Youth Development

In her book Raised Healthy, Wealthy and Wise, author Coventry Edwards-Pitt demonstrates how the “wealthy” aspect of this trio can make it difficult for children to develop into purpose-driven, independent and successful…

Across the U.S., students line up daily at school cafeterias where options of fresh and nutritious foods are sparse. For Fatma Zubeir, an 18-year-old senior at Highline Public School’s Evergreen…

America’s foster care population has swelled to 428,000 children — its largest size since 2008, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. More children in foster care means that more…

Twenty years ago, even as manufacturing jobs moved offshore, young people could still gain a foothold in the workforce through neighborhood stores and restaurants. Over the past decade, youth could…

Although the United States still leads the industrialized world in its incarceration rate of young people, the lock-up rate is rapidly declining. This 4-page snapshot report presents statistics underscoring the…

Some 21% of all U.S. children live in households with incomes below the 2015 federal poverty threshold of $24,036 for a family of four. Such poverty—coupled with toxic stress caused…

Tony Franklin was fresh off a 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer. As he walked into court to see his probation officer he was “down and out,” he…

A number of social sector leaders, philanthropists, and policymakers are experimenting with ways to deliver impact at a truly “transformative scale.” This article highlights nine pathways being explored by these…

The Bridgespan Group studied the growth of U.S. youth-serving organizations, including the prevalence of growth, the factors that were critical in shaping how they grew, and the major consequences of…

Sierra Health Foundation launched the Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI) in 2012 with the goal of supporting California counties to change the way they approach and work with justice-involved youth.…

Blue Meridian was launched by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation to aggregate dollars in order to scale high-impact work focused on youth (ages 0-30). Blue Meridian will invest at least…

CEO Nancy Roob describes that what unites Blue Meridian Partners is “a shared sense that we cannot go it alone in our philanthropy.”