Sentences with phrase «vulnerable youth»

Raising the Age must be complemented with investments in alternatives to incarceration and educational and professional opportunities for our most vulnerable youth.

There are many lessons still to be learnt about the treatment of vulnerable youths in state custody.

This is a dangerous way of thinking about working with vulnerable youth.

Schools and their systems find themselves without human capital and resources to meet the complex academic, emotional and economic realities of vulnerable youth, particularly those in urban and poverty areas.

Specifically, policies in four key areas can drive success: Strong families, supportive communities, school strategies focused on vulnerable youth, and collaborative and effective government.

The effects of this graduation crisis fall disproportionately on the nation's most vulnerable youths and communities.

We need to be aware of our own triggers and brain states as we interact with vulnerable youths.

He currently leads efforts to enhance education options for vulnerable youth throughout New York City, and beyond.

Dr. Amy Dworsky is a Research Fellow whose research focuses on vulnerable youth populations — including youth aging out of foster care, homeless youth, and foster youth who are pregnant and / or parenting — and the systems in which those youth are involved.

We recently interviewed Ms Porter to find out a little more about her book and what a career in helping vulnerable youths have taught her about assistance, prevention and rehabilitation.

While the organization is currently focused on the impact of marijuana legalization on children and families, Youth Forward intends to address other issues affecting vulnerable youth as the organization grows.

Building on the Foundation's long - standing interest in adolescent children, we work to ensure that enriching after - school programming is available and accessible to middle school students, particularly vulnerable youth in under - resourced communities.

While the organization is currently focused on the impact of marijuana legalization on children and families, Youth Forward intends to address other issues affecting vulnerable youth as the organization grows.

Fergus - Arcia spoke of the need to «build a community of practice focused on identifying and strengthening protective practices that support boys of color and other vulnerable youth in after - school settings.»

M., is an Applied Developmental and Educational Psychologist, and Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, and her research focuses on serving vulnerable youth through systematic examination of the interactions within their homes, schools, and communities to promote pathways to optimal developmental outcomes.

The innovative facility will use «the hook» of skateboarding to connect vulnerable youth to educational and leadership opportunities.

Colleen Schlecht is a Researcher at Chapin Hall, where she focuses on evaluating programs to support vulnerable youth populations, including disconnected youth, youth transitioning to adulthood, and at - risk young children.

It's long past time for Christy Clark to do the right thing for vulnerable youth struggling to survive after leaving the care system.»

Progress on this front has been blighted by the emerging trend known as «county lines», where gangs avoid detection by sending vulnerable youths to towns around the UK to exploit new drug markets.

for indoctrinating vulnerable youth into the Christian faith.

Pamela Harris, a Brooklyn Democrat, was accused earlier this year of stealing city and federal funds meant for superstorm Sandy victims and programs to aid vulnerable youth.

Study senior author Elizabeth Saewyc, a nursing professor who leads the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre at UBC, says the results highlight the need for a more supportive and informed approach in health care for transgender youth.

Curiously, the picture painted by the Red Gang's members didn't match the one provided by the interviewed practitioners, who described the clan as a hierarchical organisation driven by a strict code of conduct and set on recruiting vulnerable youths in its ranks.

«Mindfulness - based yoga programs designed to improve the ability to cope are needed at earlier ages in schools to help vulnerable youth channel their skills more effectively.»

«Media attention and the literature on lesbian, gay and bisexual youth overwhelmingly focus on violence involving hate crimes and bullying while ignoring the fact that vulnerable youth also may be at increased risk of violence in their dating relationships,» according to the report.

Eskolta School Research and Design is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working with urban schools to help vulnerable youth reach their full potential.

Unlike previous generations, emotionally vulnerable youth — with poorly developed coping skills — can not avoid bullies after school and on weekends.

The two schools are run by Domus, a local nonprofit focused on helping the region's most vulnerable youth experience success.

In response, PAL designed after - school and summer programs where the joy of engaging and learning about animals would benefit vulnerable youth.

At Anchor House in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Youth Ranch provides vulnerable youth with support to put them back on a path to a promising future.

A Trauma - Informed Model for Empowerment Programs Targeting Vulnerable Youth.

With your financial support and commitment, AYPF will continue to educate and inform policymakers about strategies that work to help young people, particularly vulnerable youth, succeed in the modern workplace, become lifelong learners, and be engaged citizens.

Partnering with Insurers in Caring for the Most Vulnerable Youth with Diabetes: NICH as an Integrator.

He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has spent much of his career working with vulnerable youth and communities through Seneca Center, a non-profit agency in the Bay Area, California.

Akili Moses Israel has been dedicated to educational improvement particularly for vulnerable youth and their families.

The researchers noted that previous studies have shown that suicide in youths can be contagious, where one suicide in a school appears to spark the idea in other vulnerable youths to do the same.

While the organization is currently focused on the impact of marijuana legalization on children and families, Youth Forward intends to address other issues affecting vulnerable youth as the organization grows.

Sunny Hills Services: Better and Brighter Futures The official blog of Sunny Hills Services, a private, nonprofit organization serving vulnerable youth and their families.

Skateistan is an NGO working in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa that provides empowerment through skateboarding and education, the project with Paul McCarthy and The Skateroom will hopefully create a skate school that will connect vulnerable youth to educational opportunities and bridging socio - economic differences to the youth of Johannesburg.

The most vulnerable youth in care are paying the price.»

It is time for them to resolve their partisan differences and pass the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which is crucial to the well - being and protection of our most vulnerable youth.

«The Christy Clark government has failed our most vulnerable youth.

Come alongside great work or find the ways you are uniquely equipped to meet the needs (e.g. graphic or web design, host a training, mentor a vulnerable youth, become a host or foster care family to a high risk runaway, etc..)

«The governor is inciting a war against gangs that can only lead to further marginalizing our vulnerable youth, making them prime targets for recruitment.»