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Life after foster care: Mentors help teens prepare
Nearly 40 percent of youth who age out of foster care end up homeless, a study shows.
Meaningful Stories: How Teens Connect with StoryCorps and Podcasts
StoryCorps and podcast tools are helping students know others and themselves better through personal stories.
This is what it looks like when LGBTQ teens tell their own stories
A new PSA powerfully depicts what it's like to be an LGBTQ teen in love — and the importance of empowering at-risk teens to tell their stories.
How to Become a Mentor to Young People
Plus: reflecting on my times being mentored and mentoring others
Skipping Meals, Joining Gangs: How Teens Cope Without Enough Food At Home
Many kids rely on school for food their families can't afford. Two reports suggest one group is falling through the cracks: teens. Dogged by hunger, teens may try a wide range of strategies to get by.
Meet the millionaire mentor who sold his company so he could help troubled teens
Kids make a more successful transition to adulthood if they have a role model.
How to Help Teenagers Prioritize Their Well-Being
How to Deepen Your Mentoring Relationship With Opportunity Youth
As Oprah says, “A mentor is someone that allows you to see the hope inside yourself. A mentor is someone that allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the highest part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view.”
11 Facts About Homeless Teens
Teens age 12 to 17 are more likely to become homeless than adults.
Mentoring: Practices that Work
Mentoring is an important strategy for helping youth who are in need of more positive relationships. But good outcomes only happen through quality relationships that last. To meet this challenge, org...
GROW Mentoring: Guiding Millenials
"Adam is one of very few influential people in my life. If it wasn't for him simply pursuing his passion to help teens, I would still be ...
How And Why To Mentor In Your Chosen Village
Mentors are often perceived as selfless, learned guides who impart wisdom to the rising generation. But mentors who make a difference are passionate pursuers of their own values. They choose their village by focusing on shared values, teach and learn, work hard, enjoy the journey and pay it forward.
Empathy and the straight white man: Why reverse mentoring is the solution
Studies have shown time and time again that diversity and inclusion are beneficial to the bottom line. But progress towards creating more diverse
10 Tips to Help Teens Explore Identity
Written by Katie Rogala, LSW We all have an inner and outer self – whether you are adopted or not! This often looks like presenting as different version of yourself based on the people you are around. This is an especially relevant topic for teens and tweens, who are managing many different levels of identity …
This Emotional PSA Illustrates How Rewarding Adopting Teens Can Be
The Ad Council's "Dinner" PSA featuring a teenager named Mason shows how rewarding it can be when families adopt teens out of the foster care system.
Grow Hope: Teens Are Kids, Too
Watch as these former foster kids talk about why older youth need just as much care, guidance and love as younger children – sometimes more.
Who is responsible for WA’s homeless teens? Often, no one
The state offers few resources to support minors who have been kicked out of their homes or who run away.
