With cities across the country struggling to deal with substance-abuse issues and mental-health challenges, Independence will ...

Cohorts of students from Bethel and surrounding towns have arrived at Bryant Pond in recent years to participate in a pilot ...

The Alyssa Sangeeta Jacobson Foundation will offer annual scholarships to members of the Future Leaders United for Change ...

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The center held an open house last weekend that was well-attended, Mirante said. With luck, this program can help give kids ...

Nearly 60,000 thousand children are incarcerated daily in the United States. Local law enforcement is helping keep that ...

Welcome to Tom Curtis and Simon Wiles, who have both joined United on the Youth Development Phase (U13-U16) staff. We’re delighted to have two best-in-class youth developers added to our ...

youth, academia and the private sector. What is the relationship between ESD, climate change education and greening education? ESD, climate change education and greening education are interrelated and ...

A small group of community members saw colorful toddler play rooms full of smiling kids alongside soon-to-be-filled upstairs offices Wednesday in anticipation of the full opening of the Loveland Youth ...

Drug development describes the process of developing a new drug that effectively targets a specific weakness in a cell. This process involves specific pre-clinical development and testing ...

The 2025 Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development will provide students the chance to join the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum team in a summer-long ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — A recent study found that good physical fitness from childhood to adolescence is linked to better mental health in adolescence. These results are significant and timely, as ...