All posts tagged "Advocacy"

• News

  Upcoming Webinar Tackles Media Depictions of African-American Men and Boys

  Last October, The Opportunity Agenda, a New York-based advocacy group, released a new report about the influence of media in regards to national...

• Nebraska’s big-government conservatives criminalize being home sick from school

  Last August, more than 20 families were forced to gather at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha for an exercise in mass...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: New grants doled out by Public Welfare, MacArthur; research on school crime; and more

  ***There are 331 days left in the first term of President Barack Obama, and the president has still not nominated someone to...

• News

  National Assembly Launches Portal on Social Welfare History

  The National Assembly has created a portal to historical websites on youth work and human services on its own web home. The...

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  The View from the Cliff

  Bridgespan Group For nonprofits that rely primarily on philanthropic support, membership or user fees, says the Bridgespan report, overall economic recovery is...

• Weekly Notes: Hanes takes the helm; states facing big changes; and more

  The Notes is back from hibernation! Hope all of the readers are having a lovely 2012 so far. Our hearts go out...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Laurie Robinson Leaving the Obama Administration in February

  Laurie Robinson, the assistant attorney general for the division of the Justice Department that oversees juvenile justice, announced in a message to...

• Research

  Weekly Notes: Illinois juvenile justice commission sells report well; Walsh Act update; and more

  ***As we write, Congress is playing a lively game of partisan chicken over a deal to fund the government for fiscal 2012...

• Weekly Notes: A lively luncheon; new Justice grants; help shape Wyoming’s new juvie center; and more

  ***A slew of juvenile justice experts were in the old capitol city this week for the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change conference...

• News

  Fate of Child Welfare League of America Rests with Pension Plan

  The Child Welfare League of America has taken drastic steps to stay alive as competition and the economy have driven membership down...

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  Have We Gotten It Wrong on School Reform

  Center on Education Policy A letter from Jack Jennings, CEO of the Center on Education Policy, analyzes a recent book by Marc...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Helpful tool to seek unlikely partners in philanthropy; psych meds in the news again; big upcoming events in D.C.; and more

  Notes is back after a week hiatus. We were going to post on Black Friday, but somebody pepper sprayed us in the...

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  Review of Organizing Schools to Improve Student Achievement

  National Education Policy Center Broken up into three sections –  Effects size, monetary benefits and costs – the report analyzes three education...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Deborah Jeffrey Nominated for Inspector General Job at CNCS

  President Barack Obama nominated Deborah Jeffrey last week to serve as Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS),...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Tough choices loom for OJJDP on state; a look at “crossover youths”; and more

  Notes is back after a week hiatus to put some work in on the November print edition of Youth Today. Happy Veterans...

• How to Use Public Support for Juvenile Justice Reform

  Our recently completed poll of 1,000 American adults offers advocates of youth justice reform new optimism, but also a path forward in...

• News

  Dual Involvment in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Connects to Major Struggles in Adulthood

  Los Angeles youths who exit both foster care and juvenile justice earn less as young adults and cost the public more than...

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  State Budget Cuts: America’s Kids Pay the Price

  Every Child Matters Education Fund Though the title alludes to fiscal decisions at the state level, this advocacy piece begins by hammering...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Justice food fights with grantees; budget looks like a done deal; new resources from OJJDP

  ***There are 450 days left in the presidential term of Barack Obama, and there is still no nominee to serve as administrator...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Too Many Schools

  Note: This column is reprinted with permission from Represent Magazine. A.L.’s heartfelt words are particularly timely this week after a Senate committee passed...