Youth Today
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2.3KNewsHouse Bills Seek to Improve Out-of-state Foster Placements, Infant Welfare
The House just passed legislation (which also has been introduced in the Senate) that aims to reduce the amount of time it...
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1.8KWhat's On Your Bookshelf?What’s On Your Bookshelf?
Looking for some good reading to expand your knowledge and youth-development practice? Youth Today speaks with leading experts in the field to...
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1.2KOpinionAddressing the Gun Violence Epidemic: America Has the Will, Philanthropy Can Help Show the Way
From outbreaks of polio to the embrace of automobile seatbelts, the United States has a long record of rising to the challenge...
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3.8KOpinionThe American Dream Delayed by Addiction
A young writer reflects on how his father’s addiction impacted his family, his growing up and his own substance use. “After everything,...
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2.2KOpinionSubstance Abuse Prevention Must Move Beyond Health Care Settings
To turn the tide on opiate addiction and right the course of many young lives before intensive and costly treatment is needed,...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers | March-April 2016
Ira S. Hirschfield - Jennifer Killian - Phillip Li - Bess Rothenberg - Reed Hastings
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers | January-February 2016
David Barth - Rebecca C. Villareal - Steve Hollingworth - Stephanie Clusky - Chera D. Reid
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Grants
Native Youth Development Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Native Youth | Deadline: June 13, 2016
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1.6KVideosNaloxone and the Cop
"I immediately took my Narcan out, squirted a milligram of Narcan into her nose and within about 20 seconds [she] took this...
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1.3K► NewsmakersNewsmakers | March-April 2016
Ira S. Hirschfield, longtime president and trustee of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco, has announced his planned...
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1.5KOpinionPilot Program Giving Dual Status Youth the Trauma-Informed Care, Connections They Need
Cook County now has a pilot program for dual status youth. It’s an intensive wraparound program with up to 30 hours a...
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2.5KNewsService Learning in the Summer: Youth Can Widen Knowledge, Develop New Skills
Last summer Nancy Meza, 21, began an internship with a Chicago advocacy group, the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO).
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1.3KOpinionSlum Living: When Access as Proxy for Quality Is Life-Threatening
The summer after my second year teaching, I traveled to Malawi — one of the poorest nations in east Africa — with...
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2.9KFrom the BureausTraumatized, Locked Up, LA Girls Starting to Get More Help
Moriah Barrett, then 14, woke up to burns on her body one night along with physical evidence that she had been raped....
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Grants
Grants for Intermediary Organizations Funding Community-Based Nonprofits
Subject: Community Development, Youth Development, Economic Opportunity | Deadline: May 10, 2016
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Grants
National Foster Care Quality Improvement Grants for LGBTQ Children and Youth
Subject: LGBTQ Youth, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety | Deadline: May 17, 2016
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2.4KOpinionHaving the Right Stuff: Hiring High-Quality Summer Camp Staff
Organizations should take a planful approach to the recruitment and hiring process for summer program staff to improve program quality overall, quality...
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Opinion
Because I’m Free
A young writer’s story indicates many places where youth workers and systems could have intervened — healing child sexual abuse, treating drug...
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1.8KVideos‘She Never Said I Was a Bad Child’
"With all the obstacles you faced while you were in foster care, what motivates you to move forward in life?" Brittany Myers,...
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2.4KNewsFederal Commission Releases Recommendations to End Child Abuse Fatalities
A report released Thursday calls for a national strategy to end child deaths from abuse and neglect. The report emphasizes improved leadership...
