Proposed changes in federal overtime rules may put more money in the pockets of a few lower-paid youth workers, but will probably...
A $64 million shortfall at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) earned the organization’s leader invitations to testify before two...
In many rural areas, the old adage that idle hands are the devil’s playground is a fact of life. Alcohol and drug...
The United States could soon face a critical shortage of quality human services workers unless the government and the public dramatically increase...
Federally funded children and youth services – touching just about everything from drug counseling and job training to foster care and juvenile...
In many rural areas, the old adage that idle hands are the devil’s playground is a fact of life. Alcohol and drug...
President Bush has made it easier for faith-based groups to win government contracts while allowing them to reject job applicants based on...
Proponents of after-school programming will be watching California to see if a voter-mandated spending increase will help kids as its supporters envision,...
In a good year, Martha de Acosta knows exactly how much money to expect from the federal government. This is not a...
Pedestrian Death Decline May Hide Unhealthy News While the number of child pedestrians killed in auto accidents has been cut in half...
Congress is not likely to enact legislation this session that would make it easier for faith-based organizations to compete for federal grants...
Several offices and responsibilities are being shifted at the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to improve the quality of research...
Children under 18 continue to have a higher poverty rate than older people, but the number of poor youth is not growing...
Shhhhh. That’s the sound of juvenile justice advocates as they watch Congress tiptoe toward reauthorizing the nation’s juvenile justice programs, after seven...
Juvenile death penalty opponents are heartened by recent signals that several U.S. Supreme Court justices are ready to rethink the executions. Justices...
Congress should stop the Bush administration from letting states use funds from a children’s health program to insure needy adults, says a...
Are black men more likely to go to prison than college? A new report from a Washington think tank says yes, but...
A spate of highly publicized child abductions and kidnappings over the summer spurred the Senate to pass legislation (S 2896) establishing a...
Gun safety programs for children and youth – including those run by the National Rifle Association and the Brady Center to Prevent...
After watching the Boy Scouts come under attack for banning homosexual youth leaders, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS) is fending...