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FACJJ Starts 2009 Report

Members of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) were pretty tight-lipped about this month’s meeting in Chicago, at which its...

Status Offenders Detained: By the Numbers

The JJPDA Reauthorization bill that just made it through the Senate Judiciary Committee originally clamped down hard on the use of the...

Weed and Seed Money Available

Nonprofits and government agencies in high-crime areas should look into Weed and Seed competitive grants, which are administered by the Community Capacity...

Welcome to JJ Today!

This is the first of many updates on our new online feature, JJ Today. Something between a blog and a newsletter, our...

Research

Campie Named Director of NCJJ

Patricia Campie is the new director at the Pittsburgh-based National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ), a division of the National Council of...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

When a Rec Center Floods, Federal Aid Dries Up

By Nick Drymalski If an arts center or animal shelter gets flattened by a natural disaster – like a hurricane or flood...

PSS Audit Documents

PSS Audit Documents: City | PSS Response (PDFs)

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Face Time Pays Off

Justice Under Oath: J. Robert Flores testifies last month before a House committee, saying allegations about his grant selections “are false.” Photo:...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Fired Official Bypassed Grant Deadlines

DeKonty: Actions for faith-based organizations sparked angry e-mail from a federal official. A federal juvenile justice official who was fired last month...

News

Shootings and Rallies – Now What?

Remembering: Delaware State University students Amani Abda-Salaan and Amber Green place balloons and candles at the Newark, N.J., playground where their friends...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Scam Targets Child Support Money

The FBI is warning parents who use EPPICards to receive child support payments to guard against giving their personal information to scammers...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Elian Gonzalez Moves On

Elian Gonzalez, the boy who became the center of an international political battle when he was forcibly taken from relatives in Florida...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Parolees in California Win New Rights

In a move hailed by youth advocates as the most important change in the nation’s largest juvenile justice system in three decades,...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Poetic Justice for Vermont Vandals

Frost: Get “out, out” of his house. Photo: U.S. Library of Congres Youths who think reading poetry is a form of punishment...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Ohio Commits to Change

A court-mandated reform plan for Ohio should mean more use of small, community-based programs for youth and the hiring of more staff...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Staffers Dismissed for Blistering Punishment

By Grace Lavigne So you think your staff orientation covers everything? Two counselors at a city-run day camp in Coppell, Texas, were...

Gas Pains

Skyrocketing fuel costs are affecting every facet of the youth-serving industry: Agencies are changing their vehicles, cutting programs and services, pooling resources...