.
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3.4KNewsReport: 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.
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1.6KGrantsGrants 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
