Youth Today
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News
Gates Grants to Boost Community College Education
The Bill & Melinda Foundation has awarded $12.9 million through four grants to enhance and create advanced technological opportunities for community colleges....
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News
Britain Changes Background Check Plan for Youth Workers
During a time when the American public and its lawmakers keep calling for more background checks for anyone who works with youth,...
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Weekly Notes: Funding for JJ research announced; Obama to start from scratch in OJJDP seach?; findings from major study on juvenile offenders; and more
Couple of quick-hit notes today ***The Senate Judiciary Committee did not mark up the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization at...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Corvington Nomination Approved by HELP Committee
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of Patrick Corvington to serve as CEO of the Corporation for...
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News
Tobacco funds rarely used for anti-tobacco efforts
A new report showing that state governments cut funding of smoking prevention programs by 15.4 percent this past fiscal year is the...
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Senate Judiciary May Markup JJDPA Reauthorization Tomorrow
The Senate Judiciary Committee has the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) on the schedule to get picked...
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News
Study outlines ways to help more students finish college
More money, more child care and more flexibility. Think of how much easier it would be for everyone to do their jobs...
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OJJDP Deputy’s Relationship with Sen. Baucus Raises Questions
JJ onlookers were hoping that the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) would be in the news because the...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Game Changers: Get Ready
Can Facebook, Twitter and mobile phones be transformed into tools that make boring subjects like math and science fun? The White House...
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Baynes Withdraws from OJJDP Consideration
Karen Baynes has withdrawn her name from consideration for the top job at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)....
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Opinion
Weekly Notes: PROMISE Act on the move; Juvenile sex offender stats; Funds for reentry work; and more
***The Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee...
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News
How Well do Your Graduates do After High School?
Fast forward to high school graduation season and think of a graduation ceremony near you. The auditorium gradually fills with camera-toting parents....
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A College Degree Won’t Make You Free
A lot of people who’ve read Carter G. Woodson’s famous 1933 treatise, The Mis-Education of the Negro, believe the book’s message is...
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A College Degree Won’t Make You Free
A lot of people who’ve read Carter G. Woodson’s famous 1933 treatise, The Mis-Education of the Negro, believe the book’s message...
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D.C. Juvenile Justice Director Schiraldi to Lead NYC Probation
In early 2009, many in the JJ world thought there would be talk of Vincent Schiraldi taking a new job around this...
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National Standard Coming for Juvenile Recidivism Rates?
What is a juvenile recidivism rate? In Maine, it’s a measure of how many juveniles are adjudicated again in juvenile court or...
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News
Agencies to Pilot Postsecondary Projects
A GED – or general education diploma – once was a “good enough diploma,” as comedian Chris Rock has called it. But...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Steep Drop in Foundation Giving Expected for 2009
Foundation giving could decline by more than 10 percent at the end of this year, reductions that are expected to continue into...
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Six Texas Commununity Colleges Beat Odds on Transfers
As they prepare to go to college and search for ways to save money in the process, many youths convince themselves that...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
‘Green Jobs’ Grants Awarded
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the first of a series of “green jobs” grants designed to prepare targeted populations –...
