Youth Today
All posts tagged "Youth Development"
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Using Music to Teach Math Project Grants
Subject: Education, Youth Development, Math Education, Music Education | Deadline: Nov. 4, 2016
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Youth Football Facilities Funding Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Physical Activity, Sports | Deadline: Aug. 15, 2016
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The State of the World’s Children 2016: A Fair Chance for Every Child
UNICEF's latest State of the World's Children report makes the case for aggressive action to help the world's hundreds of millions of...
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2.0KNewsChange 4a Dollar Teaches Much-needed Money Skills
In summer camp, kids swim, play basketball and take part in traditional camp activities. But about one-fifth of their time is spent...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayProtecting the Planet: Summer Programs Are a Great Place to Start
Working with youth in summer programs is a great opportunity to teach about protecting the planet. It’s essential that we teach them...
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Environmental Education Program Grants
Subject: Environmental Education, Youth Development | Deadline: Aug. 17, 2016
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Economic Education and At-Risk Student Youth Support Program Grants
Subject: Education, Economic Education, Youth Development | Deadline: Sept. 15, 2016
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STEM-Based Classroom Project Grants
Subject: Education, STEM, Youth Development | Deadline: Sept. 23, 2016
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3.5KBook ReviewsGarbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir
“I always felt isolated and alone” in foster care, begins Shenandoah Chefalo in “Garbage Bag Suitcase.” “As soon as I understood that...
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Youth Soccer Facilities Funding Grants
Subject: Physical Activity, Youth Development, Sports, Safety | Deadline: Letters of intent - Jan. 29, 2016; Applications - Feb. 5, 2016
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Youth Music and Music Education Program Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Music Education | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2016
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13.6KNewsTeen Stress and the Growing Brain
Anyone who works with adolescents knows what recent science has confirmed: Teenagers just don’t think like adults. In fact, researchers have known...
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Community-Based Youth Education, Development and Job/Career Training Program Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Education, Job/Career Training | Deadline: July 6, 2016
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3.6KNewsBeating the Odds: Boosting School Success Rates for Students in Foster Care
Before moving from her biological mother’s home and into foster care at age 10, Kathy Rando was in the gifted program at...
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815NewsThe Redhound Formula: Teach Literacy All Year With Engaging Activities, School Connection, Community Support
Year-round support in out-of-school-time programs provides much-needed support for kids whose literacy skills lag behind their peers. Redhound Enrichment, in rural Corbin,...
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2.5KNewsTeen Birth Rate Drops Dramatically, Still Huge Issue for Foster Kids
Jessica Chandler spent her teenage years in foster care in California after her parents divorced and her mother struggled with mental illness....
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5.6KNewsKeeping Adolescents Engaged: What Can After-School Programs Do?
Chicago high school students practice glassblowing in their out-of-school time program. Working with fire, creating their own designs out of molten glass...
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Homeless and Street Youth Services and Outreach Grant Program
Subject: Youth Welfare, Youth Development, Homeless Youth, Safety | Deadline: July 5, 2016
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2.8KFrom the BureausBig Brothers Big Sisters Seeks More Diverse Volunteers
Four years ago, Lillian Pucha, 28, was balancing schoolwork with raising three children in the Bronx. Her oldest, Brandon, was 7 years...
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1.0KGuest Opinion EssayCelebrating Professional After-school Workforce
A national survey of National AfterSchool Association members shows the after-school workforce has higher levels of education, more longevity in the field...
