Child Welfare
In Montgomery County, Ohio, reports Joanne Smith of the Dayton Daily News, officials are pushing back against a mandate by the state to help teach parents how to better care for disabled children. The push-back comes from the fact that the policy comes with no state support to actually do it, Smith reports.
Education/Jobs
In big cities, reports the Associated Press, cuts to summer jobs programs and summer school are creating a perfect storm of nothing-to-do for teens.
American Enterprise Institute researcher Andrew Kelly, in a Huffington Post column, rips PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s plan to provide scholarships for top students that elect not to attend college.
Juvenile Justice
State budget cuts will almost certainly force some top-down challenges to Clark County ‘s (Las Vegas) juvenile justice system, reports Steve Kanigher of the Las Vegas Sun.
Three pieces here from Southern Maryland Online about juvenile justice: one on girls in the system, one on a public defender educating teens about the cost of crime, and one about aspirations by some to build Maryland’s system in the mold of Missouri.
