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If Parents Don’t Speak English Well, Will Their Kids Get Locked Up?

Vera Institute of Justice Youth in the juvenile justice system with limited-English-proficient (LEP) parents have a higher chance of being prosecuted and...

Facing Our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement

Urban Institute While millions of illegal immigrants continue to be a focus of attention and debate in the United States, the...

Efficacy of a Theory-Based Abstinence-Only Intervention Over 24 Months: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Young Adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine This new federally funded study released last month provides the first clear evidence that abstinence-only...

The Foreclosure Generation: The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families

National Council of La Raza & Center for Community Capital at the University of North Carolina (UNC) This report examines the...

Kids Count Data Center

Annie E. Casey Foundation This state-by-state database tracking the health and well-being of U.S. children and their families has been updated...

What One YO Achieved, and How It (Sort of) Continues

Not long after Phoenix Youth and Family Services in the Arkansas Delta started providing services to young people under the Youth...

California’s Gambit Pays Off for Kinship Care

A threat by California to do an end-run around federal regulations that restricted funding for guardianship programs – even though the threat...

CASA, Join Together Split

Note: This story has been updated since its original posting. Last year’s much-heralded merger of the National Center on Addiction and Substance...

Bill Treanor to Retire, New Publisher Named

Washington, D.C.—Prize-winning investigative journalist Sara Fritz will become publisher of Youth Today in April, succeeding co-founder and Publisher Bill Treanor, the news...

Tips for Working with Hard-to-Serve Youths Outlined in Labor Department Memo

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) has released a new guidance for states, workforce investment boards and local...

Annie E. Casey Foundation Names New CEO

Patrick T. McCarthy will succeed the retiring Douglas Nelson as president and CEO of the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, the foundation’s...

CNCS Unveils Guidelines for Social Innovation Grants

Long-awaited funding guidelines for the new $50 million Social Innovation Fund were announced Tuesday by the Corporation for National and Community Service...

Youth Agencies among Winners of Recovery Act-Funded Health Care Training Grants

Several youth-serving agencies will share in $225 million worth of “health care and high growth” training grants the U.S. Department of Labor...

Three Nominees Confirmed for Major Youth Work Agencies

The Senate confirmed more than two dozen nominees of President Barack Obama yesterday, including three leaders of family and child-serving agencies. Patrick...

Financial Aid Tips Help Homeless and Foster Youth; Some Find Fault

An organization of financial aid administrators has released a new tip sheet to help homeless youths and youths who’ve been in foster...

College Goal Sunday Offers Expert Help with Financial Aid Form

Even though the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA, has been simplified and put online, it still makes...

Study Shows Abstinence Education Can Delay Sex by Young Teens

A new federally funded study released this week provides the first clear evidence that abstinence-only education can delay sexual activity in young...

President’s Proposed Youth Budget, 2011

President’s Proposed Youth Budget, 2011 m = Millionb = BillionX = Program was not fundedN/A=specific figure not availableItalics indicate new program proposed...