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A Shared Sentence – The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, Families and Communities
This new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation details the effects over-incarceration of adults has on on our nation's youth and...
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Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students
Data Quality Campaign highlights the current state of the use of data in education and makes recommendations to states to enact more...
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Grants
Grant for Personal Responsibility Education Programs for Reducing Teen Pregnancy
Subject: Youth Welfare, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy Prevention, Education | Deadline: June 27, 2016
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Grants
Grants for Expanding Service for Children, Youth, and Abused Parents Impacted by Domestic Violence
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Domestic Violence, Safety | Deadline: June 27, 2016
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1.7KVideosPowerful Voices of New York City’s Former Foster Youth
From loving mentors to abusive foster parents and indifferent social workers, a group of New Yorkers talk openly about surviving foster care...
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1.7KNewsStates Could Not Terminate Medicaid for Juveniles in Custody Under Bill
States would be prohibited from terminating Medicaid coverage for incarcerated juveniles under legislation introduced today in the House and Senate.
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1.6KVideosPositive + Policy
"If we can get these kids to believe, and if we can get these parents on board to believe, we can make...
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3.2KOpinionTime to Take Close Look at Family First Act
To read the rhetoric coming from the foster care-industrial complex lately, you’d think that the private child welfare agencies that need a...
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1.2KOpinionCelebrating Professional After-school Workforce
A national survey of National AfterSchool Association members shows the after-school workforce has higher levels of education, more longevity in the field...
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1.6KNewsThrough InterPlay, Refugee Teens Practice English, Speak Freely, Experiment with Identity
An after-school program uses a creative method of whole-body exercises known as InterPlay to aid refugee teens in language learning. “By moving,...
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1.3KNewsReport: Communities Can Do More to Support Children with an Incarcerated Parent
Children with an incarcerated parent often suffer emotionally, academically and financially, and too few policies consider their needs, says a new report...
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1.7KNewsYoung Anti-Racists Celebrate the Unity They See Amid the Hate
It wasn't all hate at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia last weekend. Yes, there were violent clashes between law enforcement and a...
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Grants
Youth Running Program Grants
Subject: Health, Physical Activity, Child Welfare, Youth Development | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2016
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2.3KNewsAfter School Is ‘Sweet Spot’ to Draw Girls to STEM
After-school programming shapes kids’ identities, and identity influences who ends up in the sciences, says Maryann Stimmer, senior manager for STEM programs...
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Grants
Underserved Youth Community Exchange Program Grants
Subject: Community Development, Cultural Education, Youth Development | Deadline: May 27, 2016
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1.7KOpinionWho Will I Be As an Adult?
In all those years I was bounced around, I didn’t know where I belonged or what would happen when I aged out...
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1.7KFrom the FieldEarn to Learn: A Teen’s Job Is to Do Well in School
Young people commit — in writing — to a grade they will earn for each class. The better they perform, the higher...
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1.7KNewsDOJ Seeks to Improve Victim Services in Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation
WASHINGTON — The federal government wants to develop better ways to ensure children who are victims of sexual exploitation get the care...
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1.4KOpinionKeep Alcohol in Focus to Reduce Youth Substance Use
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Addressing misperceptions is important, because otherwise we run the risk of further perpetuating beliefs among young people...
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3.3KNewsBecoming a ‘Real Boy’: Filmmaker Follows Teenager’s Trans Journey
“This is a film about what it feels like to just want to be loved by the people you’re closest to, and...
