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Tobacco Settlement Revenue – Recent State Actions and Opportunities for Youth Programs
The Finance Project To pursue tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds as a potential financing source for youth programs, it is necessary...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2007
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Today’s high school students are significantly less likely to engage in various risky health...
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Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs: Interim Findings from the Gang Reduction Program
Preliminary evaluations of the Gang Reduction Program (GRP) – a $10 million, multi-year federal initiative to reduce gang crime in Los Angeles,...
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Unaccompanied Children in the United States
Vera Institute of Justice Each year, thousands of children are separated from their parents after deportation proceedings, but volunteer legal services for...
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Pathways from Family Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
Teens from religious families wait longer before having sex, due to cohesive family environments and positive peer networks, according to Child Trend’s...
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Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence
Almost 7,000 teenagers become sexually active every day, and with that comes an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, lower academic achievement...
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Exploring Associations between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The study investigates whether the involvement of a nonresidentfather affects permanency outcomes for children...
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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...
