John Kelly

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: White House reviewing finalists for OJJDP job; Training program on child welfare/juvenile justice integration; and more

Quick one today, since we have covered the big development on federal juvenile justice – Obama’s plan to overhaul funds connected to...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Obama Plan Makes Juvenile Justice Compliance the Basis, Not the Reason, for Federal Funding

The Justice Department’s first public statement on the juvenile justice plan proposed in President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget suggests that states with...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Including Juveniles Is a Barrier on Walsh Act Compliance

Nearly half of the states who have not met federal requirements for their sex offender registries have a problem with the mandate...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Justice Dept. Remains Silent on Obama’s 2012 Budget Plan

The Department of Justice continues to avoid publicly commenting on President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul the manner in which federal funding...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Obama Budget Dramatically Alters Rewards for Juvenile Justice Compliance

It appears from details of the budget plan that President Barack Obama is proposing to revamp significantly a mainstay of the federal...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Cut-Heavy House Spending Would Eliminate AmeriCorps and YouthBuild, Among Others

Late Friday, the House Appropriations Committee released its proposed continuing resolution bill for fiscal 2011 spending, which includes plans to eliminate completely...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

House Committee Proposes FY2011 Cuts

The House Appropriations Committee this week released a list of cuts it plans to propose as the House and Senate tackle new...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: “Social Bonds” for juvenile justice, Luzerne update, and funding from Labor for juveniles

***President Barack Obama’s budget will be the major domestic headline early next week. The proposal will be released on Monday. In a...

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Scared Straight Programs Closed in 2 of 3 Series’ States

Critics of the controversial “scared straight” approach had feared that the popular new television show about the strategy might spark a proliferation...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Defending Childhood Projects Commence; Scared Straight Under Fire; Juvenile Justice Information Exchange; and more

***Meetings on the Defending Childhood initiative took place this week among senior Justice officials and the eight sites selected to conduct demonstration...

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Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part Two

On Wednesday, we ran the first part of Youth Today’s interview with former juvenile judge Irene Sullivan, author of the recently released...

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Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part One

In 1998, Irene Sullivan took a seat on the Florida Circuit Court’s Unified Family Court in Pinellas County after two decades in...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: PREA Rules and Juveniles; State of the Union; a call on administration to fill OJJDP job

***The Justice Department issued proposed rules and standards this week for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which was passed in 2003 to...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Stand-alone Juvenile Justice Agencies Dwindling in Number

Note: This story was corrected on Saturday, Jan. 22. The original article incorrectly stated the Illinois’ juvenile justice system had already merged...

Weekly Notes: New juvenile justice leadership in states; Walsh Act workshop; Scared Straight episode 2; and more

***Yesterday, we covered structural changes to a number of the independent state JJ agencies over the past three years. Another big change...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: More on Beyond Scared Straight; OJJDP’s Plan for 2011; and more

***Episode one of the A&E documentary “Beyond Scared Straight” is in the books. The seven-episode series will follow juveniles and at-risk youths...

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Updated Trends in Child Maltreatment, 2009

Amidst a worsening economy that many feared would heighten the demand for child welfare services in 2009, the number of substantiated abuse...

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New ‘Scared Straight’ Series Backs Discredited Strategy

Supporters and critics of “scared straight” programs – which generally entail youths visiting prisons and prisoners in hopes that the experience will...

Weekly Notes: Walsh guidelines are finalized, a new fed council on reentry, and more

Hope everyone out there in juvenile justice land had a wonderful start to 2011! Rumors of Weekly Notes’ demise have been greatly...

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Supreme Court Judge to Lead Michigan Child Welfare Reform

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) today named Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan to lead his embattled Department of Human Services. Corrigan...