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A series of pieces by CBS News can help runaway and homeless youth programs show their communities the real faces—and real impact—of homelessness, and the ways that public schools and community leaders can be part of the solution.
This Thursday, the National Center for Homeless Education will host a webinar to help youth workers support homeless youth who are thinking about or already attending college. "Supporting Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in Accessing Higher Education" will be co-presented by NCHE's Christina Dukes and Mark Delorey, director of financial aid at Western Michigan University. The webinar...
Research suggests that a runaway girl will be approached by a pimp within her first 48 hours on the street. A new campaign from MTV and three leading organizations in the fight to expose and end human trafficking can help youth workers understand commercial sexual exploitation and protect young people from it.
The National Center for Homeless Education's Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit will help you understand the federal act that mandates access to education for homeless children and youth and how it's being put into practice.
With only 2,400 practicing physicians in the United States, Native Americans are among the least-represented minorities in the health care field. Several initiatives are trying to change that. They’re good projects to know about if you work with a Native American young person who’s interested in learning more about a career in health care.
According to the website Gameful, people around the world spend three billion hours a week playing computer games and video games. Youth workers and youth alike can use Gameful as a resource to access free games that:
A film featuring Family and Youth Services Bureau grantees Larkin Street Youth Services and New Avenues was chosen by Facebook fans as the winner in a film contest sponsored this year by sock manufacturer No Nonsense and its "Socks for America" campaign. When No Nonsense decided to hand out a million pairs of socks to homeless families and youth last summer, the company's...
The Administration on Children and Families' Youth Demonstration Development Project is working to develop frameworks that youth-serving programs across the country could use to help youth develop job skills and become self-sufficient. The project's first report, "Synthesis of Research and Resources to Support at-Risk Youth" (PDF, 962KB), was released earlier this year.
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