The article focuses on homeless youth in the United States. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Education have provided their estimation but the actual number is not known. It talks o...
“Schools, because children are their clients, can hone in on children as people,” said Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, which advocates nationally for homeless youth policy. Teachers can recognize signs of unstable housing: children falling asleep at their desk, poor ...
Malika Whitley is the founder of ChopArt, an organization for homeless teens focused on mentorship, dignity and opportunity through the arts. In this moving, personal talk, she shares her story of homelessness and finding her voice through arts -- and he
analysing legal mobilisation by young persons in homelessness in the Danish welfare state. Youth homelessness is selected as case motivated by the fact that the number of persons aged 18 to 29 living in homelessness almost doubled from 2009 to 2019. Drawing on the young persons’ narratives, ...
Since age 13– not living with parent, in foster care, or ward of court Emancipated minor Have a court-ordered legal guardian Have children or dependents and provide more than half of their support Unaccompanied youth who is homelessWhat do l need to fill out the FAFSA?Here...
“Words cannot express my sheer excitement and gratitude for being nominated by the HFPA this morning for portraying ‘Hannah Baker,’ a young woman whom I have come to truly love and understand,” Langford said in a statement. “Hannah’s story resonated with so many people, and I feel ...
As many as 70 percent of youth in the juvenile-justice system have been in the child-welfare system; one third of homeless young adults and at least 60 percent of human-trafficking victims have histories in foster care. As many as one in 17 American children enter ...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard something he said and thought he meant something completely different. Nine times out of ten it’s because I’m hearing his words through my history and through the way I would interpret the situation. I’ve put my stuff in...
Most babies are born healthy and grow and develop normally through childhood. There are, however, clearly identifiable high-risk groups of survivors, such as those born preterm or with ill-health, who are destined to have higher than expected rates of he
The opportunities listed below are music-specific and available year-round, with options for in-person, virtual and group participation nationwide and worldwide. Many of these organizations partnered with the Recording Academy and MusiCares for their annual day of service,The Day That Music Cares, ...