John Kelly

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding from DOJ; hearing on girls in JJ; and more

Funding The Department of Justice has issued solicitations for three pots of money that support mentoring programs: National Mentoring Programs: This would...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding announcements from Justice; Arizona’s plan to shut down state JJ; Dwayne Betts, Image Award winner; and more

Funding A couple of juvenile-relevant announcements from the Justice Department: Research on Sentencing and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration: Grants from the National...

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States May Be Able to Shield Juveniles from Registries

States may be able to shield most juvenile sex offenders from inclusion on a public registry and still achieve compliance with the...

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Changing of the Juvenile Justice Guard

Ronald Angel, Ark. Leo Arnone, Conn. In 2007, eleven states hired new leaders to oversee their juvenile justice systems. That’s nothing...

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California’s Gambit Pays Off for Kinship Care

A threat by California to do an end-run around federal regulations that restricted funding for guardianship programs – even though the...

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Obama Budget Tries to Make Change

A proposed appropriation of $210 million for Promise Grants – the Obama administration’s program to replicate the successful Harlem Children’s Zone approach...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for March 2010

Nonprofits Last year around this time, two drug abuse prevention groups were heralding their looming merger as a perfect union. The National...

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Los Angeles Team Mentoring

“Toilet paper cheerleader competition”: Mentor Dennis Goggin, of the Disney Channel, with his new team during team-building exercises at James Madison...

Grants

Grants Awarded for March 2010

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation(816) 932-1000http://www.kauffman.org • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Palo Alto, Calif., $65,000 for a fellowship to advance pediatric...

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Weekly Notes: Hearing on sex abuse, new name in the OJJDP mix, and more

Note: This piece has been edited since its original publishing date of Friday, Feb. 26 Youth Today just finished its March issue,...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

California’s Gambit Pays Off for Kinship Care

A threat by California to do an end-run around federal regulations that restricted funding for guardianship programs – even though the threat...

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CASA, Join Together Split

Note: This story has been updated since its original posting. Last year’s much-heralded merger of the National Center on Addiction and Substance...

Weekly Notes: Indigent Defense conference convenes in D.C.; movement on OJJDP administrator search; and more

***Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to a standing room-only crowd yesterday at the Mayflower Hotel here in Washington, D.C., yesterday to kick...

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Federal Earmarks for Youth Agencies Fall in 2010

Click image for a four-page earmark spread or click here for a searchable Excel spreadsheet The number of youth earmarks continues...

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Federal Earmarks for Youth Agencies 2005

Click here for a searchable Excel spreadsheet Earmarks 2005 Youth Today’s compilation of federal earmarks for the year 2005.

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Federal Earmarks for Youth Agencies 2004

Click here for a searchable Excel spreadsheet Earmarks 2004 Youth Today’s compilation of federal earmarks for the year 2004.

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding for mental health collaboration; increased attention to Walsh Act compliance; upcoming conferences and training

First, the Weekly Notes from last week: It snowed. And since then: It snowed. All the time, every day. JJ Today and...

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Three Nominees Confirmed for Major Youth Work Agencies

The Senate confirmed more than two dozen nominees of President Barack Obama yesterday, including three leaders of family and child-serving agencies. Patrick...

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