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Newsmakers for March 2009

Nonprofits Tracy Velázquez Tracy Velázquez is the new executive director of the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute (JPI). Formerly the senior program...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Programs Granted a New Day

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s New Day for Learning, which seeks to help communities improve existing plans to improve educational achievement through...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Youth Services in States of Pain

With the national economic crisis deepening, youth programs and youth service advocates are scrambling to save funding as they cut their current...

Weekly Notes: Earmarks Abound; JJ System Deficit Spends in South Carolina; Texas Reform’s Unintended Consequence; and More

***JJ Today mentioned earlier this week that the 2009 appropriations for juvenile justice spending were out, and since then we’ve had a...

OJJDP’s Explanation on Suicide Report

Two weeks ago, we reported that Lindsay Hayes, the author of a study on suicide in juvenile facilities, felt OJJDP had buried...

JJ Appropriations for 2009 Are Out

The House Appropriations Committee posted the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations information today, both the bills and the explanatory statements. JJ Today is told...

Weekly Notes: Arizona 8-year-old pleas; Crime Summit; JDAI’s Federal Agenda; Reentry in Cleveland

Short notes for this relatively quiet week. But to start, we are now on Day 10 without any explanation or information on...

Another Buried Study at OJJDP?

Following the news of OJJDP’s buried suicide study, released last week after five years in the agency’s possession, JJ Today has learned...

Weekly Notes: Money from NIJ; Cuts to State Courts; FACJJ Recommendations; and More

***A quick update on the suicide report, which author Lindsay Hayes told us was essentially buried by the Office of Juvenile Justice...

The Texas Approach to Truancy: Curfews and Tickets

In Dallas, law enforcement officials say the existing process for dealing with truants is not working. That process is simple: officers pick...

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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Health and Human Services (Updated July 17)

July 17 David Hansell, who was the commissioner of the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for New York, will be...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Employment and Training Administation (Updated June 30)

UPDATE, June 30: Jane Oates has been confirmed by the Senate. UPDATE, Apr. 10: President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jane...

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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Education (Updated July 17)

July 17 Obama’s choice for undersecretary of education, Martha Kanter, has been confirmed. Since 2003, Kanter had been chancellor of Foothill-De Anza...

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OBAMA JOB WATCH: White House (Updated July 15)

July 15 President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Aaron Williams, a longtime leader and designer of assistance programs around the world, to...

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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Corporation for National and Community Service

There are a handful of names we hear either could run CNCS well, or want to run CNCS. The most frequently uttered...

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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Updated May 11)

Update, May 11: David Myers will head the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. For the...

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OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Agriculture (Updated June 30)

June 30 President Obama in April nominated Kevin Concannon to serve as undersecretary of agriculture for food, nutrition and consumer services. Concannon...

OJJDP Suicide Study Shows New Higher Numbers; One-Third of Deaths Unknown to Relevant State Agency

A study of juveniles who committed suicide while in confinement – first contracted by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

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Author Says OJJDP Buried Suicide Report

The author of a recent U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report on suicides in juvenile facilities says that, despite...

New Day in San Francisco, Providence

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s New Day for Learning, which seeks to help communities improve existing plans to improve educational achievement through...