By Nick Drymalski If an arts center or animal shelter gets flattened by a natural disaster – like a hurricane or flood...
Justice Under Oath: J. Robert Flores testifies last month before a House committee, saying allegations about his grant selections “are false.” Photo:...
DeKonty: Actions for faith-based organizations sparked angry e-mail from a federal official. A federal juvenile justice official who was fired last month...
Remembering: Delaware State University students Amani Abda-Salaan and Amber Green place balloons and candles at the Newark, N.J., playground where their friends...
Nonprofits Kevin McCartney Kevin McCartney secured $82 million for Boys & Girls Clubs programs in less than two years of heading...
Should after-school programs focus on academics, even to the point of becoming an extension of the regular school day? That’s the question...
The CASE Foundation Between 1989 and 2005 teenage volunteerism more than doubled, and now members of the Millennial Generation are using new...
Center for an Urban Future Most people believe that attending a normal high school is the only way to get to college,...
The Finance Project To pursue tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds as a potential financing source for youth programs, it is necessary...
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Today’s high school students are significantly less likely to engage in various risky health...
Preliminary evaluations of the Gang Reduction Program (GRP) – a $10 million, multi-year federal initiative to reduce gang crime in Los Angeles,...
Vera Institute of Justice Each year, thousands of children are separated from their parents after deportation proceedings, but volunteer legal services for...
Teens from religious families wait longer before having sex, due to cohesive family environments and positive peer networks, according to Child Trend’s...
Almost 7,000 teenagers become sexually active every day, and with that comes an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, lower academic achievement...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The study investigates whether the involvement of a nonresidentfather affects permanency outcomes for children...
A ban on detaining juvenile status offenders and money for mental health services were added to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...
By Nick Drymalski Hundreds of convicted criminals – including sexual predators, child abusers and even a murderer – were allowed to work...
The top child welfare officials in Florida and Alabama, both of whom are credited with improving foster care and other children’s services...
Roque R. Gerald, who this week was named interim head of the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), admitted...
Sharlynn E. Bobo, the embattled director of the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), resigned late Wednesday night (July 17), a...