The Indianapolis nonprofit Paws & Think holds the Pawsitive Corrections program once a month at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center. Pawsitive Corrections is a shelter dog obedience training program that aims to make dogs more adoptable as well as fosters confidence and empathy in the youth that participate.
Jana Allen
Jana Allen is a print journalism senior at Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Oklahoma. Originally from Muskogee, Oklahoma, Allen previously interned at The Oklahoman and worked as a reporter and assistant desk editor at the OU Daily, the university’s independent student news organization. At The Daily, Allen has published several stories on university sexual harassment allegations and was awarded 1st and 2nd place in in-depth reporting from the Oklahoma Press Association in 2019. She also was a Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence regional winner in 2019 and 2020.
Milwaukee group home is safe haven for displaced LGBTQ youth
Brad and Nick Schlaikowski founded Courage MKE to support Milwaukee’s homeless youth population, and for over a year now have run a group home for displaced LGBTQ youth.