National Assembly Today

Increased attention on police violence towards Black people in our country, spurred most recently by the killing of George Floyd, has sparked an extremely important national debate about how to dismantle the structures of racism within our justice system and other institutions. As part of this conversation, a movement to defund police departments and instead […]

By Jeff Fleischer, CEO of Youth Advocate Programs and National Human Services Assembly Board Chair The National Human Services Assembly (NHSA), in light of the George Floyd killing and the Covid 19 pandemic, is re-releasing our 2017 publication Beyond Bars: Keeping Young People Safe at Home and Out of Youth Prisons, a roadmap for reform […]

By Lupi Quinteros-Grady, President & CEO of Latin American Youth Center I migrated from El Salvador in the 1980’s and quickly started to learn about the racial divide among blacks and whites that existed in America. I was in high school when Rodney King was violently beaten by LAPD police due to a speeding violation […]

By Zachary Tashman As nonprofit organizations, particularly in the human service sector, continue to operate on the front lines to combat the dire health and economic effects of COVID-19, they are coming under increasing financial strain. One of the main areas of budgetary pressure for nonprofits is the way Unemployment Insurance (UI) is administered. Unlike […]

Our friends at the FrameWorks Institute recently released two new reports on youth development: “From Risk to Opportunity: Framing Adolescent Development” and “Framing Adolescent Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the latter along with an accompanying webinar. We know many members of the National Reframing Network advance youth development, so we offer some highlights below from […]