Working to Empower Youth
Through no-cost training and local coalition-building, TYAN is empowering youth-serving professionals across communities and preparing young Texans for lifelong success.
Finding Respite, Despite Challenges
Finding Respite, Despite Challenges By Heather Rodriguez '04 In 1997, then-President Bill Clinton established November as National Family Caregivers Month to recognize and honor family as well as “informal” caregivers around the country. Today, more than 3.4 million informal caregivers exist in Texas alone, providing regular and unpaid assistance to elderly loved [...]
Asthma education program improves children’s lives, lowers household health care costs
Study shows asthma-related education provided by community health workers can improve quality of life for children with asthma and reduce health care costs for their families Asthma education program improves children’s lives, lowers household health care costs By Kelly Tucker One out of every 13 people [...]
Young people in the Middle East struggle to see a promising future
Young people in the Middle East struggle to see a promising future By Georges Naufal '07 The Middle East’s population is growing almost twice as fast as the world overall, and one-third of its people are under the age of 15. As Joe Biden takes his first trip to the region [...]