Sentences with phrase «national youth engagement»

We at Generation Progress — the national youth engagement arm of the Center for American Progress — have been engaged in a multi-year campaign comprised of dozens of organizations dedicated to tackling the crippling and ever - growing issue of student loan debt in America.

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Patsy has also been a national trainer delivering presentations on positive youth development and family engagement.

While the 2016 election brought a renewed interest in engagement among youth, 4 only 23 percent of eighth - graders performed at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics exam, and achievement levels have virtually stagnated since 1998.5 In addition, the increased focus on math and reading in K - 12 education — while critical to prepare all students for success — has pushed out civics and other important subjects.

In this presentation, Georgia Hall, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the National Institute for Out - of - School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, will share research findings from two studies (NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development; Program Practices: An Investigation of Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Standards and Practices in Out - of - School Time Programs) that help us to understand children's engagement in physical activity and how to promote involvement on an individual and program level.

After earning a highly selective fellowship with a national foundation focused on youth, Adam was hired as the Washington State education agency's first - ever student engagement specialist, where he conducted action research on student engagement in a three year project focused on student leadership and service.

Specifically, by 2020, the Foundation intends to create a leading leadership forum focused on Kenyan Youth and children in Kenya that educates, empowers, and engages them to grow into actively responsible citizens, thus leading them to act on socio - economic issues such as combatting corruption, job creation, civic engagement, conservation, and national cohesion.

Crissy Field Center is a dynamic hub of youth engagement for the Golden Gate National Parks and a model program of the National Park Service.

With funding sources for high - quality arts programming being cut at the national, state, and local levels (for example, see the recent closure of Santa Barbara's Incredible Children's Art Network (iCAN) and, of course, the possible defunding of the NEA and NEH), takepart makeart: arte para todos developed out of the need to expand access and increase opportunities for engagement with contemporary art and artists, especially among Latinx, low - income, and youth communities.

Slanguage Studio is an artist - driven studio practice and education collective that has evolved organically from an active studio to a public - engagement - oriented sculptural space, interfacing regularly with community members, national and international artists, and youth.

Dianne Jackson, the new CEO of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, will share her thoughts about a new national initiative that has a focus on parent engagement.

Advocates for Youth (Advocates), Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), and Planned Parenthood Generation (PPGen), a project of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, are joining forces for an exciting new national civic engagement campaign — the 2014 Youth ShowOUT!

Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement (FSE)(PDF - 2,970 KB) Louisell (2008) National Resource Center Permanency and Family Connections & California Permanency for Youth Project Provides detailed guidance on casework practice that supports family search and engagement in the quest to provide permanency for yYouth Project Provides detailed guidance on casework practice that supports family search and engagement in the quest to provide permanency for youthyouth.

Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement (FSE)(PDF - 2,980 KB) Louisell (2008) The National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Permanency Planning & California Permanency for Youth Project Provides detailed guidance on casework practice that supports family search and engagement in order to provide permanency for yYouth Project Provides detailed guidance on casework practice that supports family search and engagement in order to provide permanency for youthyouth.

In this presentation, Georgia Hall, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the National Institute for Out - of - School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, will share research findings from two studies (NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development; Program Practices: An Investigation of Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Standards and Practices in Out - of - School Time Programs) that help us to understand children's engagement in physical activity and how to promote involvement on an individual and program level.