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Success Beyond 18: Helping Youth Aging out of the Foster Care System 05/06/2013
The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative has launched Success Beyond 18, a campaign help young people all around the country who are aging out of...
Toolkit for Early Care and Education Advocacy 05/07/2013
In January, the federal government announced plans for an early care and education initiative that would increase access to high-quality pre-K for 4-...
Bookmark This: A New Hub for Juvenile Justice Research 04/08/2013
Journalists, researchers, advocates and policymakers, take note: a new resource launches this week that will make it easier (and more engaging) than...
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Video Tutorial: Free Social Media Clients 02/18/2013
Ever wondered how to improve your organization's social media effectiveness without a big staff or budget to devote? In SparkAction's newest how-to...

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boy dancing
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A man, a troubled middle school and one unlikely decision that sparked a turnaround.
Produced by: SparkAction
Why the data on the sexual abuse of youth in adult prisons has some experts calling for more research.
antonio
Produced by: Ready by 21
Antonio Dominguez entered high school “disengaged and directionless,” as he puts it, but emerged as a community leader, and credits caring adults to ...
homeless youth
Produced by: Youth Communications, Inc.
Two brave youth with ambition and a desire to succeed share how the barriers of homelessness affected their pathways to education and employment
SUCCESS BEYOND 18
Produced by: SparkAction
The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative has launched a new campaign to fix foster care in the U.S. by encouraging states to extend foster care to age 21, offer ...
Produced by: SparkAction
As Congress debates immigration reform, child advocates have their eyes on two amendments - The Little Dreamers Amendment and HELP Separated Children.
Produced by: VOXXI
A historic number of Hispanic children are in the country’s foster care system, a dramatic change brought on by immigration and the assimilation of a growing ...
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What the "fiscal cliff" and compromises will mean for children, youth and families.
Produced by: Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative has launched Success Beyond 18, a campaign help young people all around the country who are aging out of ...
Produced by: National Council on Patient Information and Education
To help address prescription misuse and mental health in teens, SAMHSA and the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) have created five new ...
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antonio
Produced by: Ready by 21
Antonio Dominguez entered high school “disengaged and directionless,” as he puts it, but emerged as a community leader, and credits caring adults to ...
homeless youth
Produced by: Youth Communications, Inc.
Two brave youth with ambition and a desire to succeed share how the barriers of homelessness affected their pathways to education and employment
Alex Wirth
Produced by: The Huffington Post
For my generation, politics is broken. The results of the Harvard Institute of Politics spring 2013 poll of over 3,000 young Americans show a generation pessimistic ...
earthdaylive
Produced by: League of Young Voters, Green for All
On Earth Day, young leaders of color discuss how environmental issues affect their communities and how they are developing targeted solutions.
cap-hill-pyc
Produced by: Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council
Grant takes you through the basics of the Presidential Youth Council idea and how you can get involved.
gregory
Produced by: GlobalGrind.com
A millennial has had enough with hearing that one issue is "more important" than another for Congress to focus on.
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boy dancing
Produced by: SparkAction
A man, a troubled middle school and one unlikely decision that sparked a turnaround.
Sarah
Sarah Huff is one of The Corps Network 2013 Corpsmembers of the Year. She tells a powerful -- and humorous -- story of how a job of miserable conditions in a tough ...
Produced by: Youth Justice Coalition
You Can't Build Peace with a Piece, a campaign organized by young people of color in the Los Angeles area, released this comprehensive statement and recommendations ...
typewriter
Produced by: SparkAction
A case study looks at the March 1, 2013 op-ed in The Hartford Courant and the two reports it covers: a great success in media highlighting important ...
As a young teen, JM had dangerous addictions and lifestyle. When she hit rock bottom at 14, she got a second chance through drug court.
PYC
Produced by: Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council
A 13-year old convinces his state Senate to support a Presidential Youth Council.
Rashawn Davis
Produced by: MTV Act
A young man born into a high-risk environment runs for city council in his home city of Newark, New Jersey.
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