All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Top Headlines 11/20

Juvenile Justice Children are victims in sex trafficking, not criminals. Federal DOJ to investigate St. Louis Family Court. Education Arne Duncan regrets...

Top Headlines 11/18

Juvenile Justice Poorest county in nation faces juvenile jail overcrowding. Trial begins for Florida sheriff accused of mistreating kids in custody. Florida...

Top Headlines 11/14

Juvenile Justice Philadelphia teen charged in exposure of evidence and witness intimidation part of wider “anti-snitching” sentiment. The politics of closing an...

Parity Law Means More Treatment for Youths’ Mental Illness, Substance Abuse

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius talks about the Affordable Care Act at theSouthside Medical Center in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. She was in...

Top Headlines 11/13

Juvenile Justice Louisiana ruling leaves JLWOP sentences unchanged. Many states changing the way older teens are adjudicated. Education Indiana looks at changing...

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Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

Top Headlines 11/12

Juvenile Justice Florida DJJ tries to explain mistake in releasing wrong juvenile prisoner. Illinois youth prisons could get monitor. Peer court trains...

Top Headlines 11/11

Juvenile Justice Wisconsin bill would allow some 17-year-olds to go to juvenile court. Inequality in Colorado juvenile justice system. Texas legislature to...

Top Headlines 11/7

Juvenile Justice Florida forum explores direction of juvenile justice. Virginia program aims to help kids succeed. Infamous Mississippi youth prison still needs...

Top Headlines 11/06

Juvenile Justice Trying young murder suspects as adults. Appeals for clemency in case of boy who who was ten when he killed...

Love Evident in Top Dropout Prevention Programs

The New Directions Alternative Education Center in Manassas, Va. won a 2013 National Dropout Prevention Network award for their work. L-R: Principal...

Youth Organizations Educate Public About Affordable Care Act

ATLANTA — People trickled into the multipurpose room at Atlanta’s East Lake YMCA on a Wednesday night, some with children in tow....

Top Headlines 11/4

Juvenile Justice TX legislators to investigate guards’ abuse of kids. The profit motive in private youth prisons. Education Budget talks could affect...

Top Headlines 10/31

Juvenile Justice Joe Nocera’s Gun Report. Jacksonville area coalition to address criminalization of first time offenders. Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules recent...

Top Headlines 10/29

Juvenile Justice From the NYT: “A Bid to Keep Youths Out of Adult Prisons”. Georgia closes facility with highest rate of sexual...

Top Headlines 10/28

Juvenile Justice Roll of race in juvenile justice. Reform in Colorado? 13-year-old who murdered neo-Nazi father to be sent to state facility....

Foundations Call for Overhaul of Federal Child Welfare Financing

WASHINGTON – Federal funding for child welfare should be overhauled to enable more children to live with families while reducing the amount...