John Kelly

Weekly Notes: Conn. Age Change Might be Delayed; Developments on Pennsylvania JJ Scandal; Report on Status Offenders; and More

***Connecticut has become a darling, of sorts, for the juvenile justice community. It has signed on to MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change...

Reentry Getting Increased Attention

It’s not as though reentry is a new concept for the juvenile justice field. But reading the tea leaves, it appears to...

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Can Technology Ease Pain of Budget Cuts?

Indianapolis Judge Marilyn Moores spoke at a juvenile justice conference in Dallas in 2007 about how her jurisdiction solved a massive...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Join Together, CASA Merge; Rosenbloom Named CEO

Join Together, a major distributor of news on substance abuse and tobacco use by youth, is merging with the National Center...

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Newsmakers for February 2009

Nonprofits Kevin Ryan has been named the first lay president of Covenant House (CH), the largest homeless youth services organization in North...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Madoff Scandal Claims Youth Work Victims

Youth work lost two major benefactors to the alleged Ponzi scheme created by financial manager Bernard Madoff. The New York-based JEHT...

Flores: Goodbye, or Good Riddance?

J. Robert Flores, the controversial administrator of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), sent out a farewell letter...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for February 2009

Allstate Foundation Northbrook, Ill.(847) 402-5600http://www.allstate.com/foundation/ All grants are given to promote the economic empowerment of domestic violence survivors. • Florida Coalition...

Weekly Notes: Famous Advocate Canned in San Fran; First Names Predicting Lives of Crime?; New Leader at JPI; and More

After weeks of speculation that it would happen, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) fired nationally known youth advocate Margaret Brodkin this...

Bob Shepherd’s Archive Shows a Different Era of Federal Leadership

When you write, testify and speak as much as Bob Shepherd did, you tend to collect a lot of stuff; papers, reports,...

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Kevin Ryan Named First Lay President of Covenant House

Kevin Ryan has been named the first lay president of Covenant House (CH), the largest homeless youth services organization in North and...

Weekly Notes-Jan. 16

JJ Today will be back Wednesday after the inaugural madness in Washington. ***As mentioned in our breaking news section yesterday, Jeff Slowikowski...

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Join Together and CASA Announce Merger

Join Together, a major distributor of news on substance abuse and tobacco use by youth, announced yesterday that it would merge with...

What About Bob?

In a farewell message on OJJDP’s website, Flores ticked off a list of achievements made during his 6 ½-year tenure in the...

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Tobacco-Free Kids Head William Corr to HHS

[Note: This story has been corrected from an earlier version] William Corr, executive director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids since 2000,...

Weekly Notes-Jan. 9

It’s been a slow week for JJ Today; we’re busy at work on a must-read story you will find in an upcoming...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Inaugural Celebrations of Interest to Youth Workers

Inaugural revelers who do not find their way to the parade route or get into the official balls will not lack for...

Weekly Notes-Jan. 2

Happy New Year to everyone! And as today officially marks JJ Today‘s second calendar year of existence, thanks to everyone who dropped...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Network Forecast: Cloudy, with a Silver Lining

For six years, a network of organizations that help youth transition from school to work has found ways to survive after...

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Newsmakers for December 2008-January 2009

Nonprofits The Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $3.3 billion) has hired Donna Lawrence to oversee its disadvantaged children and youth program, which last...