Upcoming Webinar Focuses on Plight of America’s Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

On Sept 7, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) will host a Webinar that previews findings from Alone without a...

Filmmakers Discuss New Documentary About Homeless Kids

Slated for release in 2014, The Homestretch is a documentary film about homeless youth in inner-city Chicago. The film is co-produced by...

Federal Government to Allow More Flexible Child Welfare Spending

The strings tying millions of federal dollars to foster care will be loosed in the coming months, allowing up to 10 states...

Top Headlines 9/5

Education  Education budget cuts have increased in more than half of states, according to The Huffington Post. More rigorous standards have been...

CLASP Webinar Explores Alternative Federal Funding Streams for Early Education and Child Care

On Sept 6, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) will hold a Webinar focusing on the organization’s newly released publication,...

Lawyers: Don’t Forget Your Story-Telling

CHICAGO — Whether it’s a tool in your toolkit or an arrow in your quiver, story-telling will win motions, cases and verdicts...

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

Top Headlines 9/4

Education  Los Angeles schools are taking new approaches to replace zero tolerance policies, the Los Angeles Times reports. Principals in New York...

Juvenile Justice on Appeal: Making our System of Justice More Accountable

When a young person is sent to a detention facility away from his or her family, it is a drastic intervention and most would...

The Age of the Child

When I first began practicing in juvenile delinquency court in North Carolina eight years ago, I was shocked to discover that the maximum...