John Kelly

Learn How Reclaiming Futures Works

Anyone interested in learning about how the Reclaiming Futures model works should check into the July 9 webinar that will be hosted...

How Often Do Judges Approve Transfers? In Big Cities, Little is Known

Kudos to Lise Olsen and whoever else pitched in at the Houston Chronicle to produce last month’s article on the transfer of...

A Good Resource if You’re Huntin’ for Recovery Act Money

YouthBuild has circulated guidance to its own network of sites entitled Memo on Accessing 2009 Recovery Act and Stimulus Funding Opportunities. Some...

Good Resource if You’re Huntin’ for Recovery Act Money

YouthBuild has circulated guidance to its own network of sites entitled Memo on Accessing 2009 Recovery Act and Stimulus Funding Opportunities. Some...

Weekly Notes: Funding at ACF; New Measure for Poverty; Jim Casey Youth Opportunity Initiative Report

***The Family and Youth Services Bureau, a division of the Administration for Children and Families at Health and Human Services, is taking...

Weekly Notes: Web Training on Mental Health Screening/Assessment; Walsh Act Deadline Extended; and more

*** If you don’t have plans from 3-4p.m. on June 30, the Council of State Governments Justice Center will be hosting a...

Illinois Budget a Really Bad Harbinger for 2010

For all of the political chicanery associated with Illinois, its services to youth involved with the child welfare system are regarded by...

Illinois Budget a Really Bad Harbinger for 2010

For all of the political chicanery associated with Illinois, its services to youth involved with the child welfare system are regarded by...

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FDA Advisory Committee OKs Marketing Use of Three Psych Meds for Youth

An expert panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the marketing of three psychotropic medications for use by...

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Cycle of Failure, Tapeworm in the System

These are the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform’s first two pieces on the state of Michigan’s child welfare system as the...

Catching Up with JDAI

It had been awhile since we got up to speed on the general goings-on of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), a...

Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference Set for July

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is holding its annual conference in Chicago on July 12-15. The conference offers...

Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference Set for July

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is holding its annual conference in Chicago on July 12-15. The conference offers...

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Rochester Curfew Struck Down by NY High Court

New York’s highest court, by a 5-2 vote, has struck down a curfew ordinance in the city of Rochester ruling that it...

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Turning It Around

The alliance report heralds the progress made on the front of the system. Referrals to juvenile court are down 30 percent over...

Weekly Notes: YouthBuild Evaluated; Maryland Re-Opens Bowling Brook; California LWOP law moves through Senate

***YouthBuild got back an evaluation of its youth offender grants late last month from Social Policy Research Associates (252 pages!). The main...

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Evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender Grants

The main findings on outcomes showed that a third of active participants at the 34 grantees got a GED while enrolled in...

Weekly Notes: New Head of Refugee Resettlement at HHS; Financing Needs of Aging Out Youth; and more

***Eskinder Negash has been appointed to be director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a division of the Administration for Children and...

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FDA Committee to Rule on Psych Meds for Youths

The Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will vote next week on whether to allow three psychotropic medications to be...

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