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Truancy in Texas

For Diane Tran, 17, there just weren’t enough hours in the day. The Texas honor student maintained stellar grades, while holding down...

VIDEO: Helping Kids from the US to Guatemala

The Georgia Juvenile Services Association (GJSA) recently wrapped its 2012 Training Summit in Savannah, Ga., an annual chance for juvenile court workers...

Teens Get ‘JOLT’ to Succeed at San Diego’s ‘Second Chance’

SAN DIEGO – Armando Aguilar, now a lanky 20-year-old from Oceanside, Calif., needed a job, a break from the gang and drug...

One Panel at a Time, Changing the World with Comics Journalism

Through boldly inked outlines, soft watercolors, pull-out posters and digital canvases, a new crop of mixed media artists are breaking complex social...

Washington’s Struggles to Treat Mentally Ill Youth Reflective of a National Dilemma

Reports show many youth in Washington D.C. under the Medicaid umbrella are being left behind as their mental health disorders go untreated,...

Employment and Unemployment Among Youth

Counselors Expect More Undocumented Students to Seek College

Only 5 percent of undocumented students who graduate from U.S. high schools go on to college, according to an oft-cited 2004 report...

Privatization Fails: Nebraska Tries Again to Reform Child Welfare

LINCOLN, Neb. – Foster parent Jenae VanEvery got a call around midnight one day in September 2011 asking if she could take...

Reorganization of OJJDP In the Works

The federal office responsible for supporting juvenile justice programs around the country is in the process of reorganizing its internal structure, with...

What Are the Links Between Housing and Health?

“Your ZIP code is more important than your genetic code,” said David Erickson, director of the Center for Community Development Investments at...

CDC – National Health Statistics Report

Student ID Cards Far From Sure Ticket to the Voting Booth

Morehouse College students can use their ID cards to buy food and school supplies, use computer labs and get books from the...

Dreamers Place Hopes in New Federal Immigration Program

By Maggie Lee, Audrey Cheng and Amy Li Juan Sancen was 12 years old when he came to the United States. He’s...

Exhibit Examines the Lives of Former Foster Children

Richard Wilkerson needs two hands to count the number of families he had as a boy. On a recent, unusually temperate summer...

Juvenile Justice Trends in State Legislation, 2001-2011

New Report Charts A Decade of Changes to the Nation’s Juvenile Justice System

Recently, the National Conference of State Legislators published Trends in Juvenile Justice State Legislation 2001-2011, a decade-long analysis of changes that have...

Complex Factors, Not Just Bullying, Underlie Teen Suicides

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As media coverage of bullying has expanded over the past few years, so have mischaracterizations of the relationship between...

Illinois Enacts Law Against ‘Epidemic’ of Human Trafficking

Illinois strengthened its legal arsenal against human trafficking this weekend when Gov. Pat Quinn signed House Bill 5278 into law. The new legislation aims to provide...

Comics Journalism Tackles the Immigration Debate

Jessica Colotl says her life is a series of hearings since the struggle began between her and federal and state authorities over...

Upcoming Presentation Examines Role of New Technologies in Elementary Education

This Thursday, the New America Foundation will be holding an event in Washington, D.C. titled Getting Schooled by a Third-Grader: What Kids’ Gaming,...