A court-mandated reform plan for Ohio should mean more use of small, community-based programs for youth and the hiring of more staff...
Old Friend: Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street, shown here with President Bush in 2001, boosted funding for Safe and Sound Photo: The...
Number of temporary workers not needed: 159. Number of carbon-copy applications processed: zero. Allowing New York City youth to apply for a...
The often-beleaguered child welfare work force would get a boost under legislation introduced in late April by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)....
Adults aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch of a U.S. economy hitting the skids. More than 65 percent of American youth...
A House committee approved legislation last month that would step up oversight to better protect youth residing in private rehabilitation facilities, despite...
As an industry that relies significantly on volunteers to carry out its work, the youth field knows that a lot of agencies...
It’s almost an accepted fact of life that employees will use their office computers for some personal Internet surfing – checking sports...
It was billed as a congressional hearing about vouchers for after-school programs, but it was more akin to a grand jury proceeding,...
Bobo: Staff decisions are affected by “attitudes and biases that may be shaped by our class experiences.” Washington—Weeks before Barack Obama was...
If you provide mentoring, substance abuse counseling or other services to help incarcerated juveniles re-enter society, you might soon be eligible for...
Federal juvenile justice reauthorization should for the first time encourage states to address conditions in youth jails and residential facilities, in light...
Just weeks after Congress enacted a fiscal 2008 appropriations law that some youth advocates viewed as short-changing many kids’ programs, they were...
First, the youth boxing club was in the Barragan family’s backyard. Next, it was in a two-car garage. And finally, and somewhat...
It was billed as a congressional hearing about vouchers for after-school programs, but it was more akin to a grand jury proceeding,...
In a twist that could influence the resolution of other pending child welfare cases, an independent accreditation organization – the Council on...
Congress finally finished fiscal 2008 appropriations the day after Christmas, again packing the budget with pet-project presents. But many in the...
The plan doesn’t have a catchy name, but the New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) hopes that a new “Growth...
Fourteen states have now rejected federal formula grants for abstinence-only education, nearly double last year’s number, as the debate over the effectiveness...
Alaska’s highest court ruled in November that the state’s Parental Consent Act – requiring girls age 16 and younger to obtain parental...