The federal government should expand a flexible funding program that helps states and counties reform their child welfare systems and keep more...
President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday that will reduce the gap in...
Many youth-serving organizations need to focus more on getting out positive stories about their work, this report says. The difficulty of mobilizing...
Research indicates that youths who exit foster care often become unemployed or hold unstable, low-paying jobs. This report analyzes the research, and...
A new federal guideline that lets health insurers deny new coverage to children except those who sign up during “open enrollment” has...
The news from Capitol Hill keeps getting worse for the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) – one of President Obama’s signature new youth...
Justice Department officials are close to completing interviews with a third round of candidates to lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...
Some improvements in child well-being during the 1990s stalled in the first years of the 2000s, just before the recession began, according...
Roxanne Spillett, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), is so upset about questions regarding her approximately $1 million...
Supporters of the federal initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) have been working to sway the funding decision of...
The College Board, which first set the agenda to have 55 percent of America’s with a post-secondary degree by 2025, says the...
The U.S. Education Department today released its proposed rules on standards for for-profit colleges to participate in federal student aid programs, setting...
The cost of attending public universities has doubled over the past two decades, but family income and financial aid rates have not...
Updated July 21, 2010 6 p.m. Three leading Republican senators are continuing to press the Boys & Girls Clubs of America about...
This policy brief says that not enough is being done by the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems to address the issues...
A new study may have debunked the notion that adolescent sex offenders are usually socially inept, calling into question widely accepted treatment...
The Administration on Children Youth and Families released overarching program instructions last week for the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions...
The first randomized controlled trial evaluation of sector-specific training programs for low-skilled and disadvantaged workers found that participants in three such programs...
This report explores the progress and challenges of students in the United States by racial and ethnic identification. It shows that the...
This brief confirms that the average eighth-grade math scores nationwide have reached an all-time high, and teen smoking is at its lowest...