Youth Today
News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
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Reclaiming Futures Seeks to Expand
The Reclaiming Futures initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation has been successfully working to reform systems of care for juvenile...
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Gender Rivalry: Big Sister Sues Big Brother
In what could be an unprecedented case, an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) has sued another affiliate for...
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Watch out for Fake GEDS
Those working with dropouts who want to get their GEDS should be aware of a growing Web scam. Companies have been selling...
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Grant Helps Feds Use Evidence about Programs
In a “top-down” effort to improve the quality and use of scientific evidence in policy areas that affect youth, the W.T. Grant...
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Reform Progress and Setbacks
With juvenile justice reforms and investigations going on around the country, it’s difficult to keep track of all the innovations, achievements and...
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Fire Destroys Historic Home
A fire allegedly set by a resident last month destroyed a cottage at a Georgia home that was created for children orphaned...
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Adult Time Raises Youth Crime
Trying juveniles as adults and housing them in adult prisons is “counterproductive” – leading to higher and often more violent recidivism rates...
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New Tool to Help Improve Staffing
The nonprofit Cornerstones for Kids (C4K) has launched an online resource to offer hands-on tools to help human services agencies address some...
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14 States Abstain From Title V
Fourteen states have now rejected federal formula grants for abstinence-only education, nearly double last year’s number, as the debate over the effectiveness...
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Parental Consent Struck Down
Alaska’s highest court ruled in November that the state’s Parental Consent Act – requiring girls age 16 and younger to obtain parental...
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Teen Birth Rate Rises
The birth rate among American teens (ages 15 to 19) rose 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 – the first increase since...
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TLPs Dangle for Dollars
Talk about holiday headaches: Some programs that help homeless teens might be forced to put youth out of the homes that are...
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Tobacco Sales Down
Sales of tobacco to underage youth hit an all-time low last year, according to data released last month by the U.S. Substance...
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Gay Ban Might Get Scouts Evicted
How about this for a rent hike: 20 million percent? That’s what the Boy Scout Council that oversees Philadelphia must pay if...
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States High on Harsh Anti-Meth Ads
A graphic anti-methamphetamine ad campaign that features gory depictions of drug-addled teens, pocked with lesions and freebasing meth – is getting credit...
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Higher Education For Ex-Foster Youth
President Bush last month signed a law that, among other provisions, will help former foster youth get money for college. The College...
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CNCS Requires New Background Checks
Call it service with a smile – and a background check. A new final rule issued by the Corporation for National and...
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Laws Loosen for Consensual Sex
Four states recently adjusted their sex offense statutes to allow more leeway for youth who get in legal trouble resulting from consensual...
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Youth Court Group Comes to Order
After a two-year battle with paperwork and other administrative details, the National Association of Youth Courts has set up shop as a...
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Youth Killed in Restraint
Police in Tennessee say a teenager’s death at a center for mentally and developmentally disabled youth was a homicide at the hands...
