A man leaves his neighborhood one day to visit the mother of his child. The woman’s current boyfriend finds out, and recruits...
A sex abuse lawsuit that ended with a nearly $20 million verdict against the Boy Scouts in April appears to have changed...
New federal data indicate that child welfare reforms are drastically reducing the nation’s foster care population, which fell by 8 percent from...
A new project announced Thursday seeks to boost the number of college degrees awarded in the United States by finding people who...
More youths can win education awards for AmeriCorps service, and they can get awards handed down by their grandparents, under new rules...
Evidence of a post-recession turnaround in contributions to nonprofits continues to slowly emerge, with the latest good news coming from a source...
The high school graduation rate for African-American males was just 47 percent in 2007-08, far below the 78 percent rate for white...
With President Obama’s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) generating enormous excitement – 339 applications were filed in June for just 20 grants –...
Some of the nation’s most prominent for-profit colleges have announced changes in their recruitment practices in the wake of a scathing congressional...
The proposition can seem fair or outrageous: If the federal government, in effect, pays a college to train young people for...
The Boy Scouts of America’s “confidential files” on people banned for alleged child molesting must be made public, an Oregon judge...
The hope that greeted President Obama’s biggest youth initiative last year – replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone in communities around the...
The federal government should expand a flexible funding program that helps states and counties reform their child welfare systems and keep more...
A new federal guideline that lets health insurers deny new coverage to children except those who sign up during “open enrollment” has...
The news from Capitol Hill keeps getting worse for the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) – one of President Obama’s signature new youth...
A study in Great Britain has resurrected the controversial question of whether in some cases, children are so obese that they should...
With Rhode Island’s child welfare system facing a lawsuit by one advocacy group, another advocate has taken aim at both the state...
Supporters of the federal initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) have been working to sway the funding decision of...
Child Trends has issued a 25-page guide to help states apply for federal home visiting grants. Home Visiting Application Process: A Guide...
Nine employees of a Philadelphia social services agency have been sentenced in the case of a teenager with cerebral palsy who decayed...