Youth Today
Posts By John Kelly
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Reports on the California Connected by 25 Initiative
The Premise and Promise of the California Connected by 25 Initiative The Promising Strategies from the California Connected by 25 Initiative Stuart...
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State Budget Cuts: America’s Kids Pay the Price
Every Child Matters Education Fund Though the title alludes to fiscal decisions at the state level, this advocacy piece begins by hammering...
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Portrait of Private Agencies in the Child Welfare System
National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services This report highlights the major results from the National Survey of...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Justice food fights with grantees; budget looks like a done deal; new resources from OJJDP
***There are 450 days left in the presidential term of Barack Obama, and there is still no nominee to serve as administrator...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: 2012 spending could pass soon; Day 1,002; report on future for youth-serving nonprofits
***Day number 1,002 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...
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News
Senate Committee Passes Education Bill That Strengthens Education Stability for Foster Children
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education bill last night, which...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Senate Education Rewrite Halted Abruptly by Angry Senator
A Senate committee’s markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was stopped abruptly early this afternoon when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.),...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Webcast, Guide on Stable Educational Experiences for Foster Youths
As Senate work stalled today on overhauling the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a group of child welfare advocates hosted a webcast...
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Senate Committee to Consider ‘No Child Left Behind’ Rewrite
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will begin work tomorrow on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, two...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Alliance Report Predicts Opportunities and Pitfalls for Nonprofits in the Near Future
A series of disruptive forces in the delivery of human services will offer nonprofits willing to take chances, forge networks and share...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Survey shows overwhelming support for juvenile rehabilitation; Juvenile Woodstock wraps up; day 1,000 approaches
***The Campaign for Youth Justice released findings from a 1,000 person national survey this week about adults’ attitudes on juvenile services. Click...
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News
Wash. Child Welfare Chief Tapped to Lead Families International, Alliance for Children and Families
Veteran child welfare director Susan Dreyfus will be the new CEO of Milwaukee-based Families International, whose longtime leader Peter Goldberg died of...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Notes from Juvenile Woodstock
All this week, JJ Today is roaming the hallways and meeting rooms of the National Juvenile Justice Conference hosted by the Office...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Justice doles out grants; Casey’s shifting juvenile focus; Youth Justice Awareness Month; and more
***Day 988 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Casey Foundation Begins Mission to Cut Juvenile Incarceration in Half
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is commencing a new juvenile justice initiative today aimed at reducing juvenile incarceration by 50 percent in...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Panelists Ponder the New Normal for Nonprofits
The Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy somberly marked its 15th anniversary today, as a panel of experts discussed what might...
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News
Peter Benson, CEO of Search Institute, Dies at 65
Peter Benson, the long-time CEO of the Minneapolis-based Search Institute, died yesterday at the age of 65 after a year-long battle with...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Age-raise push begins in New York; Florida dismisses state advisory group; and more
***When New York Chief Judge Lippman proposed a revolutionary change to the state’s juvenile justice system last week, Michael Corriero – a...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
House Approps Would Eliminate AmeriCorps, Increase Head Start Funding
The House Appropriations Committee made public today a proposed spending bill that would eliminate AmeriCorps, increase funding for Head Start and limit...
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News
Foster Children with Incarcerated Parents a Murky Subject for States, Report Finds
States child welfare agencies are resistant to pursuing reunification with parents – 30,000 or more – who are incarcerated while their child...
