Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Legal Center for Foster Care and Education (FCE)
http://www.abanet.org/child/education/home.shtml Through its website, the Legal Center FCE acts as a clearinghouse on legal and policy matters affecting the education of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org Campus Compact is a growing national network of more than 1,100 post-secondary educational administrators dedicated to promoting community service, civic...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
MinyanLand
http://minyanland.com This online community engages youth in interactive games that teach market concepts and financial basics. As players earn and spend MinyanDollars,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
It’s Your (Sex) Life
http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/lifeguide/ MTV has teamed with the Kaiser Foundation to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and offer teens a comprehensive...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
National Youth Philanthropy Clearinghouse
http://yip.npgoodpractice.org Launched early in 2008 by Michigan’s Grand Valley State University, the site offers resources for the next generation of youth-focused philanthropists...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Grants Awarded for September 2008
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, Mich. (810) 238-5651 http://www.mott.org •Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, $140,000 for the Education Summers Youth Leadership...
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News
You Too Can YouTube
You probably think YouTube is a place for people to promote themselves – a la the recently featured video on the home...
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Tippecanoe Watch #1: Background
This is the first of what we envision as a series of occasional updates about the design and development of a juvenile...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Another State Bans Prone Restraints
Pennsylvania has become the fifth state to ban youth residential programs from using prone restraints, which can lead to accidental asphyxiation or...
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News
Hearing on Justice Programs in September
By John Kelly The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Office of Justice Programs in September to examine whether...
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Weed and Seed Whacked
We mentioned earlier this month that the Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO) at the Office of Justice Programs was fielding applications for...
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Why Does the Poorest State Hate Free Money?
Heard this from a JJ advocate, and we had to check for ourselves: Mississippi is out of compliance on three of the...
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News
Move Spreads to Expand School Day
By Erika Fitzpatrick A new study shows that expanded learning time (ELT) programs are increasing in schools across the country – a...
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News
Changes in Abstinence Grants Draw Suspicion
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ latest request for proposals for its Abstinence Only grants increases the grant period from...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Meat Plant Raid Nets Child Labor Charges
By Grace Lavigne The Iowa attorney general is considering whether to file criminal charges against the owners of the nation’s largest kosher...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Administration Won’t Enforce New SCHIP Rules
The Bush Administration will not crack down on states that are out of compliance with its controversial rules on state children’s health...
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Got Something to Present?
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the National District Attorneys Association are looking for presenters for the 2009...
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Who’s Doing PYD?
Following Jeff Butts’ plea for a larger focus on positive youth development approaches to working with juvenile offenders, we asked if anyone...
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News
An Ambitious Push for National Service
By Nancy Lewis More than 500 leaders and activists plan to gather in New York this month to launch what they hope...
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NY Times All Over Juvenile Justice
What got into the New York Times editorial board? They have taken up the cause of juvenile justice reform with a vengeance....
