Youth Today
All posts tagged "youth"
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510GrantsJapanese-American community grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Japanese-Americans, Youth, Arts/Culture, Health, Education | Amount: $2,500 - $50,000 | Deadline: Jan. 31, 2024 (LOI)
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925GrantsGrants for community-based alternatives to youth incarceration
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Incarceration, Youth Welfare, Justice-involved Youth, Community | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: Apr. 11, 2023
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541GrantsHawaii/Oregon youth, environment and community grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Education, Youth Advocacy, Childhood Poverty, Environment, Community, Hawaii, Oregon | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Jan. 22, 2023
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1.5KNewsYoung farmers adapt to a hotter, drier future
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
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2.6KNews‘Every day was a bad day’: Children working in agriculture aren’t protected equally
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
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1.5KNewsQ&A: Mneesha Gellman examines the benefits of teaching Indigenous languages in public schools
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
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717GrantsDisadvantaged youth, arts, health and community program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community, Arts/Culture, Disadvantaged Youth, Health, Homelessness | Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2022
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2.3KNewsNew Mexico officials hope to open state’s first safe house for sex trafficked youth
Though popular portrayals of human trafficking tend to conjure ideas of violent kidnappings and cross-border human smuggling, the majority of sexual exploitation...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayThe Remix with Karen Pittman: What it takes to get and keep youth in school
A story about Black elementary school children jailed for non-existent crimes caught my attention in October 2021 when it was first picked...
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664GrantsArizona, California, and Nevada child and health program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Child/Youth Development, Health, Community, Arizona, California, Nevada | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Mar. 15, 2022
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2.3K► PodcastsUpended by COVID-19, some nonprofits went online, on the road and otherwise innovated to aid homeless youth
As COVID-19 upended their usual protocols, some nonprofits that didn’t manage to alter their outreach strategies saw the tally of homeless youth...
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1.1KGrantsNorthwest Connecticut community organization recovery and support grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Community, Organizational Support, Education, Arts/Culture, Environment, Health | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Oct. 22, 2021
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1.8KFrom the BureausAmid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units
For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayA Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation
Supporters of the juvenile justice status quo wrongly claim that community-based organizations are not yet strong enough to serve all youth who...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayAnalysts Propose Racial Equity in Youth Probation
Structural racism drives harsher treatment of Black youth, who are more likely than white youth to be arrested, incarcerated, placed on probation...
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2.8K► NewsmakersDr. Aaron Kowalski Appointed President and CEO of JDRF
JDRF recently appointed leading international diabetes expert and advocate, Dr. Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D. as its president and CEO. He succeeds Derek Rapp who...
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3.2K► NewsmakersGreg Zweber to be Next President & CEO of Camp Fire
Greg Zweber, chief affiliate officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, will be the new national president and CEO of Camp...
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3.6K► NewsmakersLisa Hamilton Will Be Next President, CEO of Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced the appointment of Lisa Hamilton as its next president and CEO. She succeeds Patrick McCarthy, who...
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1.2KNewsPolice and Black Teens: ‘If I Get Pulled Over Today …’
At the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, Michael Gandy, now 28, draws from personal experience as a young black teen.
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1.3KNewsCourt Costs Can Push Kids Deeper Into Justice System, Report Says
Fines and fees imposed in juvenile court can drive youth deeper into the system and their families deeper into poverty, a new...
