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Youth Reflections Illustrate the Promise and Pitfalls of Social Media Use for Adolescent Girls
Social media profoundly impacts youth today, shaping their behavior, attitudes, and perceptions in various ways.
Yemin Orde Youth Village Reunites Young Immigrants with Family Members
Located atop Mount Carmel near Haifa, the Yemin Orde Youth Village is celebrating 70 years of acting as a school and home for immigrant and at-risk Israeli youth.
Can CARE Courts ease California’s homeless crisis?
California is struggling with the intertwined crises of homelessness and mental illness. But are Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new CARE Courts the right prescription?
Read the Obama Foundation’s 2022 Annual Report: The Power of our Network
The milestones we’ve achieved and the stories of hope and resilience of the last year.
Since the onset of the war, International Medical Corps has delivered lifesaving resources and services to nearly 9 million people across Ukraine, and in neighboring Poland and Moldova.
As newly liberated areas become accessible and we continue our response to the Kakhovka dam breach, we are expanding and adapting our services.
Conservation International’s direction, speed and impact continue to be a source of solace and inspiration. Read more about Conservation International’s work in their 2022 Annual Report.
Just this year, we worked with small island nations to conserve enormous swaths of the South Pacific. In the Amazon, we expanded our Indigenous-led protection and restoration efforts.
Common Sense is leading the charge in rating and reviewing AI (Artificial Intelligence) products.
The news builds on the momentum of our recent position paper and poll in response to AI technologies’ growing presence and impact in the public consciousness.
Teach For All welcomes new partner Teach for Qazaqstan. Selected from over 3,000 applicants, its first cohort of about 50 participants start their training institute this month.
Led by CEO Gulnara Salmenova, Teach For Qazaqstan is currently in the process of placing its first cohort of about 50 participants who were selected from over 3,000 applicants and start their training institute this month.
Wrapping Our Youth With the Supports They Need to Thrive Brief, by the California Children’s Trust
In December 2022, we launched our first in a series of four issue briefs about the opportunities and challenges of providing wraparound services in California. Today we’re excited to release a follow up brief, and the timing couldn’t be more urgent.
Homeless Prenatal Program CEO and Founder discuss innovative approach to helping families on KQED
Listen to HPP’s Executive and Founder discuss their innovative approach to helping families exit poverty and homelessness.
Why California’s Changes in Mental Health Funding Could Cut Some Services
For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this time by overhauling the way counties spend mental health dollars and placing a bond measure before voters to build more psychiatric beds.
International Medical Corps continues to address critical gaps in services for earthquake-affected people in both Turkey and Syria
The 7.8- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes brought widespread devastation to both Turkey and Syria, with the total numbers of lives lost, injuries and destroyed buildings continuing to rise a month after the quakes.
“This is a pivotal moment for us.” says Carolyn Ross of All Chicago about HUD’s 60 million grant to expand services for unsheltered people.
Carolyn Ross is CEO of All Chicago Making Homelessness History, lead agency for the umbrella organization that wrote the city’s grant application.
CA Partners Project and Stanford's VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab’s The Board Diversity Playbook is a resource for companies looking for a broad range of women leaders to join their boards.
The release of this first-of-its-kind, free, web resource for visionary companies looking for a broad range of talented women leaders to join their boards.
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents the first and only West Coast exhibition of The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion.
This exhibition highlights the work of 15 contemporary fashion photographers—from London to Lagos, New York to Johannesburg.
Alex Briscoe, of the California Children’s Trust, explains the need to expand California’s provider classifications to meet overwhelming demand for youth mental health services.
Alex Briscoe is quoted on the need to expand California's provider classifications to reimage who is providing mental health care to young people
Read Future Without Violence’s 2022 Impact Report
Hate and gun violence surged and the pandemic left so many families struggling.
Our answer at FUTURES has been bold action – and an unflagging belief that we can build a violence-free world.
Hunger is rising in Somalia following the worst drought in 40 years reports International Medical Corps
Hunger is rising in Somalia following a historic fourth consecutive failed rainy season since 2020 and the worst
drought in 40 years, with 7.8 million people—almost half of the population—affected. According to OCHA
UCSF Study Shows Prenatal Wellness Classes Cut Moms’ Depression in Half Up to 8 Years Later
A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers’ mental health up to eight years later, a new UC San Francisco study finds.