Youth Today
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Weekly Notes: JJDPA reauthorization; Florida’s new detention law; and more
*** Day 974 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...
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Foster Care Waiver Bill Passes House and Senate
A bill that would permit states to spend federal child welfare funds to experiment with new strategies, passed the House earlier this...
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Senate Approps Approves Health, Labor and Education Spending Bill
Note: This story was updated on Sept. 29 The Senate Appropriation Committee approved a spending bill for the Departments of Education, Labor,...
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Weekly Notes: Juvenile Justice Appropriations set up potential battle of youth advocates; North Carolina partners invest in juvenile drug treatment; and more
***As reported yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill for the Department of Justice, which includes $251 million for the...
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Senate Approps Cuts Federal Juvenile Programs Deeply, But Funds All of Them
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill this afternoon that would fund the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs...
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Obama Plan Includes Summer Jobs for Youth, Unemployment Protection for Families
Note: This article was updated and corrected Sept. 9. President Barack Obama laid out a job creation plan tonight that includes funding...
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Report Pushes Advocates to Seek Structural, Not Just Financial, Changes to Juvenile Justice Systems
The time is ripe for some states to reduce their reliance on youth incarceration, according to a report issued today by a...
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Weekly Notes: Dwindling federal funds impact on compliance; teen and youth court training in Vegas; and more
***Day 953 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Youth Today Breakdown of State Spending on Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice and Youth
Last Updated: August 15 Since the U.S. economy went into a tailspin in 2008, states have faced tough choices on spending. Significant...
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Weekly Notes: Day 946; facility closures, for better or worse; and more
***Day 946 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Weekly Notes: Agenda for Juvenile Woodstock; NYC’s plan for young minority men; Walsh Act update; and more
***Day 925 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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YouthBuild Again Wins Funds to Work with Dropout Juvenile Offenders
Eight months after being stripped of a $10 million Department of Labor (DOL) grant it received to help dropouts and juvenile offenders...
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Weekly Notes: Wait continues for OJJDP nominee; new venture to help states assess programs; and more
***Day number 865 of the Obama administration with no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
