Youth | Audacy

Teams of volunteers count people experiencing homelessness in Philly The point-in-time count helps determine the amount of federal funding allocated to city services

January 26, 2023
Philly nonprofit responds to increased needs for LGBTQ youth during holidays

December 5, 2022
Group seeking to end youth incarceration in Pa. puts message to music Care, Not Control’s album shares stories of young people directly impacted by the juvenile justice system

September 27, 2022
Philadelphia has a new youth poet laureate Southwest Philadelphia’s Telicia Darius, 17, was chosen for the role through the Free Library of Philadelphia

September 20, 2022
Philadelphia launches first-ever weeklong initiative to help lift up city’s youth The series of youth-led events aims to connect kids with resources for the right path

August 9, 2022
New CDC study looks at why teens may carry guns Data showed that one in 15 boys carried firearms at least once in a 12-month period

July 28, 2022
Northwest Philly dad uses hoops to keep area kids off the streets Haneef Hill’s group, Urban Youth Kings and Queens, adds a basketball camp to its growing list of opportunities for Philadelphia youth

July 23, 2022
Philadelphia launches free summer meal programs for youth The program is designed to help feed thousands of students while they are out of school

June 17, 2022
Philly council gets bill to impose 10 p.m. curfew on teenagers A councilmember who raised the curfew in 2021 introduced the bill to lower it this summer

June 10, 2022
Youth give Sen. Casey solutions to Philly’s gun violence epidemic The Pennsylvania senator met middle and high school students at Temple University days after the South Street mass shooting

June 7, 2022