Youth Today
All posts tagged "youth welfare"
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3.0KNewsLeading After-school Group Disappointed by Obama Budget
A leading out-of-school-time organization is disappointed in the Obama administration’s budget request for next fiscal year, saying it fails to recognize the...
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4.2KOpinionHelping 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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2.7KNewsMeeting the Needs of Kids in the U.S. Who Fled Violence in Central America
A network of services is vital to meet needs of growing numbers of kids fleeing violence: academic support, legal representation and after-school...
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2.3KNewsPresident’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...
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Grants for Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma
Subject: Health, Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Community Development | Deadline: Apr. 18, 2016
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Community Cardiovascular Health Project Grants
Subject: Health, Community Development, Child/Youth Health and Welfare | Deadline: Feb. 25, 2016
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5.7KNewsThe Bystander Effect
Not all injuries are visible. Witnessing violence creates long-lasting concerns. What’s a school or after-school program to do?
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1.6KNewsAll About Girls Summit Seeks to Create ‘Girls Movement’
“How do we change the landscape for the sexual-abuse-to-prison pipeline, stop criminalizing girls’ behavior?” asks Mary Marx, president and CEO of Florida-based...
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7.7KOpinionFive 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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1.5KNewsSenate 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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2.1KNewsLawsuit 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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4.5KNewsNew 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,...
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Sports Equipment for Disadvantaged Youth Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Sports, Fitness, Youth Development, Health | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.0KNewsRestorative Justice Can Help Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline, NY Panel Says
Raising the age to be charged as an adult and restorative justice are crucial in slowing the school-to-prison pipeline, New York panelists...
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2.2KOpinionDelinquent By Reason of Poverty
In mid-November, an 8-year-old boy in Birmingham, Alabama, was charged with the murder of a 1-year-old girl named Kelci Lewis. Authorities announced...
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2.0KNewsNew Strategies for Treating Addiction among Teens
An unlikely group gathered last spring in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the opening of a new addiction-treatment center just for teens. Probation...
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2.0KNewsChild Care Costs Have Become Huge Burden to Families
Families whose income is double the poverty level — $39,580 for a family of three — would still find such costs prohibitive....
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1.8KOpinionCreating a Safe Environment for Teens Experiencing Digital Abuse
It can be far too easy to hide behind a screen in today’s hyperconnected world — whether it’s commenting anonymously or simply...
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Grants for Outreach and Services to Victims of Domestic/Dating Violence and Underserved Populations
Subject: Women and Girls, Youth Welfare, Social Services, Domestic/Dating Violence | Deadline: Mar. 9, 2016
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3.5KNewsCollege Bound
Policy and programs can remove obstacles to college for youth experiencing homelessness and foster care
