For Many Latina Teens, Gang Life Adds to Stress

Araceli Hurtado is an outreach worker at Enlace
Chicago in Little Village, which helps provide
safe environment for residents. This story is takes
us into the life of a 13 year old gang member named
April who had made few trips to juvenile detention
and was on the road to failing most of her classes...
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Sharing Their Stories

When he was growing up on the streets of Newark
with both of his parents addicted to drugs and his
father in jail, going to college wasn't really on the
horizon for Rameck Hunt. He was going to be lucky
if he finished high school. But Rameck had something
that the other kids in his neighborhood didn't have:
two friends with whom he would form an unbreakable
bond...(See Full Story)

Offering Help for Former Foster Care Youths

In part because of the increasing advocacy by foster
youth groups like Mr. Brown's, many states are expanding
efforts to help young adults prepare for life outside the
system, offering transitional housing, education, medical
care and mentoring as they step out on their own. States
are also extending aid for extra years, in some cases to
age 21 or even beyond...(See Full Story)

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