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Coombs camps show kids where to go

Evan Robinson-Johnson

August 17, 2022 |

Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The nonprofit Coombs Outdoors runs summer and winter camps for youth to experience and learn about the outdoors. The camps are in high demand because of the affordable price made possible by donor subsidies.

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NYC's summer work program for youth called a success, with 100K jobs filled

Reema Amin

August 17, 2022 |

Chalkbeat New York |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program helps 14-to-24-year-olds find paid jobs through summer contracts with community organizations, and the city picks up the cost of their paychecks.

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How Teens Are Pushing Back On Book Bans

Ashira Morris

August 10, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In response to a wave of book bans within school districts, the Brooklyn Public Library began offering digital library cards to increase book access. The initiative, Books Unbanned, allows13 to 21-year-olds to sign up for a digital library card that provides access to an entire library of books, including those that were banned.

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Black and Hispanic Students Find Their Voice Through Civics Education in Sacramento

Srishti Prabha

August 08, 2022 |

The Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Sacramento's Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Center offers a civics education program where students of color can learn about movements spearheaded by marginalized people, connect with like-minded peers interested in making change, and develop their voices as advocates. Students have gone on to intern at City Hall, advocate for issues like improved WiFi access and higher teacher pay, and even work for the center themselves.

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Amid Spike in Teen Drinking During Pandemic, Schools Turn to Alateen For Help

Bekah McNeel

July 27, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Alateen is designed for young people living people abusing substances, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the teens the group serves have begun using alcohol and drugs themselves. To make it easier for youth to access the program, some schools are incorporating Alateen programs at school for students to easily participate.

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This San Francisco Supper Club Gives Youth a Chance to Reinvent Themselves

Gabrielle Lawrence

July 18, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Old Skool Café provides opportunities for youth, particularly those who were formerly incarcerated and/or in foster care, to gain life skills, job training, and receive help managing their finances, writing resumes and cover letters, build people skills, and strengthen interpersonal communication. The restaurant allows the youth to train for every position in an industry that generates 25% of the area’s jobs.

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Program aims to bring diversity from classrooms into courtrooms

Caitlin Schmidt

July 05, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

In an effort to diversify Arizona’s disproportionately white judiciary, legal professionals are volunteering in the state’s Legal Futures program to do outreach to high school and college students. The students spend face-to-face time with the professionals learning about career pathways and often leave with contact information to stay in touch.

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Texas invested millions in mental health after 2018 shooting — Here's how it's working

Monica Madden

June 22, 2022 |

KXAN-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The state-funded Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium provides mental health care and resources to more than 300 school districts, with one goal of preventing mass shootings. Programs like in-school behavioral telehealth appointments make care more accessible to children who are identified as in-need

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Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel

June 22, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

At one Texas high school, members of Students Organizing for Anti-Racism (SOAR) facilitate and participate in talking circles to address conflict, provide mental health support, rebuild relationships, and redevelop social skills they lost during the pandemic. The circles draw on Indigenous traditions to offer a safe, structured space for expression that focuses on addressing harm rather than administering punishment.

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In the wake of bill, Sacramento County works to break the link between homelessness and ‘aged-out' foster youth

Ken Magri

May 24, 2022 |

Sacramento News & Review |

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Response Location: United States, California

In California, youth in the foster system can continue to receive support and services for three years after they've "aged out" as long as they enroll in school or find a job. Participants work with a social worker to create a transition plan and develop new life skills such as budgeting and job searching, and one study found that fewer youth became homeless and more completed high school or enrolled in college after participating in the extension program.

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