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Including Juveniles Is a Barrier on Walsh Act Compliance

Nearly half of the states who have not met federal requirements for their sex offender registries have a problem with the mandate...

Grass-Roots ‘Save Service’ Campaign Targets Every Member of Congress

Alumni and groups that support the programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service – AmeriCorps, Learn and Service and the...

Final House Spending Bill Includes Even More Youth-Related Cuts

The 2011 Continuing Resolution is now in the U.S. Senate for consideration, facing a March 4 deadline. Most observers predict a showdown...

Justice Dept. Remains Silent on Obama’s 2012 Budget Plan

The Department of Justice continues to avoid publicly commenting on President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul the manner in which federal funding...

At Dallas Super Bowl, High Attention and Low Arrest Totals on Human Trafficking

Before the Super Bowl in Dallas, Harriet Boorhem, president of Promise House children’s shelter was contacted by the Dallas Police Department. Boorhem...

Civil, Human Rights Groups Oppose Limits on ‘Gainful Employment’ Regulations

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 200 organizations, called on Congress today to defeat an...

Amendment to CR Aims to Block Gainful Employment Rule

Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today introduced an amendment to the Republican’s Continuing Resolution...

Obama’s 2012 Budget and Youth: A Breakdown

President Barack Obama released his 2012 budget today, which would fund most youth-focused programs and agencies at equal or greater levels to...

Obama Budget Dramatically Alters Rewards for Juvenile Justice Compliance

It appears from details of the budget plan that President Barack Obama is proposing to revamp significantly a mainstay of the federal...

Cut-Heavy House Spending Would Eliminate AmeriCorps and YouthBuild, Among Others

Late Friday, the House Appropriations Committee released its proposed continuing resolution bill for fiscal 2011 spending, which includes plans to eliminate completely...

House Committee Proposes FY2011 Cuts

The House Appropriations Committee this week released a list of cuts it plans to propose as the House and Senate tackle new...

Rationale for Regular Reporting on Health Disparities and Inequalities — United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social attributes such as differences in income and race/ethnicity make a difference in how likely Americans...

Community College Enrollment Growth Slows

Enrollment growth at community colleges slowed this fall, rising just 3.2 percent, dramatically less than the 11 percent and 17 percent increases...

GAO Finds Uncertainty, Overlap Among Federal Job Training Programs

A Government Accountability Office report on federally funded employment and training programs, more than half of which serve youth, shows the roughly...

Training Is Key in Seeking Partners for Summer Jobs Programs

Faced with the reality of no federal funding for summer job programs this year, workforce board directors are focusing on strategies to...

Helping All of Our Homeless

Helping All of Our Homeless: Developing a Gay and Transgender Inclusive Federal Plan to End Homelessness Center for America Progress This study...

GAO Says Internal Review Found No Bias in For-Profit Report

The Government Accountability Office said today that an internal review of the need to issue a revised report on recruiting by for-profit...

Racial Bias in Child Protection?

Racial Bias in Child Protection? A Comparison of Competing Explanations Using National Data Pediatrics The disproportionate number of black children who are...

Scared Straight Programs Closed in 2 of 3 Series’ States

Critics of the controversial “scared straight” approach had feared that the popular new television show about the strategy might spark a proliferation...