Youth Today
All posts tagged "afterschool"
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3.4KNewsHurricane Maria devastated her home. Now, this teen is helping put survival kits in Florida libraries
Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...
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1.5K► PodcastsNorth Central Florida YMCA brings summer camp to rural areas
The North Central Florida YMCA kicked off summer camp in Hawthorne this week. It’s the first time Hawthorne has had summer programming...
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2.5KNewsYouth employment opportunities shine bright this summer
Summer of 2022 is shaping up to be one of economic opportunity for millions of young people, from teens looking for summer...
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1.5KNewsFunding, logistics remain challenges to afterschool and summer programs in rural communities
Afterschool Alliance estimates there are 4.5 million rural kids across the country who want to attend afterschool but can't, with low-income families...
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1.6KFrom the BureausTeen farming feeds the needy in touristy corner of Massachusetts
In Brickle’s corner of rural, western Massachusetts, where tourists flock but many locals struggle to make ends meet, she and other 13-...
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875NewsAfterschool program expanded to help Latino families during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of young people and the programs that serve them, but some out-of-school time organizations have...
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2.2KNewsQ&A: Rep. Rosa DeLauro on the fight for afterschool funding and the child tax credit
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut and the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has long been hailed as an afterschool...
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1.8KNewsCongress approves more afterschool funding, but advocates say it isn’t enough
Afterschool advocates welcomed a $30 million federal spending boost for out-of-school time programs they say will benefit 30,000 additional children a year,...
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1.4KNewsDetroit schools aim to catch up, and then some, with US aid
The Detroit school system is putting much of its relief money toward tutoring, after-school programs and other efforts to shore up student...
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1.5KNewsUnderstaffing leaves afterschool programs with unmet demand
School-based providers list difficulties hiring and retaining staff as the biggest reasons they have not fully rebounded from pandemic shutdowns and they...
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3.0KNewsA struggling Mississippi school district leans on afterschool programming
When the pandemic hit Jackson, Mississippi, the ongoing challenge to keep teenagers in high school got even harder. As the economic impacts...
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5.6KNewsQ&A: UPenn Prof. Dorothy Roberts makes the case for abolishing the child welfare system
For Dorothy Roberts, a scholar of race and gender at the University of Pennsylvania law school, there is nothing well-meaning or compassionate...
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1.9KNewsOklahoma basketball team launches afterschool program to teach data, analytics to Black youth
The students, known as Thunder Fellows, are part of the inaugural class of an afterschool program founded in the wake of the...
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2.6KFrom the BureausQ&A: Girls Inc.’s Stephanie Hull on fast-tracking virtual support during the pandemic
When Stephanie Hull was a kid, long before she became the CEO of Girls Inc., a national organization aimed at helping young...
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2.2KNewsQ&A: Karen Pittman on her next chapter and how the pandemic opened minds
Karen Pittman has been at the forefront of youth development for nearly 50 years, championing a whole-child approach to learning that goes...
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3.1KNewsMonths after pandemic aid lapsed, former foster youth struggling
Not long after the federal government passed a pandemic relief package last December to help former foster youth struggling to make ends...
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1.8KNewsQ&A: RAND’s Jennifer McCombs on shifts in summer school
In her 20 years as a researcher at RAND Corporation, the last 10 of which she has focused on afterschool, Jennifer McCombs...
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1.7KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan grants $85M to 106 Georgia nonprofits helping students cope with pandemic
Afterschool and summer programs for Georgia students affected by the coronavirus pandemic are expanding thanks to $85 million in federal grant funding....
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2.3KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds fuel expansion in afterschool programs
Billions of dollars earmarked for afterschool programs in the American Rescue Plan have begun to flow into programs nationwide, setting some on...
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3.3KNewsSummer camps brace for another year of social emotional fallout from pandemic
How are summer camps handling changes in the campers and the young counselors caused by the ongoing pandemic? Temper tantrums. Panic attacks....
