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Young adults, like these keg standers, could be more likely to qualify for Obamacare's special enrollment periods. (Photo: doyougotinsurance.com)By Jason MillmanObamacare open enrollment may finally be over, but the opportunities to sign up for coverage aren't. Some people may qualify for special enrollment periods during…

By Sirkka Huish.Bermuda’s young people are to be quizzed to find out what has made them who they are today.Thousands of 18 to 35-year-olds are going to be put on the spot about issues such as sex before marriage, teenage pregnancy and religious beliefs. The…

After-school programs learn how to make kids conversant in the language of the digital age. Original Source by Deborah Huso OK, so you have computers in your after-school program. Now, what do the kids do with them? If they do some Web research and play…

Original Source by Peter Kleinbard Nearly 70% of youth who drop out of school have very poor literacy and other core skills. Indeed, this is the primary reason why they leave school. Yet most funding for dropouts is targeted to those who are most job…

Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES AWARDS CHILD TRENDS $2.2 MILLION, FOUR–YEAR GRANT Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development Washington, DC— Child Trends announced today that it will receive a $2.2 million,…

“Oh, I really feel we’ve been led up the garden path…We are the people that worked.  We put this country on its feet, and we’re the people that are being hit every which way.” - Diane, age 81, in Dublin, Ireland Across many of the geographies…

The National Indian Youth Leadership Project is an Atlantic grantee. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The National Indian Youth Leadership Project's substance-abuse prevention program, Project Venture, has been named as one of nine Tribal Best Practices among other nationwide substance-abuse programs for Native American children by the…

Students at Charlestown High School in Boston join a discussion circle on Sept. 27, part of Diploma Plus, a restorative justice program that offers at-risk students guidance, conflict resolution and peer mentoring. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for NBC NewsBy Miranda Leitsinger, Staff Writer, NBC NewsBOSTON, Mass.…

Lessons from a university certificate program for after-school staff. 01 Oct 2008 by Erika Fitzpatrick In a mostly glowing initial review of a certificate program for after-school workers in New York City lies a dash of cold reality: the need for pathways of advancement for…

By Fania Davis, YES! MagazineAs executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers helping to shut down the school-to-prison pipeline.'Punitive justice asks only what rule of law was broken, who did it, and how they should be punished. It…