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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...
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Case of Lemonade Leaves Sour Taste
On Saturday, April 12, Christopher Ratte did his part to fulfill the Rockwellian father/son ritual by taking his 7-year-old, Leo, to watch...
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Staff Education Grows, but What’s the Payoff?
Cambridge, Mass. – Do youth workers need academic credentials? That and other big questions were raised at the first Northeast Regional Higher...
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Newsmakers for June 2008
Foundations Jeff Raikes The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the nation’s largest grant maker (assets: $37.3 billion), has named Jeff Raikes as...
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Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens
Public/Private Ventures Many preteens have limited access to high-quality after-school programs. This study, funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health,...
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Children’s Budget 2008
First Focus Since 2003, only one penny of every new non-defense dollar spent by the federal government went to programs for youth,...
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A Good Start: Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College
MDRC/Network on Transitions to Adulthood While freshmen in college benefit from extra counseling, financial aid and tutoring, the benefits last only slightly...
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Low Grades, Bad Behavior? Siblings May Be to Blame
Florida State University Living with half or stepsiblings can result in more school-related behavioral problems for youth, according to sociology professor Kathryn...
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State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Children’s Advocacy Institute/First Star Only two states, Nevada and New Hampshire, received a grade of A in this report rating the child...
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State Policies Affecting the Assurance of Confidential Care for Adolescents
Incenter Strategies Minor youth often feel the need to know that the information they share with healthcare providers is confidential, even in...
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Constraints on Minority Swimming Participation
USA Swimming Foundation Nearly 60 percent of African-American and Hispanic youth ages 6 to 16 are unable to swim – nearly twice...
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Lesbian and Gay Youths’ Aspirations for Marriage and Raising Children
Rockway Institute In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers have found that many lesbian and gay...
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A Forty-Year Update of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: Preliminary Findings
The Eisenhower Foundation From 1968 to 2006, the child poverty rate rose from 15 percent to 17 percent, four times the rate...
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The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children
First Focus Two million children’s families will lose their homes to foreclosures in 2008 and 2009, estimates First Focus – an event...
