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Bill Would Ban Detention for Status Offenders
A ban on detaining juvenile status offenders and money for mental health services were added to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...
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Michigan Let Criminals Provide Day Care
By Nick Drymalski Hundreds of convicted criminals – including sexual predators, child abusers and even a murderer – were allowed to work...
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Two State Child Welfare Officials Resign
The top child welfare officials in Florida and Alabama, both of whom are credited with improving foster care and other children’s services...
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Gerald Named CFSA Interim Director Despite Prior Sexual Incident
Roque R. Gerald, who this week was named interim head of the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), admitted...
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D.C. Child Welfare Head Resigns After Second Death in a Month
Sharlynn E. Bobo, the embattled director of the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), resigned late Wednesday night (July 17), a...
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Default Judgment on JJDPA
Movement of a bill to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act was stalled today by partisan tension over judicial nominees....
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Michigan Settles Foster Care Lawsuit
The state of Michigan has agreed to implement major reforms in its foster care system under a settlement reached in a class...
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Special Report: OJJDP Grant Making Scandal
Youth Today’s ongoing coverage of questionable grant making by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Detention and Delinquency Prevention. Join the Discussion about OJJDP Bill...
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Bill Would Force Action at OJJDP
Yet another congressional committee is demanding answers and changes regarding how the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awards grants....
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Senate Launches Probe of Juvenile Justice
A U.S. Senate committee today joined the investigation into whether the federal juvenile justice office awarded competitive grants based on political favoritism...
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Medicaid Rule Changes Delayed
Medicaid rules that would slash funds spent on youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have been delayed because of...
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House Passes Bill to Monitor Residential Facilities
By Grace Lavigne A congressional bill that began as an attempt to regulate privately run residential programs for troubled adolescents has expanded...
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Justice Official Fired; Bypassed Grant Deadlines
A federal juvenile justice official who was fired on June 24 had helped selected organizations apply for Justice Department grants past the...
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JJDPA Reauthorization Introduced
A Senate bill introduced in late June offers no promises, but could dramatically increase funding for juvenile justice and allow more of...
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In Defense of Flores
J. Robert Flores calmly sat before a congressional committee yesterday and steadfastly defended himself against accusations from his own staff that he...
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The Case Against Flores
The head of the nation’s juvenile justice office and his chief of staff helped favored organizations win competitive grants, pressured staffers to...
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Justice Department Investigates Travel by Flores
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the administrator of its juvenile justice office used government funds to take trips that were...
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Is Reading Fundamental After School?
San Jose, Calif. – Can after-school programs help children read better? Time for progress: Youth workers and youths spend 90 minutes a...
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At Justice, 84th Place Wins
When it comes time to decide who gets millions of dollars in grants, the head of the federal juvenile justice agency doesn’t...
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Judges’ Group Fights ‘Firestorm’
Mentaberry: “We disagreed with the government.” When staffers at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges filled out timesheets to...
