April 2009 | Youth Today

Weekly Notes: ACF Funding; Michigan’s Plan for Reform; Florida’s Potential CW Drug Problem; and more

Those who have read our first subject-related blog, JJ Today, know our routine: We try to post original pieces throughout the week,...

Weekly Notes: ACF Funding; Michigan’s Plan for Reform; Florida’s Potential CW Drug Problem; and more

Those who have read our first subject-related blog, JJ Today, know our routine: We try to post original pieces throughout the week,...

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From Corrections to Community

The study examines youths who exited Illinois correctional facilities between 1996 and 2004 (a total of 13,511 exits over those years). There...

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OIG Report Finds Flores Violated Ethics Rules

Note: This story has been corrected Federal investigators have found that J. Robert Flores violated ethics rules and used questionable grant making...

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Financial Aid Program Expected to Reach More Students through YMCA

Students and families looking for College Goal Sunday – the volunteer program that offers help filling out the much-dreaded Free Application for...

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Teen Curfew Laws Challenged

New York’s highest court heard arguments April 28 on a challenge to the city of Rochester’s juvenile curfew, the first such case...

Weekly Notes: Money for Mentoring; Chicago Youth and Reentry; Shakespeare for Juveniles…and more

***The Bureau of Justice Assistance is accepting proposals on mentoring money provided through the Second Chance Act (signed by former President George...

Welcome to CW Today!

This is the first of many updates on our new online feature, CW Today. Something between a blog and a newsletter, our...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

From GrantsToday …

OJJDP announced a new funding opportunity for mentoring youth in foster care. Check it out, along with other grants available, at GrantsToday.

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STIMULUS FUNDS AND YOUTH WORK

Note: This information will be updated as new information becomes available. Applicants need to be registered with the federal government through www.grants.gov,...

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A Cautionary Tale about Background Checks

Many youth agencies believe that hiring ex-offenders to work with youth can be valuable in some circumstances, as long as managers take...

Weekly Notes: OJJDP Funding; Tuba Man’s JJ Impact in Washington; Job Opening at Berkeley; and more

**A couple of funding notices from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. First, an OJJDP grant that seems reasonably open...

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Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood

The report focuses particularly on “crossover youth,” who are known to the child welfare agency and have spent time in juvenile custody...

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Obama’s First 100 Days: Casey Wants Your Opinion

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 100Days/100Voices campaign is asking the public to submit written comments (100 words or less), photos and YouTube...

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Cities in Crisis 2009: Closing the Graduation Gap

America's Promise Alliance/Editorial Projects in Education Research Center Only slightly more than half (53 percent) of students in the nation's 50 largest...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Fifth Group of Youth Service Improvement Grants

The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded its fifth group of Youth Service Improvement Grants (YSIG) to community-based organizations in New York,...

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