Youth Today
Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
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Weekly Notes: Federal juvenile justice money lacks certainty, champions; documentary on kids in adult prison to air Sunday; and more
“Beginning of the end?” –Joe Vignati, Georgia Juvenile Justice Specialist “We are finding out we don’t have too many friends” – Liz...
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Education Under Arrest
Justice Policy Institute The number of school resource officers in schools rose 38 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to the U.S....
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Congress Makes Further Cuts to Juvenile Justice Funding
Note: This story was updated on Nov. 18 House and Senate appropriations leaders finalized a “minibus” spending package that further reduces the...
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Weekly Notes: Tough choices loom for OJJDP on state; a look at “crossover youths”; and more
Notes is back after a week hiatus to put some work in on the November print edition of Youth Today. Happy Veterans...
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Leaving Homeless Children Behind
Every parent of a child in public school knows that getting that child to and from school is a shared responsibility. Depending...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist
What is your elevator speech? Promise House has struggled with this for years. How do we say what we do in a...
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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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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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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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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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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...
