youth well-being Archives

youth service grants: young, black girl laying on shelter bed looking sad

New York City youth service improvement grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Welfare/Development, Youth Services, Youth Inequality, At-risk Youth, NYC | Amount: $25,000 | Deadline: Apr. 2, 2025

Well-being and well-becoming through the arts_A picture of mattering for youth of color: young black woman singing on stage passionately

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Well-being and well-becoming through the arts: A picture of mattering for youth of color

A report explores "culture-centered, community-based youth arts programs”; identifying characteristics that support well-being.

community and youth arts project grants, arts and culture project grants: young black woman in overall painting on ground with lots of others painting in background

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Stitching together the threads: A cross-disciplinary literature review on youth arts and well-being

A literature review explores how youth arts engagement promotes youth well-being.

Substance abuse prevention treatment, diversion: group of young people and counselor doing group therapy

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Community-based substance abuse prevention improvement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Substance Abuse Prevention, Community-based Services, Youth Well-being | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: Mar. 18, 2025

Thriving youth: Multi-ethnic group of 7 teenagers standing together laughing and smiling into camera

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Editorial

When youth thrive, we all thrive

In these challenging times, Youth Today is making a new, bolder commitment.

youth grants, at-risk children healthy learning environment: youth playing outside at school in nice park area

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The Carolinas at-risk children and youth development grants

GRANT FOCUS: At-risk Children/Youth, Child/Youth Health & Development, Physical Activity | Amount: $10,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: Mar. 11, 2025

college campus well-being grants; four college students walking down campus hallway away from camera

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College campus well-being improvement grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth/Student Well-Being, College Campus Improvement, Higher Education | Amount: $3,500 | Deadline: Feb. 3, 2025

Santa Fe middle school student support grants: three happy middle schoolers sitting and looking at notebook

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Santa Fe area middle school student support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Middle School Student Support, Education, SEL, Youth Well-being, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Nov. 1, 2024

social media use, tiktok, youth mental health: young person laying down opening TikTok on phone

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Grants to alleviate tech-driven pressures on youth development

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Mental Health/Well-being, Youth Development, Technology, SEL | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2024

school safety grants: parent holding hand of child going to school

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Community and neighborhood safety program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth/Community Safety, Violence/Gun Violence, Community | Amount: Up to $190,000 | Deadline: Aug. 21, 2024

child and youth well-being and education research grants: happy youth on tablet

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Child/youth well-being and education research grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Well-being, Child/Youth Development, Education, Community, SEL, Research | Amount: $50,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Mar. 29, 2024

youth athlete safety, preventing youth sports injuries grants; young children practicing on field

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Preventing youth sports injuries research support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Sports, Youth Safety, Youth Welfare, Research | Amount: $25,000 | Deadline: Feb. 8, 2024

community youth violence prevention research grants: sad and troubled teen in grey hoodie talking to therapist

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Youth violence prevention research program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Violence Prevention, At-risk Youth, Youth Safety/Well-being, Research | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Oct. 2, 2023

system-involved youth reentry project grants; team of young business people having meeting

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Community-based alternatives for system-involved and at-risk youth grants

GRANT FOCUS: At-risk/Troubled Youth, System-involved Youth, Youth Homelessness, Youth Incarceration | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: Sept. 11, 2023

Breaking Barriers to Quality Mental Health Care for LGBTQ Youth report; Lesbian couple with playful attitude showing proudly a pride lgbt flag.

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LGBTQ+ youth well-being, family counseling and support program grants

GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Youth, Youth Well-being, Family Counseling, Mental Health, Behavioral Health | Amount: Up to $425,000 | Deadline: July 3, 2023

LGBTQI+ youth report: headshots of diverse people with different colored backgrounds

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Moving beyond change efforts: evidence and action to support and affirm LGBTQI+ youth

The report details helpful and harmful interventions in clinical, community, family, and school settings.

Youth risk behavior survey: graphic with circle photo inset with three kids with backpacks walking towards glass doors

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Youth risk behavior survey 2011-2021

The CDC releases the latest iteration of its comprehensive national youth risk behavior survey.

Mental health: young black girl sitting on school steps with head lowered and hugging her legs

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Opinion

The youth mental health crisis is hitting girls the hardest. Here’s what needs to change.

Four in ten of the young women I work with experience suicidal ideation.

JooYeun Chang new director of child well-being at DDCF: Asian woman with hair to shoulders smiling at camera indoors

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JooYeun Chang to be director of child well-being at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

JooYeun Chang arrives after serving as acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families for...