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Weekly Notes: Conn. JJ System Improves as Age-Change Nears; Curfew Laws Beget Curfew Laws; Luzerne Judges Scandal Update; and more

***Connecticut a model of juvenile justice? It was pretty surprising to see that theme in the headlines of state newspapers last week....

Taking Risks for Transition-Age Youth

On any given day, scores of young people with limited individual and social capital are simultaneously struggling to exit some systems...

Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility: a recognition on the part of every American that...

How to Thrive In Hard Times

These are the best of times for youth-serving nonprofits – and the worst. On one hand, we’ve never had more public awareness...

Sex Education

I found several points to disagree with [Kay S.] Hymowitz in her column in the May issue (“Don’t Blame Abstinence Ed”),...

Obama’s 2010 Budget Proposal

The following Web posting was about President Obama’s 2010 budget proposal. Until policymakers look at youth development, workforce development, K-20 education, violence...

Weekly Notes: Forget About 2009 Demo Grants at OJJDP; Obama’s 2010 JJ Budget; North Carolina May Join the Rest of Country; and more

***The biggest JJ news of the week was certainly the U.S. Supreme Court deciding to consider the constitutionality of life without parole...

Don’t Blame Abstinence Ed

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently announced that births to teens in the United States had risen in 2007, for...

Community Schools: A Rose By Any Other Name

When U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared on the “Charlie Rose Show” in mid-March, he outlined a vision for America’s public schools...

Biased Reporting

I am writing in regard to Jen Russell’s article, “Teen Births Rise Again – What Does It Mean?” in your April issue....

Readers React to “Zero Tolerance Breeds Zero Justice”

The comments below are some of the online responses to “Zero Tolerance Breeds Zero Justice,” published in Youth Today in April and...

They Are Back! Summer Jobs Return for Poor Kids, and a Confession

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains good news about summer programs for disadvantaged young people preparing for jobs, higher...

The Problem with Sebelius: Tolerating Dishonesty, for Starters

Perhaps it’s inevitable with two wars and an economic crisis going on, but it is still disappointing that child welfare is not...

Our Job: Dispel Myths about Homeless Youth

Every December, we hold a legislative open house in our drop-in center to which we invite Vermont legislators to come and learn...

Street Child

Justin Reed EarlyAuthorHouse (self-published)289 pages. $19.99 ($15.99 paperback). Justin Early is a survivor. In his late 30s, an invitation to serve on...

A ‘Five-Star’ President Who Happens to be Bi-Racial

On Jan. 20, I joined millions of Americans and millions more around the world to watch the inauguration of our 44th...

A Shout Out to Michelle Obama

There is one goal that each of us in the youth “business” shares: to ensure that all children receive the full...

Feedback

The Real Obama Stands Regarding Mike Males’ February column, “Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up – For Youth?” I feel...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Justice (Updated May 18)

Office of Justice Programs The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...