At Risk Youth

Commemorating National Foster Care Month

Rep. Karen Bass | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, Foster Care, National Foster Care Month, At-Risk Youth, Volunteering, Children, Foster Care in U.s., Problems With Foster Care, Foster Care System, Parents, Parents News
Rep. Karen Bass

The health and happiness of foster children is in our hands, and together, with assistance from our communities, we can provide the same care that we give to our loved ones.

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Mentoring The Tough And Risky: A Small Cadre Of Successful Women Mentor At-Risk Youth

Paul Wisenthal | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Inner City, At-Risk Youth, Education, Living on the Streets, Mentoring, Teens, Jail, Home News
Paul Wisenthal

Jabious and Anthony Williams enrolled in an entrepreneurship program at their high school, sponsored by NFTE. In class, Patty Alper and Mena Lofland changed their lives and mentored their successes.

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Rescuing the Kid in the Closet: Taking the Emotional Health of Kids Seriously

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: School Attendance, At-Risk Youth, Education, Poverty, Dropout Prevention, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotional Wellness, Education Reform, Parental Involvement, Education News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

Too often, little is said about the emotional story of children in poor communities trying to make sense of life circumstances that even a balanced adult would find difficult to manage.

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Paving the Way to Education

Trent Tucker | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: At-Risk Youth, All 4 Kids Foundation, Trent Tucker, Low-Income Families, All 4 Kids, Low-Income Students, Columbia University, Impact News
Trent Tucker

As much as I would love to tell kids to play sports to escape the lives they may feel predestined to live, it is education that is truly important. With that knowledge it does not matter where you came from -- just where you end up.

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Going Back to Cali: Story of an At-Risk Youth Turned Advocate

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Black Community, At-Risk Youth, Social Justice, Education, Poverty, Dropout Prevention, High School Dropouts, Gangs, Family, Sunday Magazine, Black Voices News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

As a teenager, I left California in order to escape a life of crime, death, or seemingly inevitable imprisonment. I recently returned to help a church raise money for their programs that keep kids in school and decrease the dropout rate through the Student SWAG program.

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11th Annual Women of Tomorrow Gala Ends Miami Charity Season With a Bang (And Just a Few Tears)

Tara Solomon | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Women of Tomorrow, At-Risk Youth, Miami Society, Miami Around Town, Charity Gala, Miami Impact, Miami News
Tara Solomon

The recent 11th Annual Women of Tomorrow Gala officially, as far as we're concerned, brought Miami's charity gala season to a smashing close.

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The Ticket Boy Gives Back

Paul Wisenthal | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Entrepreneurs, At-Risk Youth, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Phil McNeill, Bruceglen, Glen Proctor, Bruce Proctor, Nfte, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Impact News
Paul Wisenthal

Devoting his time mentoring at-risk youth, successful entrepreneur Phil McNeill teaches self-sufficiency and business acumen to young students raised in the poorest neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.

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7 Ways to Empower Women on International Women's Day

World Vision | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Clean Water, Women, Microenterprise, At Risk Youth, Maternal Health, Child Trafficking, Child Health, Women News
World Vision

Here are seven easy tips to make a big difference for daughters, sisters and mothers across our world and right here in our own neighborhoods.

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NFL Star Adrian Peterson Gets Active Online to Help At-Risk Youth

Jason Pollock | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: FootballForGood.Org, Charity, Football for Good, Adrian Peterson, Charitable Athletes, Charitable Giving, Online Giving, Online Charity, NFL Causes, NFL Giving, NFL Athletes, Nfl, At-Risk Youth, Video, Impact News
Jason Pollock

We always see celebs asking their social media fans to donate money to causes, but the Football For Good browser app is a free and easy way for everyone to donate to charity without spending an extra dime!

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Hip-Hop Artists Come Together to Support Children of Incarcerated Parents

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Philanthropy, At-Risk Youth, Prison, Children's Health, Children, Parenting Advice, In Arms Reach, Ny Impact, Incarcerated Parents, New York News
Anthony Papa

A group of entertainers including John Forte, Maino and Saigon will appear at the Griffin Nightclub in New York to raise funds for In Arms Reach, an organization that helps children of incarcerated parents.

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Children Mending Hearts

Rachel Fleischer | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Children Mending Hearts, At-Risk Youth, What Can I Do Campaign, Homeless Youth, At-Risk Children, Children at-Risk, Homelessness, Impact News
Rachel Fleischer

Children Mending Hearts is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth through educational and arts programs that build empathy and global citizenry.

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Homegirl Café: Where Rival Gang Members Unite

Organic Authority.com | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Farm to Table, LA Gangs, Gang Members, Juvenile Detention, Laurie Kaufman, Catering, Homegirl Cafe, Education Services, Food News
Organic Authority.com

Despite the desperate backgrounds of Homegirl Café trainees -- everyone is either a previous gang member, drug addict, previously incarcerated or all three -- the place has a sunny interior, colorful artwork on the walls, and food that is fresh and delicious.

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More Bang for Community Bucks

Brian Gallagher | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: United Way, Charity, Milwaukee, Community Service, At-Risk Youth, Philadelphia, Project U-Turn, Impact News
Brian Gallagher

Today, when President Obama called on Americans to be "All-In" to support pathways to education and jobs for disconnected youth, he could well have had Philadelphia's young "pushouts" in mind.

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Watching Lives Crash In Slow-motion: A Pediatrician's Perspective On Youth Arrests

Claire McCarthy, M.D. | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Youth Arrests, At-Risk Youth, Juvenile Delinquency, Pediatrics, Child Poverty, Youth Crime, Delinquency Rate, Parents News
Claire McCarthy, M.D.

By age 23, 1 in 3 youth in the U.S. has been arrested for a non-traffic offense. To those who say that we can't afford to spend money on this now, or that government should stay out of people's lives, I say this: You can't escape 1 in 3.

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Children of Disappointment and the Season of Hope

David Chura | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Alternative Education, Juvenile Justice, At-Risk Youth, Incarcerated Education, Jail Kids Holidays, Jails Kids, Prison Children Holidays, Crime News
David Chura

If anyone doubts that the young people locked up in our jails are children, they should spend some time in one of those prisons around holiday time.

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Question Authority, Students; Show Them How, Teachers

Larry Strauss | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Schools and Prisons, Prison Overcrowding, Juvenile Delinquency, At-Risk Youth, Inner City Schools, Zero Tolerance, School Security, Gang Violence, Education News
Larry Strauss

The lockdown model of education with oppressive rules and blindly inflexible enforcement is a failure. Let's find a way to replace punishment with inspiration, dispassionate control with tough love.

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Through Her Eyes: The World of At-risk Girls and Young Women

David Chura | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Alternative Education, At-Risk Youth, Incarcerated Education, Incarcerated Teenagers, At-Risk Girls, Incarcerated Girls Women, Prison Women, Crime News
David Chura

Numbers don't tell the whole story. They don't tell what it's like to be abandoned by your family, the child welfare system, your school and community; to be physically and sexually abused; to grow up in poverty and neglect.

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Proof That Policies Informed by Evolution Can Succeed Where Other Perspectives Have Failed

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Evolution, At Risk Youth, Education Policy, Education News
David Sloan Wilson

Evolution, the theory that has already proven itself for understanding the rest of life, is equally relevant for understanding the human condition. With understanding comes improvement. Thus, evolutionary theory can be used to improve the quality of human life in a practical sense.

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Who's Rescuing Foster Kids, Runaways And High School Dropouts? (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Youthbuild USA, Boys and Girls Club of America, Youth Law Center, Video, At-Risk Youth, Communities in Schools, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Casey Family Programs, Slidepollajax, Philanthropedia, Advocacy, Girls Inc., Impact News

More than 4 million people between ages 16 to 24 were either unemployed or had dropped out of school in 2000, according to Philanthropedia.org. Yet, t...

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Counting Success One Student, One Community at a Time

Alma and Colin Powell | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: America's Promise Alliance, Education Success Stories, Education News, Child Poverty, Scholarships, At-Risk Youth, Education Programs, After-School Programs, Youth Homelessness, 100 Best Communities for Young People, Education Reform, Scholarship Programs, Youth Support Programs, Education News
Alma and Colin Powell

The volume of conversation about education has increased over the last few years, but what's often lost are the very real stories of the young people whose lives are impacted and the people and programs that are beating the odds.

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What Are You Called To Do? Finding Spiritual Purpose In The Field

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Religious Calling, At-Risk Youth, How to Find Life Purpose, Career Advice, Choosing a Career, Pursuing Ministry, Christianity, Faith for Change, Christian Social Justice, Spiritual Calling, Theological Education Vocation Care Conference, Religion News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." --Matthew 13:44

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What Does Hip-Hop Tell Us About Faith And Society?

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Hip Hop and Faith, Hip Hop, Kanye West, Faith in Hip Hop, Urban Faith, Hip Hop Faith Debate, Sacred Sounds, Religion in Hip Hop, Hip Hop and Religion, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Religion News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

Lyrics tell us something about how rappers view the church, Christians, God and society. But they also should cause us to ask if there is something more we can do to reach out to the hopeless and frustrated.

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How and Why I Teach in Prisons, Part Four

Steve Mariotti | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Prison Education, Prison, Education News
Steve Mariotti

With all the talk of school reform, seldom if any thought given to what the millions children that drop out of school every year want to learn.

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How and Why I Teach in Prisons

Steve Mariotti | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Prison Education, Prison, At-Risk Youth, Education News
Steve Mariotti

The trauma of me being mugged in a park in 1981 had far-reaching consequences. To cope with the flashbacks and feelings of powerlessness and humiliation, I taught the kind of children who had attacked me in order to better understand their motives.

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Cuts to National Service Would Eliminate Life-Changing Opportunities for At-Risk Youth

Jim Ziolkowski | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Debt Deal, Budget Cuts, Save Service, Service, Youth Mentoring, Community Service, Volunteering, Mentoring, Volunteering in America, Giving Back, Mentoring Programs, Volunteerism, Impact News
Jim Ziolkowski

We need to save service because service is the fabric of our nation. Service empowers people in the most challenging circumstances to lift up their communities and each other.

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