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All posts tagged "Washington state"
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1.4K► ReportsResearchers: Washington state saw 40% reduction in youth and young adult homelessness
Spotlighted solutions show the power of public-private partnerships to address persistent challenges and gaps.
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayAt a diversity-focused charter school, worlds of learning for a Black child
Every family should have the option to choose a school that fits their values.
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1.5K► PodcastsWashington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags
Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags.
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1.4KNewsWashington’s $5M youth homelessness effort is ramping up. Is it working?
Delays and slow spending stalled some programs in their first year.
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5.8KNewsEducation For Young People In Shelters Was Already a Challenge — Then Coronavirus Hit
More than 40,000 K–12 public school students in Washington experienced homelessness in 2017–18, a number that has nearly doubled in the past...
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4.8KNewsWashington State Young Adults Often End Up Homeless After Leaving Treatment
In Washington state, thousands of children and young adults like Patrick experience homelessness soon after exiting psychiatric and substance use disorder treatment.
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2.9KNewsChild Care For Essential Workers a Priority in New York, Washington
In New York and Washington, the two states hardest hit by COVID-19, officials are working with after-school and child care providers to...
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3.1KNewsAfter-school Programs At Public Housing Could Get Boost If AHEAD Passes
After-school programs connected with public housing could expand if a bill introduced in December by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state...
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4.2KNewsWashington ‘State-raised’ Inmates From Foster Care Urge Better Youth Support
Inevitable. That’s how winding up in prison felt for a group of former foster youth — now adults who are imprisoned at...
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2.6KNewsTacoma Trying Individualized Way to End Youth Homelessness
Malik Banks had been living out of his car in the Tacoma, Wash., area for about two months when the 23-year-old decided...
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2.8KNewsWashington State Tries Host Homes, Permanency Navigators for Homeless Teens
Nataya Foss remembers being told that she would soon have to leave the shelter. She had been staying in one of Washington...
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5.4KNewsHomeless Washington State Teens: Whose Responsibility Are They? Often, ‘No One’
At the age of 16, A.S. had just made his high school football team when his life was upended. His mother was...
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4.6KNewsCan Washington State Keep Youth Off the Streets After They Leave Detention?
By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times.
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3.6KNewsApprenticeships For Youth Now Have National Momentum
Da’Sean Harrison, 22, has ambitions to be a general contractor, a master of all trades. Now working on a construction job in...
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4.5KNewsWashington State Leader in Paying for Apprenticeships for Youth in Foster Care
What many consider routine and the direct path to college can be a quagmire for traumatized youth in foster care.
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3.2KNewsFrom Detention to Graduation: Examining Role of Education in U.S. Juvenile Justice System
At 7 a.m., teenagers are scurrying to dress and head to class. There are no parents or older siblings nearby to push...
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139.2KGuest Opinion EssayAbuse in Foster Care: Research vs. the Child Welfare System’s Alternative Facts
Suppose, hypothetically, you could gather in one room 333 former foster children. Now, suppose you asked how many of them had been...
