Sentences with phrase «youth advocates say»

Youth advocates say this makes it easy for kids to fall through the cracks.

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Break the silence, says youth athlete Health and Safety advocate Brooke de Lench, founding Executive Director of MomsTeam Institute.

Test scores go up, truancy goes down and attendance goes up,» says Joshua Simonds, the former executive director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, who devotes himself to advocating for arts in the schools as part of a well - rounded education.

Advocates say it can be decades before a victim comes to grips with what happened in their youth and is prepared to move forward.

«As the Council begins our Executive Budget hearings on May 6th, we will continue to strongly push for critical investments that will greatly expand employment opportunities for our young people by increasing the number of year round and summer youth jobs, advocating for vital legal services and workforce development skills to support our growing immigrant population and fighting to combat food insecurity in our City,» they said.

The bill, passed Tuesday evening, was pushed by health advocates who say it will reduce youth's access to cigarettes.

Jawanza Williams, youth leader at VOCAL - NY, whose co-executive director, Jeremy Saunders, said advocates have gotten «no clear response» from the governor regarding funding of the Plan to End AIDS.

During his City Council campaign, Landesman advocated for special education and said he planned on making that a focus of the board's Youth and Education committee.

Advocates peg the average number of homeless youth at about 350 a night, and Quinn said between $ 10.5 and $ 12 million annually would be needed to make beds available for them.

He advocated the participation and support of critical stakeholders such as women and youths that would be engaged in the course of the project, saying the project would bring both human and infrastructural development to the state.

The advocates, addressing a hearing conducted by the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, said that, to date, the health - care needs of children and adolescents have often been overlooked in the the national debate about the best ways to provide health coverage to the uninsured.

The upwelling of youth activism stands in stark contrast to that seen after previous school shootings, advocates and academics say, and could prove a powerful force in the gun control debate.

«We hear from our teachers and principals, our partners in the schools, there are more kids who could desperately use a youth advocate so at the time we're having to look at whether we can go, instead we're having to cut back and we know the number of students who could benefit from the program is growing,» says Malgieri.

The department has been gathering feedback on the plan from the Commissioner's Advisory Councils and other stakeholders include Kentucky Youth Advocates, Baker said.

(Utah) Providing breakfast for students with long bus rides, offering quick grab - and - go meals, or even serving food after the bell rings can effectively increase participation in school breakfast programs — something that can boost outcomes for low - income youth, advocates say.

In a statement on behalf of CORE on Thursday, Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson said, «We applaud Superintendent Torlakson and President Kirst's announcement as we have consistently advocated throughout this process for ensuing all youth have access to the field test.

When I see how passionate some of our youth are — joining us at protests, fundraising and really getting involved at a young age — it gives me hope for a future with no puppy mills and advocates for the humane treatment of all animals,» she says.

Earth Island Institute established The Brower Youth Award for Environmental Leadership in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower, who was quoted as saying «I love to see what young people can do, before someone old tells them it's impossible.»

In situations like these, where it's no longer safe for a family to house their teen, Guilford says shelters like Social Advocates for Youth's Dr. Coffee Teen Shelter in Santa Rosa can provide a temporary place for teens to stay and get assistance.

But not nearly enough is being done to assess how, or if, efforts to improve school environments are actually working, say a chorus of researchers, youth advocates and state officials.