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Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives

Profile: Foster Kid Turned Youth Worker Leads by Example

Editor’s Note: This week, Smith, Youth Today’s Washington, D.C. correspondent, is reporting from Cincinnati where some 3,000 people are attending a convention...

Legislators Rally for Multiple Youth-Targeted Proposals at D.C. Conference

Last week, Children Uniting Nations kicked off its seventh-annual national conference with an event in Washington, D.C. called “Keeping the Promise to...

New Reports Underscore Fears of Child Welfare Activists

CINCINNATI – Jonathan Ferrera, 18, knows what poverty feels like. He’s had times when his family has worried about going hungry or...

CNCS watchdog sworn in at time of budgetary threats

WASHINGTON – Washington lawyer Deborah J. Jeffrey was sworn in last week as the new inspector-general of the Corporation for National and...

Higher Expectations Reduce Achievement Gap for Black Boys, Panelists Say

CINCINNATI – The middle school years represent a critical time in the development of black males, the period where most young boys...

At a Georgia Conference, an All-Out Assault on Zero-Tolerance

“There’s a marvelous program,” said child welfare attorney Leslie Stewart. A county-employed psychologist roams an elementary school in a neighborhood beset by...

Child Advocates Prepare to Rally in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI – Marian Wright Edelman sees this as a “do or die” moment for American democracy.  The first black woman to join...

New Toolkit Available to Help High Schools Prevent Teen Suicide

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center, a division of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a new toolkit...

Experts Weigh In On Importance of Family Acceptance in Lives of LGBT Youth

“Families’ and caregivers’ words, actions and behaviors have a physical and emotional impact on their LGBT children,” said Dr. Caitlin Ryan, project...

States React with Hearings, Orders on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Juvenile Life Sentences

Just after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated some 2,400 life sentences given to juveniles nationwide, Iowa’s governor responded with commuting the 38...

Today’s Youth More Engaged in Participatory Politics, says New Report

A new report funded by the MacArthur Research Network on Youth & Participatory Politics finds a “substantial” number of young people are engaging in...

LGBT Youth Over-Represented in Juvenile Justice System

A disproportionate number of LGBT teens are represented in the nation’s juvenile justice system, possibly making up as much as 15 percent...

Serving Our Youth: Findings from a National Survey of Service Providers Working with LGBT Youth Who Are Homeless or At Risk of Becoming Homeless

Proposed Budget Cuts Loom for Juvenile Justice Programs

Youth advocates are ringing the alarm bells at Congress’s proposed levels of funding for state programs that would prevent young people from...

Upcoming OJJDP Webinar Examines the Role of Families for LGBT Youth

On July 19, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will present a webinar titled “The Critical Role of Families in...

Appeals Accepted in First Miller Cases

Less than three weeks after a Supreme Court ruling mandated it, an Iowa court gives two inmates the right to appeal the...

Senate Considers Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint in School

WASHINGTON – Corey Foster, 16, was playing basketball with his friends at his school in Yonkers, N.Y., in April, when a staff...

Teaching Kids to Have Some Grit and Life Skills as Important as Academics says New Report

Children in K-12 schools in the United States need to learn not just the three Rs, but also focus more closely on...

The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth