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A New Push for Youth Worker Development, Credentials
A collection of youth work consultants and service providers has launched a fresh offensive at an old objective: Making the case for...
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Deborah Jeffrey Nominated for Inspector General Job at CNCS
President Barack Obama nominated Deborah Jeffrey last week to serve as Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS),...
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Federal Folly
Justice Policy Institute JPI argues that the spending in the 2012 Justice Department appropriations will help fuel unnecessary incarceration brought on by...
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Education Under Arrest
Justice Policy Institute The number of school resource officers in schools rose 38 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to the U.S....
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Congress Makes Further Cuts to Juvenile Justice Funding
Note: This story was updated on Nov. 18 House and Senate appropriations leaders finalized a “minibus” spending package that further reduces the...
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Dual Involvment in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Connects to Major Struggles in Adulthood
Los Angeles youths who exit both foster care and juvenile justice earn less as young adults and cost the public more than...
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Reports on the California Connected by 25 Initiative
The Premise and Promise of the California Connected by 25 Initiative The Promising Strategies from the California Connected by 25 Initiative Stuart...
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Thousands Put in Foster Care While Parents Are Deported
Thousands of U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are currently living in foster care while their parents are detained or deported, according to...
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State Budget Cuts: America’s Kids Pay the Price
Every Child Matters Education Fund Though the title alludes to fiscal decisions at the state level, this advocacy piece begins by hammering...
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Portrait of Private Agencies in the Child Welfare System
National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services This report highlights the major results from the National Survey of...
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The Hidden Costs of Community Colleges
American Institutes for Research As more and more students are gravitating to community colleges, more attention is being put on how well...
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Senate Committee Passes Education Bill That Strengthens Education Stability for Foster Children
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education bill last night, which...
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Hate Crimes on Campus: Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Campus Safety
An upcoming report in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence evaluates the relationship between racial diversity and the number of hate crimes on...
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Senate Education Rewrite Halted Abruptly by Angry Senator
A Senate committee’s markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was stopped abruptly early this afternoon when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.),...
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Nomination of Wendy Spencer to Head CNCS Goes to the Senate
The nomination of Wendy Spencer, head of Volunteer Florida which serves as the state’s commission for AmeriCorps and a longtime Republican, to...
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Alliance Report Predicts Opportunities and Pitfalls for Nonprofits in the Near Future
A series of disruptive forces in the delivery of human services will offer nonprofits willing to take chances, forge networks and share...
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Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation
Pew Hispanic Center Latino children set an unfortunate record in 2010 when they comprised the largest percentage of U.S. children, 17 and...
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Wash. Child Welfare Chief Tapped to Lead Families International, Alliance for Children and Families
Veteran child welfare director Susan Dreyfus will be the new CEO of Milwaukee-based Families International, whose longtime leader Peter Goldberg died of...
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John Kelly at ‘Juvenile Woodstock’: Now
See John Kelly’s reports from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention conference by clicking on Juvenile Justice in the headings...
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Cities with Highest Black and Latino Unemployment
Hispanic unemployment highest in Northeast metropolitan areas High black unemployment widespread across nation’s metropolitan areas Economic Policy Institute These new studies by...
