Most U.S. adolescents now live in a state with restricted or no abortion access.

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And others long for what they could have accomplished with a H.S. diploma.

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I discovered many people, including me, were using antiquated strategies to protect our children.

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It can take years for people to come forward about abuse — many never do.

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LGBTQ+ foster kid support vanished; silence blankets the agency tasked with raising LGBTQ+ children.

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Camp Twin Lakes provides experiences that are both medically and physically adaptive and supportive.

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Hundreds of people gathered at Lake Acworth to "Polar Plunge" into frigid waters.

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Autistic adults say controversial behavior interventions — designed to ‘extinguish’ autistic traits — are not acceptable.

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This $500/month cash payment would allow young people to better afford necessities like rent.

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America’s schools don’t always welcome, support or allow cultural expression.

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— and schools in the communities are not sharing the cash drain equally.

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Will the evil genius claiming the arts are less important keep the arts out?

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The family wonders how the Supreme Court college admissions decision will shape their futures.

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Nicotine in e-cigarettes can impair an adolescent’s brain development and can contain cancer-causing chemicals.

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Some states ignore court orders to lessen juvenile sentences.

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Michelle Ricks said she was in prison for five years without an interpreter. Executive Producer Delbert Whetter said he believes Ricks would never have ended up in prison if she’d had communication access from the start. Her story highlights gaps in accessibility for deaf and disabled people in the justice system. While her experiences unfolded within north central Florida justice systems and Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala, the filmmakers say this is a nationwide issue.

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Several youth and young adults discuss mental health in this clip from the PBS documentary, “Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.” (Video courtesy of PBS) In “Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness,” Emmy-winning filmmakers Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers probe how 20 people, then aged 11 through 27, navigate what the U.S. […]

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“Youth homelessness is largely hidden,” said Forrest Verde-Dudek, housing youth project manager for the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. “They might not be flying a sign on the corner. They might be couch surfing with friends, staying in an abandoned building or living in an overcrowded house with family members without running water or heat.” 

In New Mexico, no official count exists at a state-level, either. 

But the data that does exist points to thousands of vulnerable young people. 

According to a 2020 survey, some 9,500 New Mexico public school students between 11 and 18 were homeless or housing insecure. That number does not account for youth who have dropped out of school or those who are reluctant to self-report homelessness. 

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LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides a safe space for this vulnerable and exploited population to thrive. 

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New Mexico lacks treatment facilities to help housing insecure youth struggling with addiction. Serenity Mesa in Albuquerque, one of the only programs in the state that serves unhoused young people, takes a non-conventional approach to addiction and its underlying causes.

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