All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Class-action Suit Challenges Massachusetts Foster Care System

New York advocacy group says state is not protecting kids from unfit homes, abuse and neglect The state of Massachusetts is going...

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Juvenile Justice Nebraska lawmakers to propose reforms to juvenile justice system with a new focus on treatment for troubled youths, rather than...

New NRA iPhone App Draws Criticism for Promoting Gun Violence

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has drawn criticism for releasing a new smart phone application containing a “mini-game” which allows players to...

Obama Unveils Proposals for Reducing Gun Violence

President Barack Obama announced his support for a range of gun control policies this afternoon that addressed not only the threat of...

Students Cleaned Out Asbestos-Contaminated Building in Ohio

A criminal investigation is underway at an Ohio school, where students as young as 13 allegedly helped remove debris from an asbestos-contaminated...

Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Lifetime Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents

Georgia’s First After School and Youth Development Conference

The first Georgia After School and Youth Development Conference is taking place in Athens, Ga. January 9 – 11. The event was organized by GUIDE,...

Webinar to Explore Teen Dating Violence and Specialized Youthful Offender Courts

On Jan. 29, the Battered Women’s Justice Project will hold a webinar titled “The Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court: Can a Court...

White House Taps Juvenile Justice Advocates for Expertise on Gun Violence

Representatives from a group of more than 300 juvenile justice and delinquency prevention organizations at the national, state and local level have...

Putting a Developmental Approach Into Practice

Having developmental competence means understanding that children and adolescents’ perceptions and behaviors are influenced by biological and psychological factors related to their...

American Academy of Pediatrics Calls for Federal Assault Weapons Ban, Improved Mental Health Care for Adolescents

Thomas K. McInerny, on behalf of the more than 60,000 members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), called for federal legislation...

Missouri Task Force Releases Report on Preventing Child Sex Abuse

Missouri’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children recently released its “2012 Final Report”, which includes more than 20 recommendations...

2012 Final Report by Missouri’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children

SAMHSA Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking 2012

New SAMHSA Report Yields Mixed Results Regarding Underage Drinking

In its 2012 Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...

Examining America’s “Foster Care Crisis”

Why do so many of the nation’s foster care youth end up living on the streets as adults? Several experts weigh on...

Longitudinal Associations Between Teen Dating Violence Victimization and Adverse Health Outcomes

How Should Kids, Youth Workers Interact Virtually?

The key is keeping the same boundaries as in the physical world, agencies say, but that gets trickier online. Although youth workers...

To Text or Not to Text?

Youth-serving agencies have faced another electronic opportunity/challenge in the past half-decade that’s grown up right alongside social media: the burgeoning prevalence of...

State Program Gets Mental Health Services to Kids Who Need it Most

From the The Indianapolis Star More than 100 Indiana children are receiving intensive mental health services under a new state program designed to...