Youth Today
Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
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Alliance for Children and Families to Help Some Members Emphasize Strategy
The Alliance for Children and Families, a major trade group, has received a four-year, $5,375,000 grant to help 19 of its 350...
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The Bottom Line
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance It seems like such a simple concept: a calculator on a school’s website that enables prospective...
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Weekly Notes: Walsh Act update, new funds from OJJDP, and more
***Well, National Hamburger Day (May 28) came and went with no announcement on who might lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...
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Labor Dept. Elected to Strip $10 Million Grants from YouthBuild, Corps Network
The Department of Labor used its own discretion to vacate two $10 million grants to national youth organizations after a challenge to...
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Anti-Bullying Programs Pushed Aside by Federal Budget Woes
Note: This story originally appeared on the website of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange On March 10, President Obama turned up the...
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Bill Introduced to Offer New Child Welfare Waivers
A bill introduced this week would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to issue more waivers to allow state child...
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College Loan Default Rate Rose to 9.6 Percent in 2009
The overall federal student loan default rate rose 25 percent in 2009 – from 7.7 percent in 2008 to 9.6 percent –...
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House Republicans Target 43 Ed Programs for Elimination
Even as Democrats introduced various bills to shore up persistently low-performing schools and to provide funds to ameliorate tax losses in some...
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Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist
Entry 10: Inspiration Amidst the Gloom and Doom Amidst all the tribulations of budget cuts, program cuts, outrageous bills being passed, and...
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Children’s Bureau Looking for Input on Improving Review of State Child Welfare Systems
The Department of Health and Human Services is taking suggestions on how to redesign the Child and Family Services Review, the main...
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Still Denied: How Community Colleges Shortchange Students by Not Offering Federal Loans
The Project on Student Debt Federal student loans provide the most affordable and safest option for students, however, many community colleges to...
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For-Profit Colleges, Allies Spend $4.5 Million Lobbying Against Gainful Employment
For-profit colleges and their allies in the battle against greater regulation by the U.S. Department of Education spent more than $4.5 million...
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Critical Moment to Connect Latino Youth to School and Jobs, Report Says
A report released today by the National Council of La Raza urges organizations to partner with one another to find ways to...
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Education in Juvie
After a long, frustrating wait for action on any juvenile justice-related legislation, the pending reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
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Most Youth Programs Survive Budget Battle Ax, with Trims
Federal funding for youth services weathered the fiscal 2011 budget standoff with what could best be described as limited but significant casualties....
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Weekly Notes (Updated 4/11): OJJDP during a Gov’t Shutdown; OJJDP job and Senate confirmations; request to ban juveniles from adult lockup; and more
UPDATE: Well, another last-minute deal averted a federal shutdown for now. The section immediately below was written in anticipation of one, and...
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Evidence-Based Practices for Children Exposed to Violence: A Selection from Federal Databases
U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This report summarizes findings and evidence from federal reviews of research studies...
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UPDATED Weekly Notes: White House stands down on juvenile justice overhaul; new trainings; and more
[Note: The first entry in this column was updated after additional information was announced by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Schumer Bill Would Expand Affordable Background Checks for Youth Providers
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill on Friday to take to scale a long-running pilot project that provides youth-serving organizations with...
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White House Might Alter Juvenile Justice Spending Plan for 2012
The White House may consider modifying its controversial proposal to overhaul federal juvenile justice funding, a national advocate whose organization opposes the...
