Youth Today
All posts tagged "troubled youth"
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611OpinionIn the middle of survival
Young people can’t plan in a crisis, says a former Missouri child support director. So teach them with this fire drill before...
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5.4KGrantsMentoring for at-risk youth program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Mentoring/Mentorships, At-risk Youth, Juvenile Justice, Youth Dev. | Amount: $1,000,000 - $4,000,000 | Deadline: Oct. 29, 2026
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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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5.5KNewsProposed reforms of ‘troubled teen industry’ fall short of promises
A promised "youth bill of rights" is absent from federal legislation introduced this spring.
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4.6KOpinionYou don’t need a task force to tell you why institutionalized children run
Children run away from out-of-home placements because they are in out-of-home placements. Institutionalization is inherently harmful, inherently traumatic and almost never necessary....
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2.9KNewsQ&A: Youth violence expert Paul Boxer on how to help kids struggling with antisocial, potentially violent behaviors
Paul Boxer has become an expert in youth violence. He has co-authored 80 research papers and is head of the Rutgers Center...
