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  • Nonprofits join forces to provide ‘one-stop shop' for youth seeking housing, medical services

    October 09, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, an HIV-prevention group has partnered with another youth-focused social services organization to connect patients experiencing homeless or housing insecurity with appropriate resources. By offering wellness and housing services in one location, the partnership is making accessing help a lot easier for the vulnerable populations they serve.

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  • To Raise Graduation Rates For Students Of Color, Salem-Keizer Schools Focus On Relationships

    October 08, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    Oregon schools are leveraging the power of relationships to improve attendance and graduation rates for Pacific Islander and Black students. Community resource specialists step in to get students to school, doctor's appointments, family funerals, and more: “I’m honestly not doing anything special. I hate to say that, there’s no science around what I’m doing. It’s just trust and building a relationship and giving them the time."

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  • Supporting Muslim Teens in Face of Islamophobia — in Their Own Schools

    October 07, 2019 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunnyvale, California

    A growing trend of documented instances of Islamophobia in schools lead the Islamic Networks Group to create a youth training program that empowers students to speak up in their schools. Built on the idea that many students don't know much about Islam, the program provides fact-checked materials "to stem discrimination and empower students," if faced with anti-Islam rhetoric.

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  • A Tale Of Two Cities: New York Providers Credit 'Aftercare' For Helping Youths Transition Home

    October 02, 2019 |

    WUWM |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    After kids spend time in one of New York City's community-based incarceration facilities, they are enrolled in an "aftercare" program, which includes group meetings and mentoring, to help with the transition. As Milwaukee continues to reform its youth prison system, it is looking to New York as one promising model to consider.

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  • It Takes a Teenager to Help a Teenager in Crisis

    September 24, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Connecting to peers makes coping with emotional distress easier for youth. Youthline, a youth suicide crisis intervention service operated by Lines for Life puts those struggling in touch with volunteers their own age via call, text, or email. The youth volunteers are supervised by a clinician and are trained in SafeTALK and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

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  • New York providers credit ‘aftercare' for helping youths transition home

    September 16, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York has taken great strides in reforming their juvenile justice system, and key to that has been ensuring that those in the system receive ongoing support once they return to their communities. Organizations like Arches work with probation officers to provide young people with therapy and mentors – whose lives have been similar to their mentees – in order to provide the needed support and guidance. Such programs have shown lowered recidivism rates and have garnered the attention of officials in Milwaukee who are seeking to makeover their system.

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  • New York juvenile justice program stresses ‘safety by relationships'

    September 11, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, the Close to Home initiative is taking a different approach to juvenile justice by centering it around a localized, residential, and rehabilitative model. These facilities operate out of traditional-looking homes and are run by nonprofits like Rising Ground. Its model focuses on building relationships as a key to rehabilitation, and emphasizes the importance of staff / youth relationships and familial connections. As Wisconsin seeks to change their model of juvenile justice, it takes inspiration from Close to Home in its implementation of smaller, more regional facilities.

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  • At Colleges, What's Old Is New: Retirees Living on Campus

    September 10, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    At Arizona State, retirees pay a fee to live on campus, take classes, and be a part of the college community. This setup offers a unique opportunity for intergenerational mixing and mentoring and a new revenue stream for institutions with declining enrollment.

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  • Two Percent of Teachers Are Black Men. A City Is Trying to Recruit More.

    September 10, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Brothers Empowered to Teach (BE2T) initiative recruits college-age people of color to teach in schools in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The fellowship program aims to build a workforce more representative of the races and backgrounds of students in local schools and provides a stipend to student-teachers as one additional way to help with the cost of college.

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  • Breaking the cycle of poverty: Cambridge housing program prepares young residents for college - The Boston Globe

    September 08, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A program run by the Cambridge Housing Authority that provides wraparound support to students in eighth grade through sophomore year of college has helped two-thirds of program alumni move out of the city's public housing. Classes and mentoring sessions focus on career preparation, job training, healthy relationships, and financial literacy.

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