Youth Today

BJA, OJJDP in forefront at OJP Hearing Tomorrow

The list of witnesses for Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Office of Justice Programs is set, and it confirms what...

Juvenile Drug Courts: Two Agencies, One Application

The details have not been finalized, but the plan is for one single application in 2009 for federal funds for juvenile drug...

Seattle Takes on Youth/Gang Violence

Seattle has a youth gang problem. We won’t couch that with the media frenzy terms like “surging juvenile violence” or “growing gang...

Mighty Missouri Model Honored by Harvard; Now What?

There is no shortage of testimonials from the JJ field when it comes to the confinement strategies used by the State of...

9,311 Child Labor Violations Filed Against Iowa Slaughterhouse

Probation and Management Conference: Act Now!

OJJDP sent out an e-mail this week about the Juvenile Probation and Justice Management Conference, which will be held in Reno, Nevada...

Who Should Be Next at OJJDP?

JJ Today recently posed this question to a few juvenile justice contacts: Who should be the next administrator for the Office of...

Connecticut: A State in Transition

JJ Today spent the Labor Day weekend in New England, and had a chance to meet some area juvenile justice people there:...

Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study

The Wallace Foundation At a time when successful programs are being encouraged to serve more and more youth, out-of-school time (OST) program...

Continuing in Foster Care beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago This study finds that youth who stay in foster care past the...

Descriptive Summary of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Three Years Later

National Center for Education Statistics Most first-time students who begin their post-secondary education at four-year institutions are 19 or younger (85 percent),...

Social Workers and Human Resource Managers in High Demand as Weak Economy Hits Home for Many

Jobfox Social workers and counselors are ranked as the seventh most in-demand professionals, according to the June report from Jobfox, an online...

Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity from Ages 9 to 15 Years

National Institutes of Health In a long-term study of more than 1,000 children, researchers at NIH found that at age 9, children...

Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2008

Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) When school lets out for summer, some 13.5 million children lose access to healthy meals, according...

Juvenile Transfer Laws: An Effective Deterrent to Delinquency?

U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Youth in adult lockups go back to jail more often, and faster, than youth...

Adolescent School Failure Predicts Later Depression Among Girls

University of Washington, Social Development Research Group Adolescent girls who experience serious school failures such as expulsion, suspension or dropping out are...

The Parent-Child Relationship: A Family Strength

Child Trends Results show that high parental involvement and positive parent-child interactions endure throughout childhood into the teenage years for most adolescents.

Considering a Private Residential Treatment Program for a Troubled Teen? Questions for Parents and Guardians to Ask

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) The decision by parents to place their troubled teen in a residential treatment program is a difficult one...

Protect Children Not Guns

Children's Defense Fund The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control show that 3,006 children and teens died from gunfire...

Using Local Data to Explore the Experiences and Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents

The Urban Institute Urban Institute researchers merged and analyzed local and state data to understand better the experiences and needs of children...