Vera Institute of Justice Youths in the foster care system who reach adulthood without being reunited with their birth families or...
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) last week ordered all of its volunteers to go through training about sex abuse, after years...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Maine’s child welfare system, long hailed as one of the worst in the country, has made...
An Iowa child labor case that gained national attention because of the more than 9,000 violations brought against a slaughterhouse manager has...
The president’s budget director fired a warning shot at federally funded youth programs today, saying the government wastes money on too many...
A possible fight over college loans is looming in Congress, but not over the maximum a student can borrow. Instead, members of...
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Youths who go through both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems often...
Dan Bloom, Ron Haskins – The Future of Children Between 3.5 million and 6 million Americans 16 to 24 years old...
National Center for Education Statistics A recent report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the Averaged Freshman Graduation...
University of Michigan Today’s college students are less empathetic than those of the 1980s and 1990s, according to a new study survey...
While the GED – general educational development certificate – is often portrayed as a quick fix for America’s dropout problem or a...
The first round of AmeriCorps grants under the Kennedy Serve America Act – which emphasizes health, education, veterans, clean energy and the...
Update: The House passed the $1 billion for summer jobs on Friday, May 28, but the Senate will not consider the bill...
For sale no more: The Crittenton home has been welcoming girls since 1932. Looking to the future: A young mother and her...
Joe Sullivan: Among the inmates who must be given a “meaningful opportunity” for release after the Supreme Court ruling in Graham...
Academics and stagecraft: Students carry a full academic load and concentrate in their field of interest: music, visual arts, film, dance,...
Youth summer jobs programs are preparing for a rough season. Congressional delays last month left providers uncertain about how they’ll manage...
When youths contact Workforce Development, Inc., in Rochester, Minn., to ask about their chances of landing a summer job, youth workers...
Nonprofits Alex Busansky started this month as president of the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD). When the...
Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice is diving into the field of predictive analytics – a tool that big business has come...