All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Top Headlines 04/08/2014

Juvenile Justice Using civil citations to keep kids’ records clean. New Connecticut girls’ detention center. Child Welfare Pennsylvania governor signs three new laws to strengthen protections following...

Top Headlines 04/07/2014

Juvenile Justice Texas lawmakers seek to raise age to 18 for adult charges. Child Welfare New strategy in Maryland for abuse and neglect cases. Arizona...

Top Headlines 04/04/2014

Juvenile Justice California supreme court rules in two juvenile cases. New Jersey youth crime rate reaches new low. Child Welfare New Mexico governor announces changes to child welfare....

Top Headlines 04/03/2014

Juvenile Justice Kentucky juvenile justice commissioner resigns. Taking kids off of sex offender list. Child Welfare Florida mulls child welfare czar position. Education Alabama education proposal increases insurance but...

Top Headlines 04/02/2014

Juvenile Justice Solitary confinement interferes with education, lawsuit alleges. Child incarceration down, but not for minority groups. Child Welfare Arizona state budget tied to child...

Where the Boys Are

New York club gears staff, programming, approach to needs of boys and young men “We’re very proud to have been part of...

Top Headlines 03/18/2014

Juvenile Justice Federal judge reviews plans to reform Illinois juvenile detention facilities. Education Alaska senate advances education reform bill. Still a chance...

Top Stories 03/17/2014

Juvenile Justice Stop jailing status offenders with felons in Kentucky. 217-year-old reform school taken over by state.   Education New Florida school...

The Plummeting Labor Market Fortunes of Teens and Young Adults

Top Headlines 03/14/2014

Juvenile Justice Sweeping reform bill advance in Kentucky senate. March is Juvenile Justice Month of Faith and Healing. Education No winners with...

Top Headlines 03/13/2014

Juvenile Justice Still work to be done in Cuomo’s reform efforts. Juvenile prisoners create kids’ books. Ohio ACLU seeks end to unnecessary...

Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011-2012

Top Headlines 03/12/2014

Juvenile Justice Ohio juvenile facility moves its most dangerous inmates to county jail. Georgia DJJ seeks veterans as employees. South Carolina school...

Top Headlines 03/11/2014

Juvenile Justice Kentucky senate moves to open juvenile court to public. Ohio boy accused of murder at age 14 to be tried...

After the Recall: Dangerous Products Remain in Homes

Beyond Bullying: How Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Youth

American Camp Association Urges National System for Employee Background Checks

  As summer camp season approaches, the American Camp Association is urging passage of a law that would make the screening of...

Top Headlines 03/06/2014

Juvenile Justice Youth accused of plotting Tennessee school shooting still in juvenile court. . Michigan Supreme Court examining cases of more than...

Top Headlines 03/05/2014

Juvenile Justice Alternatives to detention in Connecticut. Higher levels of direct commitment seen in some Florida jurisdictions. Education Obama proposes two percent...

Top Headlines 03/04/2014

Juvenile Justice Juvenile justice system feeds into adult corrections. Education impacted by solitary confinement. Education Common Core debate could ignite legislative session...