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2009 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption came out with its annual list of the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. The ranking is based on...

More on Supreme Court’s LWOP Cases

As Youth Today and myriad other news sources reported earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases that may...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

New Drug Court, Mentoring Grants Available

Three new grant opportunities, for Second Chance mentoring, family drug courts and strategic advancements to mentoring, are on the street. All have June 15 deadlines....

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Pitching New HOPE for Dropouts

Washington—The effort to focus more attention on the national high school dropout problem came to the National Press Club this week, where...

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Sánchez Leads Push for Anti-Bullying Policies

Calif. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D) Anti-bullying policies would be required of schools receiving Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Act funding under...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Funding News of the Week: GAO and Grants.gov

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the Grants.gov system, which will process a deluge of Recovery Act-related applications – especially...

Fourth-Grade Performance Can Predict College Enrollment, Future Income

You can predict whether fourth-grade students are going to graduate from high school or college and how much money they will make...

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Supreme Court to Hear Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Cases

The Supreme Court agreed today to hear two Florida cases that challenge the legality of sentencing minors to life in prison without...

Will the Push to College Lower Standards?

Could efforts to increase college graduation and retention rates “backfire” by leading colleges to lower standards? Such is one of the main...

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The Case for School-Based Integration of Services: Changing the Ways Students, Families and Communities Engage with Their Schools

Public Private Ventures Schools should be used for so much more than school. That’s the message of this report outlining the benefits...

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Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences and Policy Options

Child Trends Nearly 20 percent of American children and youth are living in poverty - a percentage that has been steadily increasing...

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Preparing Effective Contracts in Privatized Child Welfare Systems

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This new guide underscores the reliance...

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‘To Hell and Back’

The Famous Farm: The serene flagship campus of Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth. Photo: John Krahm/Berkshire Farm Center Canaan, N.Y.—Jim Gaudette...

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Mayors Pledge to Focus on Youth

It’s too soon to tell if it will amount to anything more than a news release, but here is what the...

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Obamas Donate to Youth Groups

Barack and Michelle Obama donated $75,500 last year to 13 organizations that work with youth, according to tax returns released last...

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How to Reach Uninsured Youths: Cut the Paperwork

In an effort to draw uninsured children into its health insurance program for the poor, New Jersey has taken an ax...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

OJJDP Grants Get Claimed Before You Apply

The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention last month issued a solicitation for field-initiated demonstration programs, which at first...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier