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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...

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...

Details on Major Labor Dept. Grant Program for 2-Year Colleges

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a solicitation for two-year colleges interested in funding from an overall pot of $2 billion to...

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...

Measuring Outcomes Is Important. But in Recession, at What Price?

Recently, Charity Navigator asked members of its Advisory Panel to provide commentary on an important question: “What can donors do to gauge...

Kitchen Centralizes Meals and Snacks

The children don’t show up until after 2 p.m. but Lance Smith, after-school coordinator for residents at the Hubbard Place Apartments in...

GM Gives $27.1 Million for Detroit Schools

The struggling Detroit city school system is about to receive a major boost from the formerly bankrupt, now profitable General Motors automakers....

Bonuses for Helping Uninsured Children Get Coverage

The New York Times reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will announce $205 million n Medicaid bonuses for states...

List of Juvenile Justice Pork in Omnibus Spending Bill

There are more than 6,000 earmarks in the Senate’s proposed 2011 omnibus spending bill, according to a master list compiled by the...

Weekly Notes: WIA reauthorization prognosis; Community colleges report

Weekly Notes, Week of 11/15/10 Now that the election is over, the focus in education and workforce policy is squarely on legislative...

Doth the Earmark Trough Runneth Dry?

The practice of “earmarking” federal money, a Congressional device with debatable impact on the field of youth work, may soon face extinction....

Group Calls for Conference, Spending on Multigenerational Services

A new report released by Generations United calls for White House conference that addresses the needs of the young and elderly, and...

TANF Should Not Be a Child Welfare Slush Fund

Had Madonna decided to adopt her children from, say, Michigan instead of Malawi, she would have saved herself a lot of grief,...

John Kline and Juvenile Justice

***The midterm elections brought a power shift to the House of Representatives, which means that a Republican-led Education and Labor Committee will...

Mad Men and My Own Tobacco Pledge

I love Mad Men. I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in the time period it takes place, the early...

Study Says Nurse Visitation Helps Rural Teens

As the federal government pours more money into nurse home visitation programs for new mothers, a study released this week indicates two...

Mad Men and My Own Tobacco Pledge

I love Mad Men. I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in the time period it takes place, the early...

Grants Awarded for November 2010

Administration for Children and FamiliesFamily and Youth Services BureauWashington, D.C.(202) 401-5324www.acf.hhs.gov Basic Center Program * Covenant House Alaska, Anchorage, $100,000. *...

Weekly Notes: Luzerne update, local budget woes, Family Justice Act, and more

***Members of Congress are home campaigning, so, of course, no news out of Washington on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act....

Grants Awarded for October 2010

Public Welfare FoundationWashington, D.C.(202) 965-1800www.publicwelfare.org * Campaign for Youth Justice, Washington, D.C., $250,000 for general support.* Center for Children’s Law and Policy,...