Youth Today
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3.5KOpinionLegalized Torture: A Solitary Confinement Experience
"After just 24 hours, I testify that solitary confinement is hell on earth. Solitary confinement is legalized torture," says Anyssa Williams, a...
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1.9KOpinionSelfishly Selfless: Social Anxiety, Addiction and the Benefits of Service
People in recovery vividly recall their first experiences with drugs and alcohol as teenagers.
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2.0KNewsGAO Calls for Reducing Barriers to College for Foster and Homeless Youth
Burdensome paperwork requirements, limited academic preparation and a lack of adult guidance and support make it difficult for foster and homeless youth...
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5.7KFrom the BureausCalifornia Law to Close Group Homes Stresses Importance of Family for Every Foster Kid
Katrina Alston wasn’t trained as a therapist, social worker or anything of that nature when she worked at a Pasadena, California, group...
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Grants
Community-Based Child Healthcare Program Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Healthcare Access, Community Development | Deadline: Aug. 2, 2016
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► Reports
K-12 Education: Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
This new report commission by the U.S. Government Accountability Office discusses data concerning the economic and racial make-up of K-12 students in...
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2.6KOpinionNo Job, No Home, No Green Card: Crashing Into 21
“Do you know you’re an illegal immigrant?” I was 19 when my social worker asked me this question. Shocked and confused, I...
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Grants
Childhood Bereavement Services Organization Capacity Building Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Mental Health, Childhood Trauma | Deadline: July 11, 2016
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Reduced Disparities in Birth Rates Among Teens Aged 15–19 Years
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds a significant and widespread national drop in teen pregnancy rates across all ethnic groups...
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2.4KVideosLost in the System: Girls, Foster Care and the Commercial Sex Trade in L.A. County
Hundreds of L.A. children are sexually exploited every year. Experts in the field say it's not surprising that 70 percent of them...
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1.5KOpinionTime to End State-sanctioned Assaults on Our Schoolchildren
When I arrived in North Carolina more than a decade ago to teach and practice law, it was a bit of a...
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News
Better Collaboration Key to Helping Crossover Youth, Panelists Say
A Senate Judiciary hearing, held this week as part of National Foster Care Month, looked at how jurisdictions across the country are...
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15.8KNewsTeen 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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9.4KOpinionConsidering a Research-Informed Theoretical Framework for Trauma-Informed Approaches
Trauma-informed self-sufficiency programs are in their infancy in assessing how, where and when to address trauma among their clients. But new frameworks...
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Grants
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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4.1KNewsBeating 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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1.5KOpinionWe Need Better Legal Protection for Young People in the Justice System
Think back to yourself at 14 or 15 years old. You’ve just started high school. But you’re not at school now —...
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1.5KVideosRepresent: A Magazine for Foster Kids by Foster Kids
The nonprofit Youth Communication in Manhattan shares the voices of youth in foster care through Represent magazine, used as an educational tool...
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1.9KNewsMore Foster Homes Needed, Lawmakers Move Away from Group Homes
Advocates spoke up at Capitol Hill briefing about the need for more supports for foster families and kinship care as states decrease...
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1.6KOpinionPreventive Services Saved My Family
I was pregnant when I aged out of foster care. My boyfriend and I wanted to have the baby, but I worried...
