John Kelly

Child Welfare in Israel

We had a chance to sit down with Prof. Hillel Schmid of Israel’s Haruv Institute, a Jerusalem organization that was started in...

News

States Begin Reacting to Ban on Juvenile Life Without Parole

“The court’s ruling does not prohibit stern sentences for juveniles who commit violent crimes, and I fully expect the offender in this...

National Adoption Month: Message received

There are a whole slew of national “days” and “months” devoted to youth issues. We get e-mails alerting us to most of...

Weekly Notes: Looming SORNA deadline; Juvenile services secretary steps down

***States have until July to pass legislation that establishes a federally-compliant sex offender database; look for those conversations to start in earnest...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Doth the Earmark Trough Runneth Dry?

The practice of “earmarking” federal money, a Congressional device with debatable impact on the field of youth work, may soon face extinction....

Weekly Notes: More on JDB v. North Carolina; Schindler finds a new home; and more

***We posted a long piece earlier this week about a juvenile justice case – New Mexico v. Rudy B. – that might...

News

New Mexico Case Next Juvenile Venture for Supreme Court?

For juvenile justice advocates and service providers, there were some lofty expectations for the Obama administration and the 111th Congress. It is...

Weekly Notes: PROMISE Act under new leadership; SCOTUS to look at juveniles questioned in schools; and more

***We already posted a piece today on Rep. John Kline and reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The other...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

John Kline and Juvenile Justice

***The midterm elections brought a power shift to the House of Representatives, which means that a Republican-led Education and Labor Committee will...

News

Justice Initiates New Study of Juveniles Transferred to Adult Courts

For the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to gather data about the least-known...

Research

Weekly Notes: OJJDP to host national JJ conference; briefing on the intersect between research and pending bills; and more

Happy Halloween to all! Hope everyone gets in the spirit. Yours truly will be haunting around town in this get-up. ***As everyone...

Weekly Notes: Panel reviews sex victimization survey in JJ facilities, and more

Quick one today, as we are hard at work preparing the November/December issue of Youth Today. The upcoming issue includes a look...

Another OJJDP Candidate: Jane Tewksbury

California judge and former prosecutor Kurt Kumli was the only name that had reached JJ Today from the recent round of interviews...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Luzerne update, local budget woes, Family Justice Act, and more

***Members of Congress are home campaigning, so, of course, no news out of Washington on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act....

Weekly Notes: JJ mess in Maryland; new resource on girls programs; and more

JJ Today is back home in Washington, D.C., fresh off a trip to the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Conference in Kansas City (click...

JDAI: Day two: Lubow’s Forecast

City of Fountains (Kansas City)– The morning of day two always brings one of the more fiery speeches of the Annie E....

JDAI: Day One

Kansas City – Greetings from the City of Fountains! As usual, JJ Today is at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site conference...

JDAI: Day One

Kansas City – Greetings from the City of Fountains! As usual, JJ Today is at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site conference...

JDAI: Day two: Lubow’s Forecast

City of Fountains (Kansas City)– The morning of day two always brings one of the more fiery speeches of the Annie E....

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for October 2010

Nonprofits After six years, Mary Mentaberry resigned last month as executive director of the Reno, Nev.-based National Council of Juvenile and Family...