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Federal Government to Allow More Flexible Child Welfare Spending

The strings tying millions of federal dollars to foster care will be loosed in the coming months, allowing up to 10 states...

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

YouthBuild Programs Receive $75M in Federal Grants

Nearly 5,000 at-risk young people across 28 states and the District of Columbia are expected to complete their high school education while...

Interagency Meeting Addresses Psychotropic Medication Use in Nation’s Foster Care System

Earlier this week, more than 300 representatives from 49 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, convened for a two-day meeting...

Teen Marijuana Use Linked With Lower Adult IQ Scores

A recent report coming out of New Zealand suggests that individuals that were heavy marijuana users as adolescents had “consistently lower IQs”...

Researchers Examine Links Between Binge Drinking and Social Stature

  New research suggests that U.S. college students who participate in binge drinking may actually be happier than those who do not...

U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Portion of Alabama Immigration Law Targeting New Students

Earlier this week, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected a provision in Alabama’s controversial immigration law that...

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...