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Top Headlines 11/3

Child Welfare Susan Hamilton, the head of Connecticut’s child welfare agency, has told staff that she will resign Jan. 4, when Gov....

America’s Promise?

In the 13 years since America’s Promise Alliance was founded under the leadership of Gen. Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, the...

Newsmakers for November 2010

Nonprofits It’s lean times for many national youth work organizations, but the Denver-based American Humane Association is beefing up its child-focused staff....

Use of Title IX Has Worked against Sexual Orientation Bullying

The Department of Education put schools on notice this week that failure to police a pattern of bullying could result in a...

Q&A: Stopping Life without Parole

Johnson: “In the beginning, I considered all of those who disagreed with me … as the enemy.” With the U.S. Supreme...

Q&A: Pendulum Foundation Executive Director Mary Ellen Johnson

The U.S. Supreme Court may soon rule on a pair of cases pertaining to the legality of sentencing juvenile offenders to life...

Weekly Notes: Survey of transferred youth in the works; a case for PYD; and more

Funding ***The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) surprised many in the field this week by soliciting a new proposal. The agency will...

Are Daytime Curfews Becoming More En Vogue?

Note: This story was updated on April 1. Daytime curfew laws, which generally prohibit youths from traveling unsupervised in public during school...

Weekly Notes: Funding from DOJ; hearing on girls in JJ; and more

Funding The Department of Justice has issued solicitations for three pots of money that support mentoring programs: National Mentoring Programs: This would...

Weekly Notes: Funding announcements from Justice; Arizona’s plan to shut down state JJ; Dwayne Betts, Image Award winner; and more

Funding A couple of juvenile-relevant announcements from the Justice Department: Research on Sentencing and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration: Grants from the National...

Congratulations on Your Engagement

A recent study entitled A Report on the 2007 and 2008 High School Survey of Student Engagement provides some distressing news about...

A Business Model for National Service

The Red Jacket: Former Sen. Harris Wofford with Sen. Ted Kennedy, who often donned his City Year jacket for sailing. Photo: City...

Newsmakers for November 2009

Patrick Corvington Government President Barack Obama has announced nominees for some major youth-related positions within his administration. Patrick Corvington is the...

Weekly Notes: Administration Responds to Chicago Death; More Mentoring Grants; and more

***Various federal agencies released JJ-related grants this week, but one grant from the Department of Education made headlines: a $500,000 grant to...