Youth Today
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Weekly Notes: Missouri Model Goes Primetime; The Mysterious White House Gang Conference; Violence and Truancy in Baltimore; and more
***The fanfare around the Missouri approach to working with juveniles in secure facilities – small community facilities broken into groups of youth,...
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► Reports
An Update on State Budget Cuts
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Major budget cuts occurring in at least 41 states and the District of Columbia – because...
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World Leader in Percentage of College Graduates by 2020?
The lofty goal of making the United States the world leader in college-degree holders by 2020 is doable, but the reform...
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Supreme Court Will Hear Juvenile LWOP Cases Nov. 9
Mark your calendars for Monday, Nov. 9. That is the day the U.S. Supreme Court has set aside to hear oral arguments...
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Will Get Mentoring Funds from Justice
A memo obtained by JJ Today indicates that despite missing out on OJJDP’s Recovery Act and announced 2009 funds for national mentoring...
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Down to the Wire for OJJDP Job
One of the hopefuls for the OJJDP top job whose candidacy heated up over the summer was Miami-Dade County JJ boss Wansley...
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News
Lack of OJJDP Funding Worries States
State juvenile justice leaders find staff at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and the officials...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Tracking Nonprofits’ Fiscal Health
As part of its series tracking the nonprofit sector’s fiscal health during the economic downturn, the National Council of Nonprofits last month...
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Study That Algebra!
What makes a community college student focused enough to stay in school and finish? Apparently being poor makes a student more...
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► Reports
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
Urban Institute Eight new research briefs on youth transitions to early adulthood are now available and include two unexpected findings: 1....
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Winners of National Mentoring Grants Divulge Spending Plans (UPDATED Sept. 10)
As we mentioned yesterday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of national mentoring grant winners. The...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Justice Awards Millions in Mentoring Grants
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the national juvenile mentoring grants: a total of $129 million that comes partially from Recovery...
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News
HBCUs, California Colleges Emerge as Top Colleges for ‘Social Mobility’
If you’re searching for the colleges and universities that are best at getting low-income students into and through college, think black...
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Head of Job Corps Removed; No Replacement Named
The national director of the Office of Job Corps has been removed from her office by U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis,...
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National JJ Mentoring Grants Announced
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the national juvenile mentoring grants today, a total of $129 million in grants that comes partially...
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News
From a Rock to a Hard Place
Mullen now fears that if Randy is in the wrong place at the wrong time, “he would definitely end up going...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Raising Youth Work’s Next Leaders
Stroup: Wants to build “pipeline” to leadership at nonprofits. [Update: This article as published provides outdated figures about certification. Humanics says 442 students...
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News
Same Old Money Problems at CNCS
Goren: Former chief of staff is still acting CEO of CNCS. Photo: Corporation photo by M.T. Harmon A new evaluation of...
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News
A Job Big Enough for a Nonprofit and a For-Profit
Indio, Calif.—The federally funded Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) in this desert town is run by a muscular ex-ballplayer everyone calls Rock. He’s...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Database Includes Assessment Tools
A new database of assessment tools allows practitioners, evaluators and policymakers to gauge the quality of science-related out-of-school programs. The Assessment...
