All posts tagged "Youth Development"

Helping Young Veterans Find Work after Military Service

Young veterans need support in finding and maintaining a job, let alone a career pathway with family-sustaining wages.

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President’s Budget Proposal Aims to Help Youth Get First Job

The Obama administration wants to help young people land their first job, including those who have dropped out of high school. The...

Youth Job and Career Training Program Grants

Subject: Youth Employment, Career/Job Training, Youth Development | Deadline: Mar. 25, 2016

STEM Museum and Library Education Program Development Grants

Subject: Education, STEM, Youth Development | Deadline: May 1, 2016

Youth Exchange Program Grants

Subject: Education, Cultural Education, Youth Development | Deadline: Mar. 28, 2016

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Potential Opportunities for Out-of-school Time in New Education Law

As the Every Student Succeeds Act goes into effect, out-of-school time providers could have a new opportunity.

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Five Questions That Will Help You Help Kids by Asking About Pets

Do you ever ask young people you serve to talk about their pets? If not, you may be missing out on a...

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Youth Voices

Reclaiming My Life after Meth

With a school filled with druggies and a neighborhood filled with them, too, I was out of luck. Doing drugs was how...

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Technology of Empathy: Spoken Word Helps Youth Develop and Contribute

Through spoken word poetry, we realize we are not alone, which gives us license to tear down the walls that keep us...

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Senate Committee Approves Changes to After-school, Summer Meals

Summer and after-school programs could more easily feed children under legislation approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee. It would streamline the administrative...

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Lawsuit Alleges Expelled Students Get Substandard Education

Motions begin this week in a lawsuit alleging that expelled students receive an inferior education and violate the state’s constitutional guarantee of...

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New Jersey Teens Help Create New Law for Youth to Access Mental Health Without Parents’ Consent

“In a typical legislative hearing you have aids whispering in the legislators’ ears, you have rustling of papers, you have side conversations,...

Sports Equipment for Disadvantaged Youth Grants

Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Sports, Fitness, Youth Development, Health | Deadline: Ongoing

Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grant Program

Subject: Education, Youth Development, Workforce Development | Deadline: Mar. 18, 2016

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Youth Leaders and Kids Keep Dream Alive on MLK Day

Kids from the Gresham Park Recreation Center in DeKalb County, Georgia., have been marching in Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Day parade for...

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Youth Developers Are American Dream Builders

The unconditional love necessary to support building the American Dream starts with accessing high-quality education. As the knowledge base grows, so should...

Youth Literacy Awards and Grants Programs

Subject: Literacy, Education, Youth Development | Deadline: Varies

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College Bound

Policy and programs can remove obstacles to college for youth experiencing homelessness and foster care