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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Youth Villages to Expand Transitional Living Program with $42 million grant

A major multi-state provider of child welfare services will receive perhaps one of the largest grants ever made to a social service...

News

After Interning on Capitol Hill, Former Foster Youth Challenge Child Welfare’s Accountablity

States should not receive federal funding for foster care if they are not providing high-quality services, caseworkers should not be allowed to...

Research

Weekly Notes: Remembering Allen Breed; Louisiana Juvenile Justice and antipsychotics; where private facility closures are happening; and more

***Justice justice has lost another luminary. Allen Breed, former head of the California Youth Authority and head of the National Institute of...

News

Seven States Comply with Federal Sex Offender Registry at Deadline

Note: This article was initially posted on July 27 and updated on July 28 Seven more states have come into substantial compliance...

Weekly Notes: Justice leader says OJJDP not going anywhere; few recommendations come out of juvenile justice working groups; and more

***Day 909 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

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Texas Study on Suspension and Expulsion: A Look at the Major Findings

A report on school discipline released this week by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and Public Policy Research Institute could...

News

Obama Administration to Fight Harsh School Discipline

The U.S. Justice and Education departments are making disruption of the “school to prison” pipeline – which can begin with minor school...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Walsh compliance more attractive with low approps?; new stats on incarcerated juveniles; and more

***Day 900 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

News

‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season

“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

House Appropriations Committee Eliminates Most Juvenile Justice Funding

A spending bill that eliminates most federal funding for juvenile justice activities was approved today by the House Appropriations Committee, and is...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Lots at Stake as House Approps Marks Up 2012 Juvenile Justice Spending Tomorrowas

The committee that holds the purse strings for federal juvenile justice programs is set to mark up the juvenile justice budget, which...

News

Civil Union Laws Can Spell End of Child Welfare Services for Faith-based Groups

Most states that have approved same-sex marriage or civil unions have not lost the services of faith-based child welfare providers, but the...

News

‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season

“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

House Approps May Gut Spending on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

The House subcommittee that oversees Justice Department funding produced an appropriations bill this week that would slash activities authorized by the Juvenile...

Weekly Notes: National conference in October looms large; L.A. Times rips Obama for lack of juvenile leadership; documentary on juveniles in sex trade; and more

***Day 893 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Minnesota, Leader in Youth Services, Has Shut Down (UPDATED JULY 7)

Some youth programs in Minnesota are being threatened by a shutdown of the state government brought on by an impasse over the...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Unconfirmed OJJDP administrators; compliance-less states; new resource on effective programs

Happy Independence Day. Be safe on the roads and around the grill! ***Day 886 of the President Barack Obama administration and still...

News

Supreme Court Takes Two Views on Questioning Youths

The U.S. Supreme Court, deciding cases about questioning youths, sidestepped the constitutional questions surrounding interviewing children in their schools about alleged child...

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