YouthToday1 Archive
By Patrick Heiman and Courtney Barthle “And the kids know my food stamps got cut off. Because when they came home from school today, they didn’t have their snacks. I really didn’t tell them why or anything like that, because …
House Bills Seek to Improve Out-of-state Foster Placements, Infant Welfare By Sarah Barr | March 24, 2016 WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers want to reduce the time foster youth spend waiting for a placement across state …
By Stell Simonton Anne Bissell knows firsthand the ravages of heroin. An addict for 18 years, she was unable to take proper care of her children. When her son was young, she often was passed out at home. Later she …
By Kristen Fay Poston It’s no secret that adolescence today differs markedly from the period decades ago. Puberty begins earlier, and the adolescent years last longer, extending now into the early 20s (the transitional period that some scholars refer to …
By Ray Glier Kayla VanDyke, 23, was on her way in a career as an advocate for foster youth in Oregon. She had a college degree in human physiology and she was working for Foster Club, an advocacy organization, counseling …
By the Rev. Rubén Austria The video of a school resource officer violently slamming an African-American teenage girl to the floor and then dragging her across the classroom when she refused to get out of her seat spread across social …
