All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Fathers’ Involvement With Their Children: United States, 2006–2010

Top Headlines 12/19

Juvenile Justice Florida counties allege state is overcharging them for detention costs. South Dakota seeks to change its number one place in...

Top Stories 12/18

Juvenile Justice Troubled Texas juvenile facility to be closed, but some staff remain. Examining girls’ paths to delinquency. Education U.S. DOE to...

With Hunger and Homelessness Still on the Rise, SNAP Cuts Pose Hardship

From a new report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Although unemployment rates dropped in 2013, it was still the No. 1...

Before Student Debt: The Story of a Student’s Struggle to Pay for College

Rakhi Agrawal, photo by Gwen McClure. NEW YORK — During her senior year at William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Conn.,...

Top Headlines 12/13

Juvenile Justice Maine Advisory Group Grants $150,000 to Expand Youth Programs. Probation for Teen Who Killed Four in DUI Accident. Education South...

Top Headlines 12/12

Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ and juvenile court supporting transportation for alternative schools. Twenty percent of detained youth show impaired social and emotional...

Top Headlines 12/11

Juvenile Justice Former Ohio public defender blames system, not judge, in unfairness allegations. Virginia boy’s sentence of six life terms plus 118...

Top Headlines 12/10

Juvenile Justice Wyoming to expand juvenile justice database program. Helping youth offenders transition back to school. Education U.S. education system is working...

After Newtown, School Districts Across Nation Ask What it Takes to Make Kids Safe

  After the shooting at Newtown, Conn. last year, Superintendent Matt Dossey launched a program to arm a select group of staff...

Sandy Hook One Year on, the Nation Struggles With the Stigma of Mental Illness

Photo by Robert Stolarik. NEWTOWN, Conn. — Sandy Hook Elementary School has been razed. The process of destroying the school — where...

Since Sandy Hook, Tracking Mental Health Changes Nationwide

NEWTOWN, Conn., — Nearly one year after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the town has struggled to reclaim its identity...

Top Headlines 12/9

Juvenile Justice Maryville case puts Missouri’s juvenile system under scrutiny. New York panel looks at raising age of criminal responsibility. Education Case...

National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses

Nation’s Largest School Police Force, in L.A., Will Stop Ticketing Kids 12 and Younger

Responding to demand for reforms, the nation’s largest school police force — in Los Angeles — will stop issuing tickets to students...

Key Findings: Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for ADHD: United States, 2003 – 2011

How Can Youth Service Providers Keep Sex Offenders Out?

Most all youth-serving organizations rely upon criminal background checks (CBC) to filter out applicants with sex offenses. According to Michael Johnson, youth...

Hispanics Doubly Hampered by Obamacare Rollout

written by Michael Payant  CHICAGO– For millions of Hispanics, the federal government’s troubled rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Top Headlines 11/21

Juvenile Justice Op-Ed: Some kids deserve adult punishment. Three teens begin hearings in Memphis murder trial. Education DOE teams with unions to...

Are the Hurdles Too High? To be Young, Male and Homeless in America

Shawn, at right, who is homeless but also the caretaker of his family. From the Chicago Bureau: After finishing middle school, a...