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Ex-OJJDP administrators to gather for first time Nov. 10.

Most of the former administrators of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) plan to gather in Washington next...

Spending on Children Is Up, but Mandatory Programs Devour Increases

Total federal spending on children’s programs increased 10.5 percent this year over last year, but the growth is due to mandatory...

In Information Age, College Access Still Requires That Personal Touch

Baltimore – To help America’s low-income youths navigate the often frustrating and confusing process of getting into college, youth workers and...

Biggest AmeriCorps Program Gets Slashed

The Corporation for National and Community Service has penalized the largest AmeriCorps program in the nation, but not nearly to the...

Success Stories Abound at Job Corps 45th Anniversary Celebration

With the U.S. Capitol as its stage, Job Corps celebrated its 45th birthday this week with Job Corps students from around...

Report Details Waste in College Improvement Funds

A Maryland college spent nearly $80,000 in federal grant money on “numerous student trips to locations such as resorts and amusement parks,”...

Report Makes Economic Case for Dropout Fight

The best way to stimulate the economy is to get more students to graduate from high school and go to college. That’s...

Costs Up, Faculty Down at Public Colleges

Higher tuition. Less faculty. That’s the story among colleges and universities throughout the country, according to a new Center on Budget...

First Lady Heads Push for Chicago as Site of 2016 Olympics

First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. delegation trying to secure the 2016 Olympic/Paralympics Games for Chicago, the White House announced...

Annie E. Casey President Doug Nelson to Retire in 2010

When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought he was there to...

Crime in the United States, 2008

Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report shows slight declines in violent and property crimes from 2007...

An Update on State Budget Cuts

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Major budget cuts occurring in at least 41 states and the District of Columbia – because...

Lack of OJJDP Funding Worries States

State juvenile justice leaders find staff at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and the officials...

Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood

Urban Institute Eight new research briefs on youth transitions to early adulthood are now available and include two unexpected findings: 1....

Justice Awards Millions in Mentoring Grants

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the national juvenile mentoring grants: a total of $129 million that comes partially from Recovery...

HBCUs, California Colleges Emerge as Top Colleges for ‘Social Mobility’

If you’re searching for the colleges and universities that are best at getting low-income students into and through college, think black...

Head of Job Corps Removed; No Replacement Named

The national director of the Office of Job Corps has been removed from her office by U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis,...

From a Rock to a Hard Place

Mullen now fears that if Randy is in the wrong place at the wrong time, “he would definitely end up going...

Raising Youth Work’s Next Leaders

Stroup: Wants to build “pipeline” to leadership at nonprofits. [Update: This article as published provides outdated figures about certification. Humanics says 442 students...