John Kelly

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Annie E. Casey President Doug Nelson to Retire in 2010

When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought he was there to...

Weekly Notes: Missouri Model Goes Primetime; The Mysterious White House Gang Conference; Violence and Truancy in Baltimore; and more

***The fanfare around the Missouri approach to working with juveniles in secure facilities – small community facilities broken into groups of youth,...

Supreme Court Will Hear Juvenile LWOP Cases Nov. 9

Mark your calendars for Monday, Nov. 9. That is the day the U.S. Supreme Court has set aside to hear oral arguments...

Big Brothers Big Sisters Will Get Mentoring Funds from Justice

A memo obtained by JJ Today indicates that despite missing out on OJJDP’s Recovery Act and announced 2009 funds for national mentoring...

Down to the Wire for OJJDP Job

One of the hopefuls for the OJJDP top job whose candidacy heated up over the summer was Miami-Dade County JJ boss Wansley...

News

Lack of OJJDP Funding Worries States

State juvenile justice leaders find staff at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and the officials...

Winners of National Mentoring Grants Divulge Spending Plans (UPDATED Sept. 10)

As we mentioned yesterday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of national mentoring grant winners. The...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Justice Awards Millions in Mentoring Grants

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the national juvenile mentoring grants: a total of $129 million that comes partially from Recovery...

National JJ Mentoring Grants Announced

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the national juvenile mentoring grants today, a total of $129 million in grants that comes partially...

News

From a Rock to a Hard Place

Mullen now fears that if Randy is in the wrong place at the wrong time, “he would definitely end up going...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Gang Centers Merge

The National Youth Gang Center and the National Gang Center will merge to “leverage resources more effectively,” the U.S. Department of...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for September 2009

Rachel Willis Nonprofits It’s been a summer of transition at Kids Voting USA, which provides youth with education about civic issues...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded September 2009

Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationSeattle(206) 709-3140http://www.gatesfoundation.org • Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C., $8.3 million to increase the leadership capacity...

Weekly Notes: Local Mentoring Money Doled Out by OJJDP; New York and Cali Facility News; Corporal Punishment; and more

Note: This entry was corrected on Sept. 10 ***The Office of Justice Programs has posted a list of winners for the Local...

DC Juvenile Justice Guide: An Idea Worth Stealing

JJ Today was recently in the audience for a presentation on the D.C. juvenile justice system’s successes and challenges. A projector screen...

Weekly Notes: Funding from HHS, JDAI in Wyoming, Dallas Curfews Begin, and more

***The Department of Health and Human Services is taking applications for its Youth Empowerment Program (YEP), which provides grants of about $300,000...