All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

NYC’S Homeless Teens at Risk Due to Budget Cuts, Says LGBT Advocate

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recently released executive budget could cut $7 million in funding to the city’s Runaway and Homeless Youth Services,...

Petition to Ban Shock Treatment at Mass. School Delivered to State Lawmakers

A petition to ban the use of electric shock treatment in a notorious Massachusetts “special needs school” was delivered to state legislators...

QR Code Condoms Used by Young Adults

Young people using social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and the location-based Foursquare are often criticized for posting photos from drunken...

Sexual Experience and Contraceptive Use Among Female Teens — United States, 1995, 2002, and 2006–2010

Grants Awarded – Week of April 30th, 2012

  Students in Free Enterprise and Lowe’s TO: United Neighborhood Center$2000-To build a new playground and exercise area for kids.   CarMax...

Runaway Youth Helped Using 10-Question Tool

Experts estimate about 2 million kids run away from home each year putting them at greater risk of physical or sexual abuse,...

Longtime Non-profit is Casualty of Economic Conditions, Funding Trends

After nearly 35 years of operation, Public/Private Ventures (PPV) will close by the end of July. The decision came after the Board...

Children in the United States – Report and Factsheet

Analysis of Obama’s Budget Proposal as it Relates to Youth Issues

“A breakdown and analysis of the President’s 2013 budget proposal as it relates to children and families.”

Report on Special Education Placement Policies in State of Massechusetts

The Myth of Suburban Gangs: A Changing Demographic

When most people think of gangs and the criminal activity often associated with them problems of the inner-city may come to mind...

Across the Nation, State Legislatures Focused on Children in 2012

State legislatures across the United States have been busy this year with youth and juvenile justice-related legislation. While there have been some...

Sharp Decline in Child Deaths From Unintentional Injury, CDC Finds

Fewer children are dying from unintentional injuries, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A...

No Easy Answers When it Comes to Truant Youth

I attended the recent annual conference of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) to give the closing plenary...

Teenage Contraception Use on the Rise, Says CDC

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) unveiled new data suggesting more teen girls are using birth control. Part of...

Former Child Soldier on Kony 2012

Before he was 10-years-old Emmanuel Jal was recruited to fight in the Sudanese civil war. His childhood was filled with unthinkable violence...

Getting Up: Improving Youth Outcomes with Graffiti in Denver

Graffiti is a common site in the neighborhood around the Access Art Gallery in Denver – not inside, hanging on the walls...

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...

Post-Penn State Paranoia Moves West

It’s hard to imagine an elementary school where the challenges would be greater: 1,500 students in one building, almost all of them...

A Look at Youth-Related Spending in Obama’s 2013 Budget (Updated 2/14)

President Barack Obama unveiled his 2013 budget proposal today, which calls for $3.8 trillion in spending and projects a $901 billion deficit...